US20110109090A1 - Fin-Ring Propeller For A Water Current Power Generation System - Google Patents

Fin-Ring Propeller For A Water Current Power Generation System Download PDF

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US20110109090A1
US20110109090A1 US12/702,546 US70254610A US2011109090A1 US 20110109090 A1 US20110109090 A1 US 20110109090A1 US 70254610 A US70254610 A US 70254610A US 2011109090 A1 US2011109090 A1 US 2011109090A1
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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
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    • 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"
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    • 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
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    • 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
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    • F05B2240/93—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a structure floating on a liquid surface
    • 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
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
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  • the present invention relates generally to renewable energy power generation systems, and in a particular though non-limiting embodiment, to a submerged or waterborne system for generating power derived from fast-moving water currents using an induction-type generator system equipped with one or more fin-ring propellers.
  • the fin-ring propellers shown and described herein are also suitable for use in systems using conventional generator drive systems and other means of power creation.
  • renewable alternative energy sources such as solar power devices with batteries, windmill farms, and systems deriving power from sequestered hydrogen.
  • One proposed alternative energy system involves the harnessing of hydro power derived from fast moving water currents, for example, currents having peak flow velocities of 2 m/s or more.
  • Another significant problem is the environmental issues associated with obtaining energy from water currents without damaging surrounding aquatic life, such as reefs, marine foliage, schools of fish, etc.
  • a water current power generation system having a fin-ring propeller system including: a flotation chamber; an induction type power generation unit disposed within a housing associated with the flotation chamber; and a propeller disposed in communication with the induction type generator unit, wherein the propeller further comprises one or more concentrically disposed rings, each of the concentrically disposed rings having an inner ring member, an outer ring member, and a plurality of curved fin members separated by gap spaces disposed between the inner and outer ring members.
  • a further water current power generation system having a fin-ring propeller system including: a plurality of flotation tubes joined by a body structure; a plurality of ballast chambers joined by a body structure; a plurality of induction type power generation units disposed within housings associated with one or more of the flotation chambers, ballast chambers and body structure; and a plurality of propellers disposed in communication with the induction type generator units, wherein the plurality of propellers further comprise one or more concentrically disposed rings, the concentrically disposed rings having an inner ring member, an outer ring member, and a plurality of curved fin members separated by gap spaces disposed between the inner and outer ring members.
  • a propeller system for submerged or waterborne structures including: a hub member for disposing said propeller in communication with a drive system; and one or more concentrically disposed rings, the concentrically disposed rings having an inner ring member, an outer ring member, and a plurality of curved fin members separated by gap spaces disposed between the inner ring member and said outer ring member.
  • FIG. 1 is a side view of a water current power energy generation system according to one example embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of a water current power energy generation system according to a second example embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a plan view of a ballast tube having a plurality of labyrinth type isolation chambers according to a third embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 4A is a top view of a water current power energy generation system according to a fourth example embodiment of the invention.
  • FIG. 4B is a top view of the example embodiment depicted in FIG. 4A , further including an associated tether anchoring system.
  • FIG. 5 is a front view of an example propeller system embodiment suitable for use in connection with a submerged or waterborne power generation system.
  • FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the example propeller system embodiment depicted in FIG. 5 , with a detailed portion of the system isolated for additional perspective.
  • FIG. 7 is an isolated view of a portion of the example propeller system embodiment depicted in FIGS. 5 and 6 .
  • FIG. 8 is a side view of an example water current power generation system further comprising a drag mounted propeller array.
  • FIG. 9 is a rear view of the example water current power generation system depicted in FIG. 8 , wherein an even number of propellers facilitate offsetting rotational forces in a drag mounted array.
  • FIG. 1 depicts a first example embodiment of a water current power generation system 101 .
  • the system comprises a flotation tube 102 , a ballast tube 103 , and an induction type power generation unit 104 equipped with a propeller 105 .
