公开(公告)号：US20110116925A1

公开(公告)日：2011-05-19

申请号：US13054163

申请日：2009-07-16

申请人： Matthew Whitelaw

发明人： Matthew Whitelaw

IPC分类号： F03B13/16

CPC分类号： F03B13/262 ,  F05B2240/40 ,  F05B2240/97 ,  F05B2250/60 ,  F05B2260/4031 ,  F05B2280/4003 ,  F05C2225/00 ,  Y02E10/28 ,  Y02E10/38 ,  Y10S416/04

摘要： An apparatus and method for extracting energy for a tidal stream in a body of the water are described. The apparatus comprises a body located in a tidal stream, a generator; and a line coupled to the generator such that relative movement between the line and the generator drives the generator. In one configuration, the body comprises a drag surface oriented substantially in the direction of the tidal stream and has at least one formation for promoting a drag force on the body. The drag force causes movement of the body with the tidal stream, which results in relative movement of the line and generator to drive the generator.

摘要翻译： 描述了用于在水体中提取潮汐流的能量的装置和方法。 该装置包括位于潮汐流中的主体，发电机; 以及耦合到发电机的线，使得线路和发电机之间的相对运动驱动发电机。 在一种构造中，主体包括基本上沿着潮汐流的方向定向的阻力表面，并且具有用于在身体上促进拖曳力的至少一个结构。 拖曳力导致身体与潮汐流的移动，这导致线路和发电机的相对运动以驱动发电机。

公开(公告)号：US07682126B2

公开(公告)日：2010-03-23

申请号：US11450981

申请日：2006-06-09

申请人： David Joseph Parker

发明人： David Joseph Parker

IPC分类号： F03B13/00

CPC分类号： F03B17/061 ,  E02B2017/0091 ,  F05B2240/40 ,  F05B2240/97 ,  Y02E10/28 ,  Y10S415/906 ,  Y10S415/908 ,  Y10S416/04

摘要： A device is described for the conversion of energy from free flowing water into electric, hydraulic, or pneumatic power using a submersible system of turbine propellers mounted on horizontal shafts supported by chambers, each containing switchgear and/or generators and air or water ballast. The device is tethered to the seabed by a cable. Free of a rigid vertical support, the device can yaw so that water flow in any direction can be used for power generation, as in a tidal basin. In response to sensing the water velocity of the water channel, the device actively seeks a nominal water velocity, ascending or descending as necessary.

摘要翻译： 描述了一种装置，用于使用安装在由室支撑的水平轴上的涡轮螺旋桨的潜水系统将能量从自由流动的水转换成电动，液压或气动动力，所述潜水系统包括开关设备和/或发电机以及空气或水压载。 该设备通过电缆连接到海底。 没有刚性的垂直支撑，装置可以偏航，使得任何方向的水流可以用于发电，如潮汐盆地。 响应于感测水通道的水速，装置主动地寻求标称水速，根据需要上升或下降。

公开(公告)号：US07270513B2

公开(公告)日：2007-09-18

申请号：US10615451

申请日：2003-07-08

申请人： Colin Regan ,  Johann Hoffmann

发明人： Colin Regan ,  Johann Hoffmann

IPC分类号： F03B7/00

CPC分类号： F03B17/063 ,  F03B17/062 ,  F05B2240/93 ,  Y02E10/28 ,  Y10S416/02 ,  Y10S416/04

摘要： Apparatus for generating power from a water current in a body of water comprises a longitudinally extending flotation platform for maintaining the apparatus afloat in the body of water and a water turbine operatively carried by the platform for generating power in response to water current in the body of water. The platform is configured to enhance the flow of water current over the turbine blades and, as well, to enable a number of like platforms each with an associated turbine or turbines to be arrayed in a cooperative manner. The water turbine may comprise a turbine rotor with a plurality of relatively narrow, flexible elongated blades arranged in circumferentially spaced rows extending along the rotor. In each row, the blades are distanced from each other in succession by a space. The rows may be staggered with respect to each other such that the blades in a given one of the rows circumferentially align with the spaces between blades in the row immediately circumferentially forward of the given row and with the spaces between blades in the row immediately circumferentially rearward of the given row.

