Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus for generating electricity from a tidal water flow
- Patent Title (中): 用于从潮汐水流发电的装置
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Application No.: US13138586Application Date: 2010-03-11
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Publication No.: US08963357B2Publication Date: 2015-02-24
- Inventor: Patrick James Mulvey , Timothy Patrick Crowley
- Applicant: Patrick James Mulvey , Timothy Patrick Crowley
- Applicant Address: GB Edinburgh
- Assignee: Firth Tidal Energy Limited
- Current Assignee: Firth Tidal Energy Limited
- Current Assignee Address: GB Edinburgh
- Agency: Iandiorio Teska & Coleman, LLP
- Priority: GB0904408.2 20090313
- International Application: PCT/GB2010/000440 WO 20100311
- International Announcement: WO2010/103280 WO 20100916
- Main IPC: F03B13/12
- IPC: F03B13/12 ; F03B13/26

Abstract:
Apparatus (2) for generating electricity from a tidal water flow, which apparatus (2) comprises a plurality of units (4) which generate electricity, and a base (6) for securing the units (4) to a water bed (8), the apparatus (2) being such that: (i) the units (4) each comprise a housing (10) and a turbine generator (12) which is positioned in the housing (10) and which generates the electricity; (ii) the housing (10) has openings (14, 16) for allowing the tidal water to flow through the housing (10) and rotate the turbine generator (12) in order to cause the turbine generator (12) to generate the electricity; (iii) the housing (10) has at least six sides (18) and is symmetrical in end view; (iv) the units (4) contact each other along at least two adjacent sides (18), whereby the units (4) securely connect to each other and provide support for each other; (v) the base has an upper surface (20) with at least one recess (22) which receives a lower part of at least one of the units (4); and (vi) the recess (22) is of a complementary shape to the shape of the lower part of the unit (4) that is located in the recess (22), whereby a plurality of sides of the unit (4) engage adjacent sides of the recess (24), and whereby the unit (4) in the recess (22) securely connects to the base (6).
Public/Granted literature
- US20110316281A1 APPARATUS FOR GENERATING ELECTICITY FROM A TIDAL WATER FLOW Public/Granted day:2011-12-29
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