US Patent Issued to ECOLE NATIONALE DU GENIE DE L'EAU ET DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT DE STRASBOURG, UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG, CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE on April 15 for "Hydraulic system for a water network and water network comprising such a system" (French Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,246, issued on April 15, was assigned to ECOLE NATIONALE DU GENIE DE L'EAU ET DE L'ENVIRONNEMENT DE STRASBOURG (Strasbourg, France), UNIVERSITE DE STRASBOURG (Strasbourg, France) and CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE (Paris).

"Hydraulic system for a water network and water network comprising such a system" was invented by Nicolas Dellinger (Schmittviller, France), Guilhem Dellinger (Schmittviller, France) and Jose Vasquez (Haguenau, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hydroelectric facility for generating electrical energy from the flow of water circulating in a water network, includes at least one cross-flow pico-turbi...