Abstract: A tidal power plant and method of operating the same are disclosed. In tidal power plants the turbines are arranged in channels between the sea and a storage reservoir. Heretofore known constructions of tidal power plants included relatively complex mechanisms for maintaining the turbine or turbines operating for the maximum amount of time, but generally they have failed to exceed a high overall operating efficiency. The present invention seeks to improve upon prior installations by designing a tidal power plant in which the or each turbine is disposed in a main channel between the sea and the storage reservoir. A connection channel is arranged above the main channel containing the turbine. A shutoff device is located at the reservoir side of the turbine and the connection channel to control and direct the flow of water.

Abstract: Press having a stand in which two pressure rollers are mounted and form between them a press gap for the pressure treatment of a web of material; the stand is open on one side of the pressure rollers and at least one of the pressure rollers is a pressure equalization roller having mounted non-rotatably in the stand an axial bracket about which a roller shell is rotatable, which is braced against the bracket by hydrostatic supporting elements in a bracing plane determined by the axes of the pressure rollers.