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River and tidal power harvester

An energy absorber, energy technology, applied in the energy field, can solve the problems of affecting marine life, expensive installation, time-consuming and so on

Inactive Publication Date: 2012-09-05
C·S·卡特林
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Some devices require extensive anchoring systems, making their installation expensive, time-consuming and impacting marine life

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[0076]The following is a detailed description of exemplary embodiments of the present invention. From the description of these embodiments of the present invention with respect to the foregoing drawings, various modifications or adaptations of the methods or specific structures described will become apparent to those skilled in the art. All such modifications, adaptations or variations based on the teachings of the present invention and having advantages over the prior art through these teachings are considered to be within the spirit and scope of the present invention.

[0077] figure 1 is a top view of a device array 100 comprising a plurality of individual in-water and floating form river and tidal energy modules (invention) 102 deployed across a river location. Each of the river and tidal energy modules 102 are connected to each other by mooring cables 115 comprising approximately 3 inch diameter hightensile steel cables moored to shore by a string of drilled anchors 117 ...

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An improved river and tidal energy module designed to harvest energy from tidal and river sites. Arrays of modules are anchored to the shore at right angles to a prevailing tidal and river current. Each module is composed of an energy absorber and a mooring system. The energy absorber comprises a nacelle, a propeller attached at a hub, the propeller is connected to a driveshaft which turns a gearbox to drive an air compressor. The mooring system comprises a wing-shaped polymer shell attached to the nacelle, the shell creates negative lift to eliminate any upward motion of the energy module; amooring cable housed inside the wing-shaped polymer shell, and a high pressure hose housed inside the wing-shaped polymer shell to transfer compressed air to an air turbine generator for conversion into electricity by an onshore air turbine electric generator connected to the local power grid.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to the field of energy and in particular to a device for generating mechanical, pneumatic and electrical energy from river and tidal water sources with maximum efficiency, minimum cost and without any greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Background technique [0002] Today, our energy economy seems to work like a perpetual motion machine. Billions of people enjoy unprecedented levels of living and nations float on rivers of wealth, in large part because, all over the world, the energy industry has built A vast network of , trains and ships - a vast, amazingly complex system that almost magically converts oil and gas hydrocarbons, natural gas and coal, into heat, energy and the mobility of modern civilization. For a hundred years, this man-made miracle has performed almost perfectly, until global oil consumption rose to equal or exceed global oil production and oil prices tripled. [0003] Research on new energy has become the...

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Patent Type & Authority Patents(China)
IPC IPC(8): F03B13/10F03B13/12H02P9/04
CPCF05B2240/93Y02E10/28F03B17/061F03B13/264F05B2240/97F03B15/00Y02E10/30Y02E10/20
Inventor C·S·卡特林
Owner C·S·卡特林
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