GB2415748A - Water wheel tidal barrage - Google Patents

Water wheel tidal barrage Download PDF

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GB2415748A
GB2415748A GB0415004A GB0415004A GB2415748A GB 2415748 A GB2415748 A GB 2415748A GB 0415004 A GB0415004 A GB 0415004A GB 0415004 A GB0415004 A GB 0415004A GB 2415748 A GB2415748 A GB 2415748A
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    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B9/00—Water-power plants; Layout, construction or equipment, methods of, or apparatus for, making same
    • E02B9/08—Tide or wave power plants
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • F03B13/08—Machine or engine aggregates in dams or the like; Conduits therefor, e.g. diffusors
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • F03B13/12—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy
    • F03B13/26—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy
    • F03B13/268—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy making use of a dam
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A20/00—Water conservation; Efficient water supply; Efficient water use
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/30—Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient

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Abstract

A tidal barrage made up of multiple water wheel section casings 6 extracts energy from a tidal river and converts it to electricity. Each casing 6 contains a water wheel 3 and is able to rise and fall with the tide by pumping water into and out of its hollow structure with water pump 7. The water wheels 3 are connected to AC electrical generating plant 5 via driveshaft 4. Supporting columns 2 guide the moveable sections 6 and support the generating plant 5 and are connected to seabed foundations 1.

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241 5748
WATER WHEEL TIDAL BARRAGE
The invention relates to a cost effective method of extracting the energy contained in a tidal river and converting it mto electrical energy It can be used on any suitable tidal river to generate electricity It can be also used in suitable places to prevent flooding replacing dykes and at the same time generating useful electricity The tidal barrage is made up of multiple identical waterwheel casings mounted side by side across the tidal river The casings are made t'rom steel and rise and fall with the tide inside concrete foundations laid across the seabed The electrical power generated by each section is combined and fed into the electrical transmission network Figures I and 2 Figure I shows an end view of a single barrage section Figure 2 shows a front view of two barrage sections Each numbered item is described as follows 1. Foundations These are made in sections and laid across the seabed side by side 2. Supporting columns I Guide the sections as they move up and down 2 Support the AC generating plant and housing 3 Bind the foundation sections together 3. Water wheel Rotates as water passes through it It is connected by gearing to a driveshaft.
4. Driveshaft Transfers rotational energy from the waterwheel to the AC electrical generating plant 5. AC generating plant Transfers the driveshaft rotational energy into 3 phase electrical power.
6. Section casing Moves up and down with the tide by pumping water in and out of its hollow structure.
7. Water Pump A water pump comlected to inter-pal piping within the waterwheel casing.
8. Water Level The water level either side of the barrage is not usually the same height 9. Seabed To which the foundations are laid

Claims (1)

  1. Claims I A water wheel connected by gearing to a driveshaft that acts as a
    prime mover in as AC electrical generating', plant 2 Foundation sections laid across the seabed that house waterwheel casing 3 Supporting columns that guide the waterwheel casing, support the AC electrical generating plant, and bind the foundation sections together 4 A water pump connected to internal piping within the waterwheel casing
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Cited By (9)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2460340A (en) * 2008-05-29 2009-12-02 Rupert John Armstrong Evans Low head tidal barrage system
GB2463100A (en) * 2008-09-05 2010-03-10 Rupert John Armstrong Evans Low head tidal barrage with active control
GB2463504A (en) * 2008-09-16 2010-03-17 Verderg Ltd Method and apparatus for installing tidal barrages
GB2451627B (en) * 2007-08-06 2011-01-26 Ray Larter Installation for harnessing energy from tidal flows
US9194361B2 (en) 2010-03-16 2015-11-24 Verderg Ltd Apparatus for generating power from fluid flow
WO2016185210A1 (en) * 2015-05-18 2016-11-24 Murphy Stuart Frank Tidal energy system
US9752549B2 (en) 2012-06-20 2017-09-05 Verderg Ltd Apparatus for converting energy from fluid flow
US10876513B2 (en) 2014-04-02 2020-12-29 Verderg Ltd Turbine assembly
GB2586225A (en) * 2019-08-07 2021-02-17 Dennis Herbison Francis Redoubt

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GB155065A (en) * 1919-09-30 1920-12-16 Tom Ellis Wells Improvements in wave or tide mills
US3993913A (en) * 1975-03-28 1976-11-23 Dickman Smith V Tidewater power system
GB2180008A (en) * 1985-08-14 1987-03-18 James Winstanley Tidal water powered generator
FR2616178A1 (en) * 1987-06-05 1988-12-09 Neyrpic Assembly for converting the energy of the swell into electric current
GB2298004A (en) * 1995-02-16 1996-08-21 Neil Kermode Tidal power generation system
US20010028825A1 (en) * 1997-07-10 2001-10-11 The Earth Science Laboratory Corp. System for protecting coastal land from rise of surface of the sea
GB2395986A (en) * 2002-11-06 2004-06-09 Augustine Pascal Joseph Murphy Tidal power generation system

Patent Citations (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB155065A (en) * 1919-09-30 1920-12-16 Tom Ellis Wells Improvements in wave or tide mills
US3993913A (en) * 1975-03-28 1976-11-23 Dickman Smith V Tidewater power system
GB2180008A (en) * 1985-08-14 1987-03-18 James Winstanley Tidal water powered generator
FR2616178A1 (en) * 1987-06-05 1988-12-09 Neyrpic Assembly for converting the energy of the swell into electric current
GB2298004A (en) * 1995-02-16 1996-08-21 Neil Kermode Tidal power generation system
US20010028825A1 (en) * 1997-07-10 2001-10-11 The Earth Science Laboratory Corp. System for protecting coastal land from rise of surface of the sea
GB2395986A (en) * 2002-11-06 2004-06-09 Augustine Pascal Joseph Murphy Tidal power generation system

Cited By (13)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2451627B (en) * 2007-08-06 2011-01-26 Ray Larter Installation for harnessing energy from tidal flows
GB2460340A (en) * 2008-05-29 2009-12-02 Rupert John Armstrong Evans Low head tidal barrage system
GB2463100A (en) * 2008-09-05 2010-03-10 Rupert John Armstrong Evans Low head tidal barrage with active control
GB2463504A (en) * 2008-09-16 2010-03-17 Verderg Ltd Method and apparatus for installing tidal barrages
GB2463504B (en) * 2008-09-16 2011-02-16 Verderg Ltd Method and apparatus for installing tidal barrages
US8500364B2 (en) 2008-09-16 2013-08-06 Verderg Limited Method and apparatus for installing tidal barrages
US9194361B2 (en) 2010-03-16 2015-11-24 Verderg Ltd Apparatus for generating power from fluid flow
US9752549B2 (en) 2012-06-20 2017-09-05 Verderg Ltd Apparatus for converting energy from fluid flow
US10876513B2 (en) 2014-04-02 2020-12-29 Verderg Ltd Turbine assembly
WO2016185210A1 (en) * 2015-05-18 2016-11-24 Murphy Stuart Frank Tidal energy system
GB2539638A (en) * 2015-05-18 2016-12-28 Frank Murphy Stuart Tidal Energy system
GB2539638B (en) * 2015-05-18 2017-12-06 Frank Murphy Stuart Tidal Energy system
GB2586225A (en) * 2019-08-07 2021-02-17 Dennis Herbison Francis Redoubt

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