GB2560955B - Apparatus for generating electricity - Google Patents

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GB2560955B
GB2560955B GB1705072.5A GB201705072A GB2560955B GB 2560955 B GB2560955 B GB 2560955B GB 201705072 A GB201705072 A GB 201705072A GB 2560955 B GB2560955 B GB 2560955B
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Troels Host Alexander
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Urdiamonia 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
    • F03B7/00—Water wheels
    • 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
    • F03B13/10—Submerged units incorporating electric generators or motors
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
    • B63J—AUXILIARIES ON VESSELS
    • B63J3/00—Driving of auxiliaries
    • B63J3/04—Driving of auxiliaries from power plant other than propulsion power plant
    • 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"
    • F03B17/062—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
    • 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
    • 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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FR2525694A1 (en) * 1982-04-27 1983-10-28 Laborderie Antonin Flow energy conversion using water wheels and guide walls - uses guides to converge fluid flow and has hemi-cylindrical cut=outs in wall to shield returning side of wheel
JP2011157907A (en) * 2010-02-02 2011-08-18 Ihi Corp Power generation device using rolling of vessel
DE202012001527U1 (en) * 2012-02-16 2012-03-16 Erwin Heinks Device for a watercraft
DE202011100130U1 (en) * 2011-05-02 2012-04-05 Kálmán Györy Electric power generation also by slowly flowing rivers
US20140196655A1 (en) * 2013-01-15 2014-07-17 Robert Carl Jansen Displacement hull form not subject to the limitation of hull speed
DE202014006395U1 (en) * 2014-08-07 2014-11-20 Helmuth Winterfeld Generator drive by residual energy from propeller
JP2015003641A (en) * 2013-06-21 2015-01-08 武田　弘 Ship
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GB176933A (en) * 1921-01-06 1922-03-23 Thomas Moore Improvements in water wheels
DE3040067A1 (en) * 1980-10-24 1982-06-03 Willi 2000 Hamburg Ellenberger Energy recovery system for ship - uses turbine driven by water resistance against bow
DE3109121A1 (en) * 1981-03-11 1982-09-23 Christos 2000 Hamburg Economou Marine auxiliary propulsion for seagoing ships
FR2525694A1 (en) * 1982-04-27 1983-10-28 Laborderie Antonin Flow energy conversion using water wheels and guide walls - uses guides to converge fluid flow and has hemi-cylindrical cut=outs in wall to shield returning side of wheel
JP2011157907A (en) * 2010-02-02 2011-08-18 Ihi Corp Power generation device using rolling of vessel
DE202011100130U1 (en) * 2011-05-02 2012-04-05 Kálmán Györy Electric power generation also by slowly flowing rivers
DE202012001527U1 (en) * 2012-02-16 2012-03-16 Erwin Heinks Device for a watercraft
US20140196655A1 (en) * 2013-01-15 2014-07-17 Robert Carl Jansen Displacement hull form not subject to the limitation of hull speed
JP2015003641A (en) * 2013-06-21 2015-01-08 武田　弘 Ship
DE202014006395U1 (en) * 2014-08-07 2014-11-20 Helmuth Winterfeld Generator drive by residual energy from propeller
GB2544073A (en) * 2015-11-04 2017-05-10 Ocean Current Energy Llc A vessel which floats on water and which generates electricity

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