GB2499705B - Tidal energy system - Google Patents

Tidal energy system

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Publication number
GB2499705B
GB2499705B GB1300694.5A GB201300694A GB2499705B GB 2499705 B GB2499705 B GB 2499705B GB 201300694 A GB201300694 A GB 201300694A GB 2499705 B GB2499705 B GB 2499705B
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Prior art keywords
energy system
tidal energy
tidal
energy
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GB2499705A (en
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Gareth Elphinstone
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E & H Building Contractors Ltd
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E & H Building Contractors Ltd
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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
    • 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
    • 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
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/40—Use of a multiplicity of similar components
    • 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
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/93—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a structure floating on a liquid surface
    • F05B2240/932—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a structure floating on a liquid surface which is a catamaran-like structure
    • 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
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/97—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a submerged structure
    • 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)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Oceanography (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)
GB1300694.5A 2012-01-17 2013-01-15 Tidal energy system Expired - Fee Related GB2499705B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (1)

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GBGB1200748.0A GB201200748D0 (en) 2012-01-17 2012-01-17 Tidal energy system

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GB201300694D0 GB201300694D0 (en) 2013-02-27
GB2499705A GB2499705A (en) 2013-08-28
GB2499705B true GB2499705B (en) 2014-12-10

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WO (1) WO2013107724A2 (en)

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Citations (5)

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JPS56146075A (en) * 1980-04-14 1981-11-13 Ikegai Corp Ocean current power generating apparatus
GB2456872A (en) * 2008-01-30 2009-08-05 Martin Hayward Floating tidal turbine with profiled channel to accelerate flow
US20100176595A1 (en) * 2008-07-16 2010-07-15 Clayton Bear Torque neutralizing turbine mooring system
US20100264660A1 (en) * 2007-11-12 2010-10-21 Nova Laboratory Co., Ltd. Water flow electric power generator
FR2956417A1 (en) * 2010-02-17 2011-08-19 Kerckove Yves Marie Joseph Andre Maritime device for positioning hydroelectric turbines on surface of sea, has cables, trawl boards and anchor blocks that are connected together, where device is used to serve as anchoring points for recovery of energy from marine current

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GB0606434D0 (en) * 2006-03-31 2006-05-10 Hydreau Ltd Waterwheel
GB0608603D0 (en) * 2006-05-02 2006-06-14 Mcsherry David Turbine for extracting energy from a flowing fluid
GB0621381D0 (en) * 2006-10-27 2006-12-06 Neptune Renewable Energy Ltd Tidal power apparatus

Patent Citations (5)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS56146075A (en) * 1980-04-14 1981-11-13 Ikegai Corp Ocean current power generating apparatus
US20100264660A1 (en) * 2007-11-12 2010-10-21 Nova Laboratory Co., Ltd. Water flow electric power generator
GB2456872A (en) * 2008-01-30 2009-08-05 Martin Hayward Floating tidal turbine with profiled channel to accelerate flow
US20100176595A1 (en) * 2008-07-16 2010-07-15 Clayton Bear Torque neutralizing turbine mooring system
FR2956417A1 (en) * 2010-02-17 2011-08-19 Kerckove Yves Marie Joseph Andre Maritime device for positioning hydroelectric turbines on surface of sea, has cables, trawl boards and anchor blocks that are connected together, where device is used to serve as anchoring points for recovery of energy from marine current

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GB201200748D0 (en) 2012-02-29
GB201300694D0 (en) 2013-02-27
WO2013107724A2 (en) 2013-07-25
GB2499705A (en) 2013-08-28
WO2013107724A3 (en) 2014-03-27

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