GB2486699B - Rotor blades - Google Patents

Rotor blades

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Publication number
GB2486699B
GB2486699B GB1021802.2A GB201021802A GB2486699B GB 2486699 B GB2486699 B GB 2486699B GB 201021802 A GB201021802 A GB 201021802A GB 2486699 B GB2486699 B GB 2486699B
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Prior art keywords
rotor blades
blades
rotor
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GB1021802.2A
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GB2486699A (en
GB201021802D0 (en
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Paul Vigars
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Tidal Generation Ltd
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Tidal Generation Ltd
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Priority to GB1021802.2A priority Critical patent/GB2486699B/en
Publication of GB201021802D0 publication Critical patent/GB201021802D0/en
Priority to PCT/GB2011/052385 priority patent/WO2012085529A2/en
Publication of GB2486699A publication Critical patent/GB2486699A/en
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Publication of GB2486699B publication Critical patent/GB2486699B/en
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    • 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
    • F03B15/00—Controlling
    • F03B15/02—Controlling by varying liquid flow
    • F03B15/04—Controlling by varying liquid flow of turbines
    • F03B15/06—Regulating, i.e. acting automatically
    • F03B15/18—Regulating, i.e. acting automatically for safety purposes, e.g. preventing overspeed
    • 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
    • F03B13/264—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 using the horizontal flow of water resulting from tide movement
    • 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
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F03B17/06—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head"
    • F03B17/061—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head" with rotation axis substantially in flow direction
    • 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
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F03B17/06—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head"
    • F03B17/062—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head" with rotation axis substantially at right angle to flow direction
    • F03B17/063—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head" with rotation axis substantially at right angle to flow direction the flow engaging parts having no movement relative to the rotor during its rotation
    • 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
    • F03B3/00—Machines or engines of reaction type; Parts or details peculiar thereto
    • F03B3/12—Blades; Blade-carrying rotors
    • F03B3/121—Blades, their form or construction
    • 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
    • F03B3/00—Machines or engines of reaction type; Parts or details peculiar thereto
    • F03B3/12—Blades; Blade-carrying rotors
    • F03B3/126—Rotors for essentially axial flow, e.g. for propeller turbines
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2270/00—Control
    • F05B2270/10—Purpose of the control system
    • F05B2270/101—Purpose of the control system to control rotational speed (n)
    • F05B2270/1011—Purpose of the control system to control rotational speed (n) to prevent overspeed
    • 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
    • Y02E10/20—Hydro energy
    • 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Oceanography (AREA)
  • Hydraulic Turbines (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)
  • Control Of Water Turbines (AREA)
GB1021802.2A 2010-12-23 2010-12-23 Rotor blades Expired - Fee Related GB2486699B (en)

Priority Applications (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1021802.2A GB2486699B (en) 2010-12-23 2010-12-23 Rotor blades
PCT/GB2011/052385 WO2012085529A2 (en) 2010-12-23 2011-12-02 Rotor blades

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
GB1021802.2A GB2486699B (en) 2010-12-23 2010-12-23 Rotor blades

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GB201021802D0 GB201021802D0 (en) 2011-02-02
GB2486699A GB2486699A (en) 2012-06-27
GB2486699B true GB2486699B (en) 2012-12-26

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Families Citing this family (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2497763A (en) 2011-12-20 2013-06-26 Ocean Flow Energy Ltd Air injection system for reducing hydrodynamic loads on water turbine blades

Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB986797A (en) * 1960-04-09 1965-03-24 Hussein Haekal Improvements in and relating to machines comprising a bladed rotor such as water turbines and pumps
GB995423A (en) * 1961-09-22 1965-06-16 Roger Cholmondeley Harrison Suction pumps
US4205943A (en) * 1978-01-25 1980-06-03 Philippe Vauthier Hydro-electric generator
JPS5650268A (en) * 1979-09-30 1981-05-07 Kiyotatsu Fukai Rotary hydraulic machine
US4504192A (en) * 1983-09-15 1985-03-12 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Jet spoiler arrangement for wind turbine
WO2005061886A1 (en) * 2003-12-22 2005-07-07 Antonio Balseiro Pernas Hydrodynamic turbine for sea currents
GB2445413A (en) * 2007-01-04 2008-07-09 Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein Fluid turbine with secondary turbine driven by induced flow
WO2008080407A1 (en) * 2007-01-05 2008-07-10 Lm Glasfiber A/S Wind turbine blade with lift-regulating means in form of slots or holes

Family Cites Families (2)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB0222466D0 (en) * 2002-09-27 2002-11-06 Marine Current Turbines Ltd Improvements in rotor blades and/or hydrofoils
GB2460021B (en) * 2008-05-08 2010-09-22 Aviat Entpr Ltd Rotor blades

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB986797A (en) * 1960-04-09 1965-03-24 Hussein Haekal Improvements in and relating to machines comprising a bladed rotor such as water turbines and pumps
GB995423A (en) * 1961-09-22 1965-06-16 Roger Cholmondeley Harrison Suction pumps
US4205943A (en) * 1978-01-25 1980-06-03 Philippe Vauthier Hydro-electric generator
JPS5650268A (en) * 1979-09-30 1981-05-07 Kiyotatsu Fukai Rotary hydraulic machine
US4504192A (en) * 1983-09-15 1985-03-12 The United States Of America As Represented By The United States Department Of Energy Jet spoiler arrangement for wind turbine
WO2005061886A1 (en) * 2003-12-22 2005-07-07 Antonio Balseiro Pernas Hydrodynamic turbine for sea currents
GB2445413A (en) * 2007-01-04 2008-07-09 Uwe Bernhard Pascal Stein Fluid turbine with secondary turbine driven by induced flow
WO2008080407A1 (en) * 2007-01-05 2008-07-10 Lm Glasfiber A/S Wind turbine blade with lift-regulating means in form of slots or holes

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WO2012085529A3 (en) 2012-11-01
WO2012085529A2 (en) 2012-06-28
GB201021802D0 (en) 2011-02-02

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