| 摘要 |
The present invention provides a floating tower frame for an ocean current turbine system comprising multiple rotors, which is designed to generate electrical power or high pressure seawater for reverse osmosis or fresh water production from steady (gyre) or tidal currents. Turbines are mounted near the base of a plurality of floating towers held in parallel between a horizontal truss structure above water and a horizontal wing at the base of the towers, below the surface. The center of gravity of the system is located in the bottom one third of the towers below the water line, while the center of buoyancy is in the top third of the towers below the surface, and the entire structure floats vertically, with respect to the towers. |
| 主权项 |
1. A marine current turbine system comprising:
a floating frame, wherein the floating frame comprises:
a top structural connecting member,a bottom structural connecting member, anda plurality of towers affixed to the top structural connecting member and to the bottom structural connecting member; and a plurality of turbines, wherein a turbine is located on a respective one of the plurality of towers, wherein in an operating position of the system, the top structural connecting member sits above a water line, the bottom structural connecting member sits below the water line, and a center of gravity of the overall current turbine system is below its center of buoyancy. |
