GB2461435B - Mobile underwater platform for using energy of the water current and river flux flow rate - Google Patents

Mobile underwater platform for using energy of the water current and river flux flow rate

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GB2461435B
GB2461435B GB0917660A GB0917660A GB2461435B GB 2461435 B GB2461435 B GB 2461435B GB 0917660 A GB0917660 A GB 0917660A GB 0917660 A GB0917660 A GB 0917660A GB 2461435 B GB2461435 B GB 2461435B
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energy
flow rate
water current
flux flow
underwater platform
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Nenad Paunovic
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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
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • F03B13/12—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy
    • F03B13/26—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy
    • F03B13/264—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy using the horizontal flow of water resulting from tide movement
    • 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
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/10—Stators
    • F05B2240/13—Stators to collect or cause flow towards or away from turbines
    • F05B2240/133—Stators to collect or cause flow towards or away from turbines with a convergent-divergent guiding structure, e.g. a Venturi conduit
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/97—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a submerged structure
    • 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)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Power Engineering (AREA)
  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • General Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Oceanography (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)
GB0917660A 2007-01-22 2008-01-22 Mobile underwater platform for using energy of the water current and river flux flow rate Expired - Fee Related GB2461435B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (2)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
RSP-2007/0022A RS20070022A (en) 2007-01-22 2007-01-22 Mobile underwater platform for exploitation of river and water steam flow energy
PCT/RS2008/000008 WO2008091172A2 (en) 2007-01-22 2008-01-22 Mobile underwater platform for using energy of the water current and river flux flow rate

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GB0917660D0 GB0917660D0 (en) 2009-11-25
GB2461435A GB2461435A (en) 2010-01-06
GB2461435B true GB2461435B (en) 2011-11-30

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RS (1) RS20070022A (en)
WO (1) WO2008091172A2 (en)

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JPS5474043A (en) * 1978-06-26 1979-06-13 Shigeji Sugaya Diving floating marine current generator
JPS5572665A (en) * 1978-11-27 1980-05-31 Kunio Saito Flow generating set
US5440176A (en) * 1994-10-18 1995-08-08 Haining Michael L Ocean current power generator
GB2347976A (en) * 1999-02-24 2000-09-20 I T Power Limited Variable pitch water turbine.
WO2000077393A1 (en) * 2000-05-26 2000-12-21 Philippe Vauthier Dual hydroturbine unit
DE10036314A1 (en) * 2000-07-26 2002-02-07 Alstom Power Nv Mobile underwater power station for conversion of kinetic energy of flowing liquid, especially ocean flow, into electrical energy has energy conversion modules, at least consisting of generator with gearbox in housing
WO2005078276A1 (en) * 2004-02-17 2005-08-25 Fritz Mondl Tidal turbine installation
WO2007100639A2 (en) * 2006-02-28 2007-09-07 Kuehnle Manfred R Submersible turbine apparatus

Patent Citations (8)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
JPS5474043A (en) * 1978-06-26 1979-06-13 Shigeji Sugaya Diving floating marine current generator
JPS5572665A (en) * 1978-11-27 1980-05-31 Kunio Saito Flow generating set
US5440176A (en) * 1994-10-18 1995-08-08 Haining Michael L Ocean current power generator
GB2347976A (en) * 1999-02-24 2000-09-20 I T Power Limited Variable pitch water turbine.
WO2000077393A1 (en) * 2000-05-26 2000-12-21 Philippe Vauthier Dual hydroturbine unit
DE10036314A1 (en) * 2000-07-26 2002-02-07 Alstom Power Nv Mobile underwater power station for conversion of kinetic energy of flowing liquid, especially ocean flow, into electrical energy has energy conversion modules, at least consisting of generator with gearbox in housing
WO2005078276A1 (en) * 2004-02-17 2005-08-25 Fritz Mondl Tidal turbine installation
WO2007100639A2 (en) * 2006-02-28 2007-09-07 Kuehnle Manfred R Submersible turbine apparatus

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RS20070022A (en) 2008-08-07
WO2008091172A3 (en) 2009-08-06
GB0917660D0 (en) 2009-11-25
GB2461435A (en) 2010-01-06

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