- 专利标题: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for extraction and/or storage of energy from moving fluids
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申请号: US14391752申请日: 2013-03-14
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公开(公告)号: US10947961B2公开(公告)日: 2021-03-16
- 发明人: Lawrence G. Brown , Gregory A. M. Brown
- 申请人: Gregory A. M. Brown
- 申请人地址: US NV Incline Village
- 专利权人: Gregory A. M. Brown
- 当前专利权人: Gregory A. M. Brown
- 当前专利权人地址: US NV Incline Village
- 代理机构: Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
- 国际申请: PCT/US2013/031277 WO 20130314
- 国际公布: WO2013/154739 WO 20131017
- 主分类号: F03G7/00
- IPC分类号: F03G7/00 ; F03D15/10 ; F03D9/12 ; F03B13/08 ; F03B13/00
摘要:
This disclosure includes various embodiments of apparatuses for encapsulating and stopping a flowing mass of fluid (e.g., liquid such as water, or gas such as air) to extract the kinetic energy from the mass, and for exhausting the mass once stopped (spent mass, from which kinetic energy has been extracted). This disclosure also includes various embodiments of systems comprising a plurality of the present apparatuses coupled together and/or one or more of the present apparatuses in combination with one or more flow resistance modifiers (FRMs). This disclosure also includes various embodiments of methods of extracting kinetic energy from a flowing mass of fluid (e.g., liquid such as water, or gas such as air) by stopping the mass, and for exhausting the mass once stopped (spent mass, from which kinetic energy has been extracted). This disclosure also includes embodiments of mechanical energy-storage or accumulation devices.