Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Hydroelectric turbine testing method
- Patent Title (中): 水电机组测试方法
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Application No.: US13996106Application Date: 2011-12-22
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Publication No.: US09234492B2Publication Date: 2016-01-12
- Inventor: Paul Dunne , James Ives
- Applicant: Paul Dunne , James Ives
- Applicant Address: IE Dublin
- Assignee: Openhydro IP Limited
- Current Assignee: Openhydro IP Limited
- Current Assignee Address: IE Dublin
- Agency: Gardner, Linn, Burkhart & Flory, LLP
- Priority: EP10196786 20101223
- International Application: PCT/EP2011/073788 WO 20111222
- International Announcement: WO2012/085200 WO 20120628
- Main IPC: G01M3/02
- IPC: G01M3/02 ; F03B11/00 ; E02D15/08 ; F03B13/26 ; F03B17/06 ; G01M10/00

Abstract:
A method of testing a hydroelectric turbine before the turbine is installed and secured on the seabed, in order to ensure that the turbine is operating as expected, the method involving securing the turbine to a vessel and displacing the vessel through water in order to effect rotation while monitoring one or more operating parameters of the turbine.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140102189A1 HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE TESTING METHOD Public/Granted day:2014-04-17
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