Abstract: Turbine system including a turbine and a tubular arrangement having an exit opening. The tubular arrangement is arranged on a downstream side of the turbine. At least one flow controlling device at least partially prevents a fluid flow through the tubular arrangement from becoming detached from the tubular arrangement. The at least one flow controlling device is positioned within the fluid flow and in an area of the exit opening. The turbine system is configured to operate efficiently in an environment wherein at least an upper edge of the exit opening is arranged above a downstream liquid level.

Abstract: Due to increasing environmental requirements, oil must be prevented from leaking from a turbine rotor disk and reaching the medium circulating around the turbine. In Kaplan turbines comprising a hydraulic mechanism (6) for actuating the rotor disk blades (3), hydraulic liquid leaks from the servomotor (5) and is collected in the inner chamber of the rotor disk hub (2). The invention relates to a rotor disk (1) by which means said leakage liquid can be reliably and easily collected and guided out of the rotor disk (1). A collecting basin (8) is arranged-around the free end of the piston rod (7). The actuating movement of the servomotor (5) reduces and enlarges the pump volume (17), and hydraulic liquid is thus guided from the collecting basin (8) into the delivery pipe (11).

Abstract: Holding apparatus for supporting a dam unit, wherein the apparatus includes a frame structure including at least one support member. The at least one support member is arranged to support the dam unit when the dam unit is raised from a lowered position to a holding position. The at least one support member is at least one of detachably connected to the dam unit and removably engagable with the dam unit. The at least one support member essentially experiences compression forces when the dam unit is supported in a holding position. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Method of regulating a water level of a dam installation having a plurality of turbine generator units arranged to generate electrical power, wherein at least some of the plurality of turbine generator units are arranged at least one of one above another and one beside another so as to form at least one turbine generator module. The method includes regulating, at least to some extent, the water level to a predefinable set point by starting or stopping at least one of the plurality of turbine generator units and adjusting, in discrete steps, a quantity of water which can flow through the dam installation, wherein a discrete step is defined by a quantity of water which can flow through a defined number of turbine generator units.

Abstract: Device and process generating electrical power from flowing medium. Device includes turbine generator units connected to form module(s), and at least two fixed-position structures arranged to form a waterway. Module(s) are arranged between the fixed-position structures to be raised and lowered. In this way, high water level is produced upstream of the at least one module and low water level is produced downstream of module(s). An auxiliary apparatus provided on each fixed-position structure extends above upper edges of fixed-position structures, and a lifting device is arranged to lift the module(s) that are guided, at least partially, by the at least one auxiliary apparatus. In a lifting procedure, module(s) are raised above the upper edges of the fixed-position structures. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Method for producing a device for obtaining electrical energy from hydropower and a method for modifying a dam, in which, at a remote production site, at least two turbine-generating units, comprising a turbine and a generator connected to it, are produced, at a remote production site at least two turbine-generator units are connected to one another to form at least one module including at least two turbine-generator units. The at least one module is transported from the production site over a distance to the site of use by a transport, and, at the site of use, the at least one module is lifted off the transport by a lifting fixture and is moved into a position which is provided for its operation. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Turbine system including a turbine and a tubular arrangement having an exit opening. The tubular arrangement is arranged on a downstream side of the turbine. At least one flow controlling device at least partially prevents a fluid flow through the tubular arrangement from becoming detached from the tubular arrangement. The at least one flow controlling device is positioned within the fluid flow and in an area of the exit opening. The turbine system is configured to operate efficiently in an environment wherein at least an upper edge of the exit opening is arranged above a downstream liquid level. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Method of regulating a water level of a dam installation having a plurality of turbine generator units arranged to generate electrical power, wherein at least some of the plurality of turbine generator units are arranged at least one of one above another and one beside another so as to form at least one turbine generator module. The method includes regulating, at least to some extent, the water level to a predefinable set point by starting or stopping at least one of the plurality of turbine generator units and adjusting, in discrete steps, a quantity of water which can flow through the dam installation, wherein a discrete step is defined by a quantity of water which can flow through a defined number of turbine generator units. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Method for producing a device for obtaining electrical energy from hydropower and a method for modifying a dam, in which, at a remote production site, at least two turbine-generating units, comprising a turbine and a generator connected to it, are produced, at a remote production site at least two turbine-generator units are connected to one another to form at least one module comprising at least two turbine-generator units, at least one module is transported from the production site over a distance to the site of use by a transport, and, at the site of use, the at least one module is lifted off the transport by a lifting fixture and is moved into a position which is provided for its operation. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Arrangement for generating electrical power from a flowing medium, wherein the arrangement includes a plurality of turbine generator units. At least some of the plurality of generator units are arranged at least one of one above another and one beside another. At least some of the plurality of generator units are connected to one another to form at least one module. At least one of the plurality of generator units includes a synchronous generator having permanent magnetic poles for excitation. This Abstract is not intended to define the invention disclosed in the specification, nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Device and process generating electrical power from flowing medium. Device includes turbine generator units connected to form module(s), and at least two fixed-position structures arranged to form a waterway. Module(s) are arranged between the fixed-position structures to be raised and lowered. In this way, high water level is produced upstream of the at least one module and low water level is produced downstream of module(s). An auxiliary apparatus provided on each fixed-position structure extends above upper edges of fixed-position structures, and a lifting device is arranged to lift the module(s) that are guided, at least partially, by the at least one auxiliary apparatus. In a lifting procedure, module(s) are raised above the upper edges of the fixed-position structures. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: Reaction hydraulic turbine that includes a draft tube having side wails arranged to define an inlet and an outlet and an elbow arranged to position the outlet substantially perpendicular to the inlet. A turbine runner is positioned adjacent the inlet and the outlet is arranged to define a flow exit, and a splitter vane is mounted within the draft tube to partially extend across a width of the draft tube. In this manner, flow is redirected about the elbow of the draft tube. The splitter vane includes opposing side edge surfaces that are spaced from the side walls, such that swirl flow is permitted around the splitter vane within the draft tube.

Abstract: Holding apparatus for supporting a dam unit, wherein the apparatus includes a frame structure including at least one support member. The at least one support member is arranged to support the dam unit when the dam unit is raised from a lowered position to a holding position. The at least one support member is at least one of detachably connected to the dam unit and removably engagable with the dam unit. The at least one support member essentially experiences compression forces when the dam unit is supported in a holding position. This abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.

Abstract: A hydroelectric power installation including a pre-existing gated spillway with upstream bulkhead slots and bulkhead service crane and hydroelectric generating modules configured to fit the existing upstream bulkhead slots. Each module including a plurality of turbines, generators, and associated switchgear. The installation may include a trash rake operated on the pre-existing bulkhead service craneway. The hydroelectric installation is configured to meet all of the original navigation project design criteria including generating modules that can be raised above flood water as high as the associated radial gates and that are able to be safely lowered in front of a failed radial gate to serve as the emergency bulkhead the slots for which the modules exclusively occupy.