发明名称 |
Submerged power generating apparatus |
摘要 |
An undersea power generation apparatus ( 1 ) includes two turbines ( 3 ) mounted side by side at either side of a support strut of hydrofoil-shaped cross section, each turbine ( 3 ) having a set of turbine blades which counter rotate so as to cancel out the respective torque produced by each turbine. The apparatus ( 1 ) is pivotally interconnected at point ( 9 ) to a pair of mooring cables ( 7 ), which are releasably moored to the seabed ( 6 ). The turbines ( 3 ) are positively buoyant such that in zero current they point vertically upwards as denoted by ( 8 ). When the current flows in the direction shown by arrow A, the drag forces on turbines ( 3 ) and support strut cause the apparatus ( 1 ) to pivot about point ( 9 ) and pitch over into condition denoted by ( 10 ) and shown in broken lines.
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申请公布号 |
US7441988(B2) |
申请公布日期 |
2008.10.28 |
申请号 |
US20040548791 |
申请日期 |
2004.02.26 |
申请人 |
SOIL MACHINE DYNAMICS LIMITED |
发明人 |
MANCHESTER JONATHAN RALPH |
分类号 |
E02B9/00;F03B13/10;F03B13/26;F03B17/06 |
主分类号 |
E02B9/00 |
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