ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 26 -- United States Patent no. 12,258,868, issued on March 25, was assigned to INPIPE ENERGY INC. (Portland, Ore.).
"System and method for an in-conduit hydroturbine" was invented by Michael Connor Jr. (Saint Clair, Mich.), Thomas Beales (Houston) and Gregory T. Semler (Belvedere, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "System and methods for an electric power generating system are described. In one example, the electric power generating system includes a controller that adjusts a speed of a turbine that is located along a bypass conduit via a regenerative drive in response to a downstream pressure. The electric power generating system also includes a bypass valve that is...