  • FIG. 1 appears to depict only a single flotation tube 102 , ballast unit 103 and generator component 104 , it is in fact a side view of a larger system, and commercial embodiments comprising multiple tubes and generator components are presently contemplated and described below. Nonetheless, those of skill in the pertinent arts will readily appreciate that description of a limited system with singular elements is illustrative, and will not limit the scope of the subject matter disclosed herein.
  • the novelty of the system lies in the induction type power generation unit 104 , which lends simplicity and reliability to operations, and produces power that can be output either with or without transformation as an alternating current (AC) to an associated relay station (not shown).
  • the system is therefore capable of producing AC power on a commercially viable scale that can be easily sold to and used by a neighboring electrical grid.
  • induction generators are mechanically and electrically simpler than other types of synchronous electrical power generators or direct current (DC) generators. They also tend to be more rugged and durable, and usually require neither brushes nor commutators.
  • an electrical three-phase asynchronous (e.g., cage wound) induction machine will, when operated slower than its synchronous speed, function as a motor; the same device, however, when operated faster than its synchronous speed, will function as an induction generator.
  • asynchronous e.g., cage wound
  • induction generators can be used to produce alternating electrical power when an internal shaft is rotated faster than the synchronous frequency.
  • the shaft rotation is accomplished by means of an associated propeller 105 disposed in a relatively fast moving water current.
  • Power derived from the system will, in most cases, be intended to supplement a neighboring power grid system, and thus the operating frequencies of the grid will dictate the frequency of operation for the power generation system. For example, many large power grid systems currently employ a nominal operating frequency of between 50 and 60 Hertz.
  • Induction generators are not self-exciting, however, so they require either an external power supply (as could easily be obtained from the neighboring grid using an umbilical run either through the water or beneath an associated seafloor) or else “soft started” by means of a reduced voltage starter in order to produce an initial rotation magnetic flux.
  • Reduced voltage starters can lend important advantages to the system, such as quickly determining appropriate operational frequencies, and permitting an unpowered restart in the event the attendant power grip is deactivated for some reason, for example, as a result of damage caused by a hurricane.
  • the flotation tube 102 illustrated in FIG. 1 comprises a cylindrical body portion disposed in mechanical communication with at least one end cap unit 104 that houses the aforementioned induction generators.
  • the generators and associated end cap housings contain a drive shaft and, in some embodiments, related planetary gearing for propeller 105 .
  • flotation tube 102 comprises a cubical or hexagonal shape, though effective practice of the invention will admit to other geometries as well.
  • flotation tube 102 is approximately cylindrical, and pressurized with gas (e.g., air or another safe, buoyant gas) so that, when the system is restrained by anchored tether 106 , the combined forces will constitute the primary lifting force for the ocean current energy generating system.
  • gas e.g., air or another safe, buoyant gas
  • the system can be raised to the surface for maintenance or inspection by turning off the generators, thereby reducing drag on the system, which allows the system to rise somewhat toward the surface.
  • the flotation tube(s) and/or evacuating fluid from the ballast tube(s) the unit can be safely and reliably floated to the surface so that maintenance or inspection can be performed.
  • tether 106 can also be released, so that the floating structure can be towed or otherwise powered toward land or another operating site.
  • FIG. 2 is a front view of the power generation system 201 , equipped with a plurality of relatively large, slow moving propellers 206 disposed in mechanical communication with the shaft members of induction generator units 204 and 205 .
  • the generator units are disposed within end cap units housed within flotation tubes 102 , as well as across the span of a lattice type body portion of the system disposed between the flotation tubes.
  • FIG. 3 a detailed view of the inside of the ballast tubes previously depicted as item 103 in FIG. 1 is provided, in which a plurality of labyrinth type isolation chambers are joined in such a manner that separation and mixture of various gases and liquids can be used to permit much finer control of the balance and notational forces present in the system that can be obtained by means of floatation tubes 102 .
  • an interior ballast system 301 formed within a ballast tube comprises an air control source 302 disposed in fluid communication with an overpressure check valve and a first isolation chamber 303 .
  • First isolation chamber 303 contains both a dry gas (e.g., air having a pressure equal to the surrounding outside water pressure) present in an upper portion of the chamber, and a fluid (e.g., seawater drawn in from outside the isolation chamber) present in a lower portion of the chamber.
