| 摘要 |
An improved river and tidal energy module 102 designed to harvest energy from the tidal and river sites. Each river and tidal energy module 102 is connected to other like river and tidal energy module 102 to form an interconnected array of tidal and river energy module 100 that are anchored to the shore at right angles to the prevailing tidal and river current. Each river and tidal energy module 102 is composed of an energy absorber 106 and a mooring system 118. The energy absorber 106 comprises a nacelle 121 and a propeller 402 attached to the nacelle 121 at a hub. The propeller 402 is connected to a driveshaft 403 to turn a gearbox 404 and drive an air compressor 408 to compress air. The mooring system 118 comprises a wing-shaped polymer shell 424 attached to the nacelle 121, the wing- shaped polymer shell 424 designed to utilize the force of a passing current to create a negative lift to eliminate any upward motion in the energy module 102; a mooring cable 115 housed inside the wing-shaped polymer shell 424, and a high pressure hose 201 housed inside the wing-shaped polymer shell 424 to transfer the compressed air to an air turbine generator for conversion into electricity by an onshore air turbine electric generator connected to the local power grid. |