摘要翻译： 用于从水体中的水流产生功率的装置包括纵向延伸的浮选平台，用于将装置保持在水体中，并且能够由该平台可操作地承载，以响应于主体中的水流产生动力 水。 平台被配置成增强涡轮机叶片上的水流量，并且还使得能够以协作的方式排列多个相似的平台，每个平台具有关联的涡轮机或涡轮机。 水轮机可以包括涡轮转子，其具有沿着沿着转子延伸的周向间隔排布置的多个相对窄的柔性细长叶片。 在每一行中，叶片彼此间隔一个空间。 这些排可以相对于彼此交错，使得给定行中的叶片周向地与列中的叶片之间的空间对准给定行中的周向前方，并且行中的叶片之间的空间立即周向向后 的给定行。

公开(公告)号：US20060171798A1

公开(公告)日：2006-08-03

申请号：US10904040

申请日：2004-10-20

申请人： Shigeyuki Yamamoto ,  Warren Colburn

发明人： Shigeyuki Yamamoto ,  Warren Colburn

IPC分类号： F03B15/06

CPC分类号： F03D13/25 ,  B63B21/50 ,  B63B2035/446 ,  B63B2039/067 ,  F03D1/02 ,  F03D1/04 ,  F03D9/008 ,  F03D13/10 ,  F03D13/40 ,  F05B2210/18 ,  F05B2240/13 ,  F05B2240/40 ,  F05B2240/93 ,  F05B2240/95 ,  F05B2240/96 ,  F05B2250/132 ,  Y02E10/38 ,  Y02E10/721 ,  Y02E10/725 ,  Y02E10/727 ,  Y10S416/04 ,  Y10S416/06

摘要： A floating power generation assembly comprises at least three floating units (900) floating on a body of water, and at least three anchors (916) secured to a solid surface beneath the body of water, each of the floating units (900) being provided with power generation means, the floating units (900) being arranged substantially at the vertices of at least one equilateral triangle. The invention also provides ship-borne apparatus for deploying the floating units of such a power generation assembly and a novel multiple wind turbine assembly.

摘要翻译： 浮动发电组件包括漂浮在水体上的至少三个浮动单元（900）和固定到水体下面的固体表面的至少三个锚固件（916），每个浮动单元（900）被提供 利用发电装置，浮动单元（900）基本上被布置在至少一个等边三角形的顶点处。 本发明还提供了用于部署这种发电组件的浮动单元和新型多风力涡轮机组件的船载设备。

公开(公告)号：US20060152011A1

公开(公告)日：2006-07-13

申请号：US10529091

申请日：2003-09-25

申请人： Peter Fraenkel

发明人： Peter Fraenkel

IPC分类号： F03B13/00

CPC分类号： F03B17/061 ,  Y02E10/28 ,  Y02E10/38 ,  Y10S416/04

摘要： A method and means of counteracting the effects of variation in static pressure acting upon a hollow rotor blade or hydrofoil (6, 7) for devices capable of extracting energy from a moving column (8) of water or other liquid within which the rotor of hydrofoil is located whether the device rotates as in the case of an axial flow turbine or whether it reciprocates in the flow such that cyclic static pressure fluctuations caused by vertical movement of the rotor blades or hydrofoils through the water column (8) including the step of equalising the pressure inside and outside the rotor blade or hydrofoil by filling any voids (17) within the hollow rotor blades or hydrofoils with a liquid in such manner as to allow the external surface (26) of said rotor blades or hydrofoils to “breathe”; i.e., to expand and contract under the influence of external static pressure variations, whereby cyclic static pressure fluctuations caused by vertical movement of the rotor blades or hydrofoils through the water column (8) do not cause fluctuating stresses in the rotor blades or hydrofoils.

摘要翻译： 一种抵消作用在中空转子叶片或水翼（6,7）上的静压变化的影响的方法和装置，用于从水或其它液体的移动柱（8）中提取能量的装置，其中水翼的转子 定位是否与轴流式涡轮机的情况一样旋转，或者它是否在流动中往复运动，使得由转子叶片或水翼的垂直运动引起的循环静压波动通过水柱（8），包括均衡 通过以使得所述转子叶片或水翼的外表面（26）“呼吸”的方式用液体填充空心转子叶片或水翼内的任何空隙（17），从而转子叶片或水翼的内部和外部的压力; 即在外部静压变化的影响下膨胀和收缩，由此由转子叶片或水翼通过水柱（8）的垂直运动引起的循环静压波动不会引起转子叶片或水翼中的波动应力。

