US 11,815,063 B2
Hydro power plant
Stefanos Sklivanos, Munich (DE); and Georgios Sklivanos, Munich (DE)
Assigned to Stefanos Sklivanos, Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 17/424,716
Filed by Stefanos Sklivanos, Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Feb. 8, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/053159
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 21, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/160786, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0010765 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. F03B 17/06 (2006.01); F03B 13/26 (2006.01)
CPC F03B 17/066 (2013.01) [F03B 13/264 (2013.01); F03B 17/068 (2013.01); F05B 2260/506 (2013.01); F05B 2260/79 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A hydro power plant for use of a water flow, comprising:
an endless moving belt;
a plurality of blades each having an inner edge and an outer edge, wherein each blade of the plurality of blades is foldably attached to the endless moving belt at the inner edge of the blade;
at least two deflection points around which the endless moving belt is guided in such a way that a first row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on an upstream side moves in a direction transverse to a direction of the water flow and a second row of blades of the plurality of blades between the at least two deflection points on a downstream side moves in a direction opposite the direction of the first row of blades on the upstream side during operation, the blades of at least one of the first row of blades or the second row of blades being oriented inclined to the direction of the water flow, and each of the plurality of blades being folded over at the at least two deflection points from a first blade position into a second blade position and from the second blade position back into the first blade position; and
a guide mechanism in the form of a closed circumferential guide, the guide mechanism being configured to guide each blade of the plurality of blades at the outer edge of the blade and to effect the folding over of the blades at the at least two deflection points.