Patents by Inventor Erich WURM

Erich WURM has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Power generation plant having a Kaplan, bulb, diagonal flow or propeller turbine
    Patent number: 10995727
    Abstract: A power generation plant including a turbine (1) of a Kaplan, bulb, diagonal flow or propeller turbine type, a water intake (4) and a water run-off (5). Additional vanes vane (8) are deployable into a water passage formed between the water intake (4) and the housing of the turbine. Eddy flows formed in the water intake (4) are reduced by the additional vanes. The vanes allow the turbine operating range to be extended to cover smaller outputs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Andritz Hydro GmbH
    Inventors: Erich Wurm, Bernd Nennemann
  • POWER GENERATION PLANT HAVING A KAPLAN, BULB, DIAGONAL FLOW OR PROPELLER TURBINE
    Publication number: 20200011285
    Abstract: A power generation plant including a turbine (1) of a Kaplan, bulb, diagonal flow or propeller turbine type, a water intake (4) and a water run-off (5). Additional vanes vane (8) are deployable into a water passage formed between the water intake (4) and the housing of the turbine. Eddy flows formed in the water intake (4) are reduced by the additional vanes. The vanes allow the turbine operating range to be extended to cover smaller outputs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Inventors: Erich WURM, Bernd NENNEMANN