公开(公告)号：US20030223868A1

公开(公告)日：2003-12-04

申请号：US10164959

申请日：2002-06-04

发明人： Mark H. Dawson ,  Jack A. Wallace

IPC分类号： F03D007/04

CPC分类号： F03D7/0236 ,  F05B2240/2021 ,  F05B2240/313 ,  Y02E10/721 ,  Y02E10/723 ,  Y10S416/04

摘要： A wind turbine blade made of a fixed blade section with an integral mounting flange for attachment to a wind turbine hub. A moveable blade section is attached to the fixed blade section and is free to move in a longitudinal direction relative to the fixed blade section. A positioning device controllably positions the moveable blade section to vary the overall length of the blade. This allows the wind turbine's rotor diameter to be adjusted. The rotor diameter can be increased in order to provide high power output in low wind conditions and it can be decreased in order to minimize loads in high wind conditions.

公开(公告)号：US6099255A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-08

申请号：US817817

申请日：1997-04-17

申请人： Wai Cheung Lee

发明人： Wai Cheung Lee

IPC分类号： F03D9/10 ,  F03D15/00 ,  B63H23/30

CPC分类号： F03D15/00 ,  F03D9/10 ,  Y02E10/725 ,  Y10S416/04

摘要： A fluid power storage device is provided in which, the prime mover directly or through a slow-down gear train winds up a spring device having a latch attached therein. The spring device can be a spiral spring or simply a rubber band. When the stored up energy is great enough, an adjustable stopper automatically releases the spring device being latched. The spring device in turn, releases the stored energy which then activates a mechanism or drives an electric generator. After a certain amount of energy stored up is released, the latch will automatically be caught by the stopper. Hence the mechanism or the electric generator will be stopped and the fluid power storage device starts to store up energy again for the next release of the spring device.

摘要翻译： PCT No.PCT / CA94 / 00567 Sec。 371日期1997年04月14日 102（e）1997年4月14日PCT PCT 1996年4月26日PCT公布。 WO96 / 12106 PCT出版物 日期1996年04月25日提供了一种流体动力储存装置，其中原动机直接或通过减速齿轮系卷起弹簧装置，弹簧装置具有附接在其中的闩锁。 弹簧装置可以是螺旋弹簧或简单的橡胶带。 当存储的能量足够大时，可调节的限位器自动释放被锁定的弹簧装置。 弹簧装置依次释放存储的能量，然后启动机构或驱动发电机。 在储存一定量的能量被释放后，闩锁将自动被挡块卡住。 因此，机构或发电机将停止，并且流体储能装置再次开始储存能量，以便下一次释放弹簧装置。

公开(公告)号：US5997252A

公开(公告)日：1999-12-07

申请号：US998259

申请日：1997-12-24

申请人： Duane G. Miller

发明人： Duane G. Miller

IPC分类号： F03D3/00 ,  B63H9/04

CPC分类号： F03D3/005 ,  F05B2240/216 ,  Y02E10/74 ,  Y02P70/523 ,  Y10S416/04

摘要： A wind driven electrical power generating apparatus includes an armature. The apparatus also includes a wing secured to the armature. The wing defines a pocket having a hub end and an outer end. The width of the pocket monotonically increases from the hub end to the outer end. Moreover, the depth of the pocket monotonically increases from the hub end to the outer end. The wing and the armature produce a relatively large amount of torque during rotation of the armature which is converted to high rotational speed by a gear mechanism thereby driving a generator at a relatively high rotational speed. Such high torque production eliminates the need to rotate the armature at a high rotational speed. Moreover, the configuration of the wing allows the armature to be rotated in the presence of relatively low wind velocities. Hence, the apparatus may be efficiently utilized for electrical power generation in geographic areas which typically experience relatively low wind velocities.

