ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,883, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to CORPORATION BEARSTREAM INC. (Boucherville, Canada).
"Energy-recovery turbine with pressure-release valve" was invented by Normand Levesque (Quebec, Canada).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An energy-recovery system has an energy-recovery turbine to receive a flow of water from a water line to which the turbine is connected and to generate electric power from the flow of water while also regulating water pressure in the water line. The system also includes a pressure-regulating valve (PRV) connected in parallel with the turbine to regulate the water pressure in the water line only when the turbine ...