Gravitation water vortex power plant
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The gravitation water vortex power plant is a type of micro-hydro-vortex turbine system which converts energy in a moving fluid to rotational energy using a low hydraulic head of 0.7–3 metres (2 ft 4 in – 9 ft 10 in). This technology is based on a round basin with a central drain. Above the drain, the water forms a stable line vortex which drives a water turbine.
Precourse designs were patented in 1877[1] and 1967.[2]
The specific design described here, the Kouris Centri Turbine, was first patented by Greek-Australian lawyer and inventor Paul Kouris in 1996,[3] who was searching for a way to harness the power inherent in a vortex.[dubious – discuss]
Later, Austrian Inventor Franz Zotlöterer created a similar turbine while attempting to find a way to aerate water without an external power source.[4]
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