  • First isolation chamber 303 also comprises a secondary air feed line 305 for distributing air to other gas-filled compartments of the structure, as well as lines for mixtures of gas and fluid from first isolation chamber 303 to second isolation chamber 304 .
  • Second isolation chamber 304 in turn comprises an upper portion containing air and a lower portion containing water or the like, which are separated by an isolation cylinder.
  • the isolation cylinder contains sea water upon which floats a barrier fluid in order to ensure better isolation between the air and seawater.
  • first or second isolation chambers 303 , 304 is equipped with instrumentation (e.g., pressure sensors or differential pressure sensors) to determine whether fluid or air is present in a particular cavity of the system.
  • instrumentation e.g., pressure sensors or differential pressure sensors
  • such sensors are input into a logical control system (not shown) used to assist in the detection and control of balance and thrust related measurements.
  • a final isolation chamber 306 which, in the depicted embodiment, comprises an air outlet valve 309 used to let air out of the system and, in some circumstances, water into the system.
  • a pressure safety valve 307 is provided in the event internal pressures become so great that venting of pressure is required in order to maintain the integrity of system control, and an open water flow valve 308 fitted with a screen to prevent accidental entry by sea creatures is disposed in a lower portion of the isolation tank 306 .
  • barrier fluids and the like can be used to reduce interaction between air and water, and if the system is fitted with a float control floating on top of the sea water, the barrier fluid can be retained after all of the sea water is expelled.
  • FIG. 4A presents a top view of one embodiment of the system 401 , which in this instance comprises a first flotation tube 402 and a second flotation tube 403 ; a connecting, lattice like body portion 404 disposed therebetween; a plurality of induction generators 405 , 406 positioned strategically around the floatation tubes and the body portions; a plurality of propellers 407 disposed in mechanical communication with the generators; and a plurality of tethering members 408 , 409 disposed in mechanical communication with the flotation tubes 402 , 403 .
  • tethering members 408 and 409 are joined to form a single anchoring tether 410 that is affixed in a known manner to anchoring member 411 .
  • anchoring tether 410 further comprises means for variably restraining and releasing the system.
  • anchoring tether 410 terminates at an anchoring member 411 equipped with a tether termination device (not shown).
  • Anchoring member 411 comprises any type of known anchor (e.g., a dead-weight anchor or the like) suitable for maintaining a fixed position in fast moving currents, which are usually found in locations with rocky seafloors due to soil erosion caused by the fast moving currents.
  • this portion of the station can be secured by attaching anchoring tether 410 to either a surface vessel or another ocean current energy generating device, or to another central mooring location such as a floating dynamic positioning buoy.
  • FIGS. 5-7 depict several specific (though non-limiting) example embodiments of a propeller system suitable for use with the water current power generation system disclosed herein.
  • Those of ordinary skill in the pertinent arts will also appreciate, however, that while the example propeller systems disclosed herein are described with reference to a water current power generation system driven by an induction-type power generator, the example propeller systems can also be used in connection with other types of submerged or waterborne power generation systems to achieve many of the same advantages taught herein.
  • FIG. 5 is a front view of an example propeller system embodiment suitable for use in connection with a submerged or waterborne power generation system.
  • propeller 501 comprises a plurality of alternating fin sets and enclosing rings, which will hereinafter be referred to as a “fin-ring” configuration.
  • fin-ring propellers would typically be designed to specification for each particular application, and improved efficiency will be realized by tailoring the diameter, circumference, fin curvature and disposition eccentricity, material selections, etc., based on the operational frequencies required by the induction generators, the speed of surrounding water currents, environmental considerations (e.g., whether the propellers should have openings or voids through which fish or other aquatic life may pass), and so on.
  • neighboring sets of propellers can be rotated in opposite directions (e.g., either clockwise or counterclockwise, as representatively depicted in FIG. 2 ) in order to promote the creation of eddies or dead zones in front of the propellers, which can repel or help protect marine life, enhance propeller rotation efficiency, etc.