摘要翻译： 风力发电装置包括电枢。 该装置还包括固定到电枢的翼。 机翼限定了具有轮毂端和外端的口袋。 口袋的宽度从轮毂端到外端单调增加。 此外，口袋的深度从轮毂端到外端单调地增加。 机翼和衔铁在电枢旋转期间产生相对大量的转矩，该转矩通过齿轮机构转换成高转速，从而以相对高的转速驱动发电机。 这种高扭矩产生消除了以高转速旋转衔铁的需要。 此外，翼的构造允许衔铁在相对较低的风速的存在下旋转。 因此，该装置可以有效地用于典型地经历相对低的风速的地理区域中的发电。

公开(公告)号：US4818888A

公开(公告)日：1989-04-04

申请号：US110441

申请日：1987-10-20

申请人： James L. Lenoir, III

发明人： James L. Lenoir, III

IPC分类号： F03B17/06 ,  F03B13/12

CPC分类号： F03B17/065 ,  F05B2240/211 ,  F05B2260/72 ,  Y02E10/28 ,  Y10S416/04 ,  Y10S416/06

摘要： Water-powered electricity generating apparatus, for use in rivers and other bodies of water having current flow therein, comprises a water wheel and an adjacent platform. The water wheel has a number of blades which are pivotally attached adjacent a first end thereof to vertical rods which extend between the top and bottom of the water wheel. A controllable stop, movable between an upper position in which it may contact a second end of the blade, and a lower position in which contact with the blade is not possible, is provided for each blade. The wheel also comprises a drive gear having downwardly-facing teeth. The drive gear meshes with gears of dynamos carried on the platform adjacent the water wheel.The apparatus is placed in a river or other body of water having current therein. When traveling in an upstream direction, the blades swing freely parallel to the current. When traveling in a downstream direction, the second ends of the blades rest against the stops, and the blade presents a surface against which the current acts to turn the wheel. The wheel, powered by the blades in contact with the stops, and unhindered by the other blades, rotates continuously in one direction. Rotation of the wheel causes the drive gear to rotate, which causes the dynamo gears to rotate causing the dynamos to produce electricity.

摘要翻译： 用于河流和其中具有电流的其他水体的水力发电设备包括水轮和相邻的平台。 水轮具有多个叶片，它们在其第一端附近枢转地附接到在水轮的顶部和底部之间延伸的垂直杆。 为每个叶片提供了可控制的止动件，其可在其可接触叶片的第二端的上部位置和与叶片接触的下部位置之间可移动。 车轮还包括具有向下的齿的驱动齿轮。 驱动齿轮与靠近水轮的平台上承载的发电机齿轮啮合。 该设备被放置在其中具有电流的河流或其他水体中。 当沿上游方向行进时，叶片平行于电流自由摆动。 当沿下游方向行进时，叶片的第二端抵靠止动件，并且叶片呈现出电流作用以转动车轮的表面。 由与刀片接触的刀片驱动的车轮，并且被其他刀片不受阻碍地沿着一个方向连续旋转。 车轮的旋转使得驱动齿轮旋转，这使得发电机齿轮旋转，使发电机产生电力。

公开(公告)号：US4767939A

公开(公告)日：1988-08-30

申请号：US60024

申请日：1987-06-09

申请人： David G. Calley

发明人： David G. Calley

IPC分类号： F03D7/02 ,  H02P9/04 ,  F03D9/00

CPC分类号： F03D7/0216 ,  Y02E10/723 ,  Y10S416/04

摘要： A wind-driven electric current-producer has a magnetic field producing alternator rotor directly driven by an air turbine blade. The alternator and blade together are mounted on a vertically tiltable control frame which is pivotably mounted on a main frame that swivels with the wind direction in response to a guide vane. In high winds the blade and alternator tilt upward but continue to aim into the wind and produce current. The guide vane is low to accomodate the tilted blade path. The location of the pivot causes gravitational forces to tilt the control frame in both directions. Springs counterbalance the upward tilting forces. The spring mounts have a stop that limits the tilt in both directions.

摘要翻译： 风力发电机具有由空气涡轮叶片直接驱动的产生交流发电机转子的磁场。 交流发电机和叶片一起安装在可垂直倾斜的控制框架上，该控制框架可枢转地安装在主框架上，该主框架响应于导向叶片而与风向旋转。 在大风中，叶片和交流发电机向上倾斜，但继续瞄准风力并产生电流。 导向叶片很低以适应倾斜的叶片路径。 枢轴的位置使重力在两个方向上倾斜控制框架。 弹簧抵抗向上倾斜力。 弹簧座具有限制两个方向倾斜的停止。