Self-Contained Hydroelectric Grid Power System

Abstract

In today's world, 33 billion tons of co2 generating electrical energy from burning fossil fuels (World Nuclear Association, May 2021) to heat water to steam to drive the turbines. The invention in this document is designed specifically to convert the existing fossil fuel burning electrical generation systems to a non-fossil, renewable generation system. This would be accomplished utilizing off-the-shelf, existing technologies in a new configuration. The configuration utilizes solar collection systems (1), energy storage system (2), liquid water, wet/dry water pump (3), water storage system (6) equipment and water driven turbine (4), the various components are connected to work together and attached to existing generation turbine (5) as the replacement for the fossil fuel systems.

Citations

Staff, Carbon Dioxide Emission from Electricity, World Nuclear Association, May 2021, Retrieved from: https://www.world-nuclear.org/information-library/energy-and-the-environment/carbon-dioxide-emissions-from-electricity.aspx

Claims

1) The invention is a self-contained hydroelectrical grid system. The object of the invention is to replace or convert existing electrical power grid power systems from fossil fuel fired power to a renewable or “green” environmentally friendly power system. The system is comprised of the following components: 1) Solar collection system 2) Power storage system 3) Wet/dry water pump 4) Water driven turbine 5) Grid scale power turbine 6) Water storage system The components are design in a configuration to provide the means of rotating the shaft of the power grid turbine at the required rotational speed to optimize the electrical energy production. Additionally, the system is designed to be scalable to provide operational power to a wide variety of grid level power generation systems.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING

[0010] The drawing is diagrammatic and is intended to show how the essential components are intended to be assembled.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0011] The invention is comprised of the following components and operational connections in sequence:

[0012] 1) Solar collection system is wired to the:

[0013] 2) Power storage system which is wired to the:

[0014] 3) Wet/dry water pump which is connected by PVC piping to the:

[0015] 4) Water driven turbine which is connected to the:

[0016] 5) Grid scale power turbine and the water driven turbine is connected back to the:

[0017] 6) Water storage system

[0018] The components and connections noted above are the general concepts of the invention and its operation for converting existing fossil fuel generation systems. However, it needs to be noted that the specific size of the individual components will vary depending on the application for which the system will be used. Additionally, the system is designed to be used as a stand-alone operation for a single turbine but can be scaled up to connect multiple turbines in sequence.

[0019] A couple of examples of how the invention could be used for differing types and sizes of generation systems. A typical commercial electrical generation turbine rotates at a speed of 1,800 RPM's. This rotation as caused by pressurized steam that is rated at +/−25psia, thus the water pump designed for the invention for that application would be capable of providing that same pressure for the turbine to reach the required 1,800RPM's.

[0020] Another application for which this system could be installed would be for the replacement of a large hydroelectrical dam system. This would be possible because the system is designed to be self-contained thus there would not be any water loss. In the same manner as the required engineering for sizing the components, the Hoover Dam for example has turbines that rotate as a mere 18ORPM's and a water speed of 85 MPH or 1.42 miles per minute. Additionally, for this type of application and the commercial generation system, the quantity of water and the piping sizes would require engineering to optimize the systems for the individual application.

STATEMENT

[0021] The inventor hereby attests that there is no new matter contained within this revised specification in compliance with 37 CFR 1.25(b). Any changes noted were made to comply with applicable codes and regulations.