- Patent Title: Voltage converter-controlled damless hydrokinetic river turbines
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Application No.: US17012426Application Date: 2020-09-04
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Publication No.: US11111898B2Publication Date: 2021-09-07
- Inventor: Kyung Soo Han
- Applicant: Differential Dynamics Corporation
- Applicant Address: US MD Owings Mills
- Assignee: Differential Dynamics Corporation
- Current Assignee: Differential Dynamics Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US MD Owings Mills
- Agency: Cameron LLP
- Main IPC: F03B17/06
- IPC: F03B17/06 ; F03B7/00 ; F03B15/12

Abstract:
A river, tidal, wave or ocean current or a wind turbine for generating electricity harnesses a predetermined minimum or baseload value of hydrokinetic/wind energy from variable water/wind flow. A harnessing module may have a waterwheel or propeller and a-generator or a waterwheel or propeller alone. A harnessing module harnesses wind or water energy and may be connected to a land module of electrical and mechanical apparatus by an electrical cable. Received variable electrical input from the harnessing module is converted to a-constant electrical frequency by a connected generator feeding a grid, for example, using a Hummingbird speed converter. The received variable electrical load power may be mechanically corrected by feedback to a Kingfisher converter. An output generator to output constant frequency may use a voltage regulator, a variable voltage transformer and a control motor to provide feed forward control.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210180559A1 VOLTAGE CONVERTER-CONTROLLED DAMLESS HYDROKINETIC RIVER TURBINES Public/Granted day:2021-06-17
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