FR2278941A1 - Generation of electricity from ocean currents - uses chain of propellers driving floating generator anchored to sea bed - Google Patents

Generation of electricity from ocean currents - uses chain of propellers driving floating generator anchored to sea bed

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FR2278941A1
FR2278941A1 FR7425163A FR7425163A FR2278941A1 FR 2278941 A1 FR2278941 A1 FR 2278941A1 FR 7425163 A FR7425163 A FR 7425163A FR 7425163 A FR7425163 A FR 7425163A FR 2278941 A1 FR2278941 A1 FR 2278941A1
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sea bed
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electricity
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ocean currents
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B17/00—Other machines or engines
    • F03B17/06—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head"
    • F03B17/061—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head" with rotation axis substantially in flow direction
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66D—CAPSTANS; WINCHES; TACKLES, e.g. PULLEY BLOCKS; HOISTS
    • B66D1/00—Rope, cable, or chain winding mechanisms; Capstans
    • B66D1/28—Other constructional details
    • B66D1/40—Control devices
    • B66D1/48—Control devices automatic
    • B66D1/50—Control devices automatic for maintaining predetermined rope, cable, or chain tension, e.g. in ropes or cables for towing craft, in chains for anchors; Warping or mooring winch-cable tension control
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/30—Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
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  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
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Abstract

An electric generator is mounted on the floating platform which is anchored to the sea bed by a number of cables and winches. The generator drive shaft is coupled by the cardan shaft and universal joints to the propeller which is attached by similar means to a chain of propellers. The propellers are arranged to face the current which causes them to rotate and drive the generator. In order to ensure that the anchoring load is shared equally by all the cables, each winch is mounted on a slide retained by a hydraulic jack, each jack being supplied with fluid at the same pressure.
FR7425163A 1974-07-19 1974-07-19 Generation of electricity from ocean currents - uses chain of propellers driving floating generator anchored to sea bed Granted FR2278941A1 (en)

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FR2278941A1 true FR2278941A1 (en) 1976-02-13
FR2278941B3 FR2278941B3 (en) 1977-05-20

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Cited By (7)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4102291A (en) * 1975-10-07 1978-07-25 Ralf Sebald Electrical generator for a sailboat
FR2778509A1 (en) * 1998-05-11 1999-11-12 Marcel Alexandre Franc Chardon Autonomous hydraulic generator producing electric energy in mountainous locations
GB2390401A (en) * 2002-07-01 2004-01-07 William George Lyne Electricity generator utilising water energy
FR2865506A1 (en) * 2004-01-27 2005-07-29 Pierre Blanger Impeller driving method for transforming e.g. tide energy, involves modifying position of rotation plane of impeller to follow movement of stream line, so that plane and line are parallel to each other irrespective of orientation of line
WO2008043886A1 (en) * 2006-10-12 2008-04-17 Georges Poupinet Hydroelectric apparatus for generating electric power mainly from tidal currents
FR2980245A1 (en) * 2011-09-19 2013-03-22 Sabella DEVICE FOR RECOVERING ENERGY FROM MARINE OR WATERCOURSE CURRENTS
GB2601721A (en) * 2020-07-10 2022-06-15 Cdr Systems Ltd Fluid turbine

Cited By (10)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US4102291A (en) * 1975-10-07 1978-07-25 Ralf Sebald Electrical generator for a sailboat
FR2778509A1 (en) * 1998-05-11 1999-11-12 Marcel Alexandre Franc Chardon Autonomous hydraulic generator producing electric energy in mountainous locations
GB2390401A (en) * 2002-07-01 2004-01-07 William George Lyne Electricity generator utilising water energy
GB2390401B (en) * 2002-07-01 2005-08-31 William George Lyne Electicity generating equipment
FR2865506A1 (en) * 2004-01-27 2005-07-29 Pierre Blanger Impeller driving method for transforming e.g. tide energy, involves modifying position of rotation plane of impeller to follow movement of stream line, so that plane and line are parallel to each other irrespective of orientation of line
WO2008043886A1 (en) * 2006-10-12 2008-04-17 Georges Poupinet Hydroelectric apparatus for generating electric power mainly from tidal currents
US8018080B2 (en) 2006-10-12 2011-09-13 Georges Poupinet Hydroelectric device for the production of electricity, particularly from tidal currents
FR2980245A1 (en) * 2011-09-19 2013-03-22 Sabella DEVICE FOR RECOVERING ENERGY FROM MARINE OR WATERCOURSE CURRENTS
WO2013079831A1 (en) * 2011-09-19 2013-06-06 Sabella Device for recovering energy from sea currents or bodies of flowing water
GB2601721A (en) * 2020-07-10 2022-06-15 Cdr Systems Ltd Fluid turbine

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