Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Floating tower frame for ocean current turbine system
- Patent Title (中): 用于海洋涡轮机系统的浮塔架
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Application No.: US14217060Application Date: 2014-03-17
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Publication No.: US09334849B2Publication Date: 2016-05-10
- Inventor: James G. P. Dehlsen
- Applicant: Aquantis, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Assignee: Aquantis, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Aquantis, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Santa Barbara
- Agency: San Diego IP Law Group LLP
- Main IPC: F03B17/00
- IPC: F03B17/00 ; F03B17/06 ; F03B13/26

Abstract:
The present invention provides a floating tower frame for an ocean current turbine system comprising multiple rotors, which is designed to generate electrical power or high pressure seawater for reverse osmosis or fresh water production from steady (gyre) or tidal currents. Turbines are mounted near the base of a plurality of floating towers held in parallel between a horizontal truss structure above water and a horizontal wing at the base of the towers, below the surface. The center of gravity of the system is located in the bottom one third of the towers below the water line, while the center of buoyancy is in the top third of the towers below the surface, and the entire structure floats vertically, with respect to the towers.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150260152A1 FLOATING TOWER FRAME FOR OCEAN CURRENT TURBINE SYSTEM Public/Granted day:2015-09-17
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