  • propeller 501 is disposed around a hub or shaft portion 502 that both holds the propeller 501 in a secure and reliable manner (e.g., by means of mechanical affixation, such as by means of encapsulated rust-resistant fasteners, welding a propeller body or multiple pieces of a propeller body to a shaft into a single unitary whole, etc.) and imparts a rotational torque proportional to the angular momentum of the rotating propeller onto the shaft for delivery to the power generator.
  • hub or shaft portion 502 further comprises a flotation means used to improve the mechanical connection of the Fin-Ring propeller to the shaft.
  • drive shafts appropriate for this task currently exist in the art of record, and may comprise, for example, a series of gears and/or clutches, breaking systems, etc., as would be required to effectively communicate the propeller's rotational torque to the generator shaft.
  • a retaining fastener such as a bolt and washer assembly or the like is removed from the end of a drive shaft, the fin-ring propeller structure is slipped over the exposed shaft, and then the fastener is replaced, thereby mechanically affixing the fin-ring structure to the shaft.
  • the fastener would then be covered by a water-tight cover or the like as representatively depicted in FIG. 6 , item 601 .
  • a central hub comprises the connection point mechanical communication with a large shaft, which can be either installed or removed and replaced as a single structure so that the propeller can be easily serviced and maintained while in the water.
  • the hub further comprises a fixed flotation means in order to resist the overhanging load of the shaft and propeller assembly.
  • the propellers especially the front propellers in a submerged system, which absorb most of the force of the water current
  • the exemplary embodiment of the fin-ring design depicted herein is generally similar across a multitude of other, related embodiments suitable for practice within the system.
  • the hub attachment assembly 502 is concentrically surrounded by a first ring member 503 , beyond which (i.e., further out from the hub assembly) is a second ring member 506 .
  • Disposed between first ring member 503 and second ring member 506 is a plurality of fin members 504 , each of which is separated by a gap 505 .
  • the gap space between fin members 504 will vary by application, but as a general matter the gaps between fins will increase in size from the inner most ring (in which the gaps are typically the smallest) to the outermost rings (where the gap space is the largest).
  • Other configurations admit to gaps of similar sizes, or even larger gaps on inner rings than on outer rings, but an advantage of a mostly solid inner ring surface, wherein most of the entirety of the ring's possible surface area is utilized by fins rather than gaps, is that the structure will tend to force fluid pressure away from the center of the structure toward the outermost rings and beyond the perimeter of the device altogether.
  • This approach helps the propeller rotate more easily, and greatly improves the environmental safety of the device by forcing small marine life and the like that might come near the structure toward the outside of the system so that they can either avoid the propeller structure altogether, or else pass through one of the larger gaps in the outer rings.
  • the propeller can also be rotated very slowly (for example, in one example embodiment generating satisfactory field results, the propeller rotates at a speed of only 8 RPM), further ensuring that marine life will be able to avoid the structure and enhancing environmental neutrality and safety.
  • the slow rotational speeds also make the system more rugged and durable and less likely to suffer damage if contacted by debris or a submerged object floating nearby.
  • the gap spaces 514 of the outermost ring are the largest gap spaces in the system, and separate fins 513 to the system's greatest extent.
  • a final ring member 515 encloses the outer periphery of the propeller system, again enhancing it's environmental friendliness, as fish and other marine life inadvertently striking the outside ring 515 will encounter only a slight glancing blow against a slowly-moving structure, which further increases marine safety by pushing water and fluid pressures away from the device as much as possible.
  • the pitch of fins 602 measured relative to the plane of the fin-ring assembly can be altered (for example, the rings can be disposed with greater eccentricity) as their position within the assembly is advanced from the first ring surrounding the central hub toward the outermost rings.
  • Disposing fins 602 at a flatter pitch within the interior rings and more eccentrically (i.e., in a plane more perpendicular to the assembly plane) in the outer rings will tend to flatten and smooth the water flow around the propeller, thereby achieving superior fluid flow characteristics (which minimizes system vibration), creating less resistance against the propeller structure, and providing a greater surrounding centrifugal fluid force to assure that marine life avoids the center of the propeller system.
  • a series of curved fins 702 , 704 , 706 , 708 are disposed between gaps 703 , 705 , 707 , 709 of increasing size (note that the center attachment hub from which the smallest concentric rings originate would be located beyond the top of the Figure, e.g., above fin 702 and gap 703 ).
  • fins 702 , 704 , 706 , 708 are also disposed with greater eccentricity as they are installed further and further from the hub, so that the disposition angle of fin 708 measured relative to the assembly plane would be greater than that of fins 702 , 704 , 706 disposed neared the center attachment hub.
  • a tethered, submerged water current power generation system in which the entire propeller array is drag mounted, so that power interference from a front mounted array is avoided, and greater system stability and power efficiency is achieved.
  • this particular configuration admits to one or more propellers disposed in both an upper drag mount position and a lower drag mount position, though disposition of multiple propeller arrays in an either greater or fewer number of levels is also possible.
  • FIG. 9 which is essentially a rear view of the alternative embodiment depicted in FIG. 8 , it is seen that one specific (though non-limiting) embodiment comprises a propeller array having ten total propellers, with six propellers being disposed in a lower drag mount position, and four propellers being disposed in an upper drag mounted position, with the upper position array being further distributed with two propellers on each side of the power generation system.
  • This particular embodiment has been found to admit to superior power generation characteristics, while stabilizing the attendant system structure by minimizing vibration, and allowing evenly matched pairs of propellers to run in opposite rotational directions. While such configurations are optimal for certain embodiments of the power generation system, a virtually limitless number of other arrays and disposition configurations can instead be employed when deemed effective in a given operations environment.
  • the composition of the entire fin-ring propeller structure would likely be common, for example, all made from a durable, coated or rust-resistant, lightweight metal.
  • differing material compositions as between fins and rings is also possible, and other materials such as metallic composites, hard carbon composites, ceramics, etc., is certainly possible without departing from the scope of the invention.

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US12/702,546 US20110109090A1 (en) 2009-11-09 2010-02-09 Fin-Ring Propeller For A Water Current Power Generation System
PCT/US2010/023598 WO2011056249A2 (fr) 2009-11-09 2010-02-09 Hélice à anneau à ailettes pour système de génération d'énergie par courant d'eau
AU2010200574A AU2010200574B1 (en) 2009-11-09 2010-02-17 Fin-ring propeller for a water current power generation system
ZA2010/01423A ZA201001423B (en) 2009-11-09 2010-02-26 Fin-ring propeller for a water current power generation system
AP2010005329A AP3779A (en) 2009-11-09 2010-03-02 Fin-ring propeller for a water current power generation system.
AP2010005184A AP3857A (en) 2009-11-09 2010-03-02 Fin-ring propeller for a water current power generation system
TW099117971A TWI481779B (zh) 2009-11-09 2010-03-03 用於水流發電系統之鰭片環螺旋槳
TW099106210A TWI486519B (zh) 2009-11-09 2010-03-03 用於水流發電系統之鰭片環螺旋槳
MX2010002907A MX2010002907A (es) 2009-11-09 2010-03-16 Propulsor con anillo de aletas para un sistema de generacion de energia con corriente de agua.
EA201000412A EA014951B1 (ru) 2009-11-09 2010-03-30 Система генерирования электроэнергии с использованием энергии потока воды
EA201000528A EA014952B1 (ru) 2009-11-09 2010-03-30 Система для генерирования энергии из потока воды с пластинчатыми блоками рабочего колеса
AU2010201415A AU2010201415A1 (en) 2009-11-09 2010-04-09 Fin-ring propeller for a water current power generation system
JP2010093613A JP5050077B2 (ja) 2009-11-09 2010-04-15 水流発電システム用フィン付きリングプロペラ
MX2010004264A MX2010004264A (es) 2009-11-09 2010-04-19 Propulsor con anillo de aletas para un sistema de generacion de energia con corriente de agua.
BRPI1005790-0A BRPI1005790B1 (pt) 2009-11-09 2010-05-10 Sistema de hélices para estruturas submersas ou aquática
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