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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120038165 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING POWER IN A DAM A system and method for generating power in a dam are provided. Water passing through a water channel is directed into an exit channel. The water channel converges with the exit channel. Exhaust gases from a heat engine are expelled into the exit channel. The exhaust ga... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120032447 | COMBINED WING AND TURBINE DEVICE FOR IMPROVED UTILIZATION OF FLUID FLOW ENERGY There is provided a device for production of electrical, mechanical or hydraulic energy by using wind or other fluid currents. This is achieved by blocking a portion of the flow through an edge positioned wing (1) alone or in combination with a longitudinal wing ... | 02/09/2012 |
| 20120013128 | Hydrokinetic turbine for low velocity currents A hydrokinetic turbine is adapted to slow water energy conversion to avoid adverse environmental impact on tidal flushing. It combines a large bulbous upstream hub with a peripheral array of current deflectors downstream of the hub. The deflectors are analogous to delta... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120013129 | CENTRAL AXIS WATER TURBINE A central axis water turbine is described which comprises a turbine body having a central axis; a rotor mounted on the turbine body for rotation about the central axis, the rotor comprising a central hub supporting a plurality of blades, each blade extending from a blad... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120007364 | Brushless DC turbo-hydro electric generator This Generator utilizes waters motion rotating NdFeB rotorblades within aluminum trapezoidal bars to generate electricity. The generator includes a moving magnetic field, wherein magnetic neodymium-iron-boron's embedded in turbine blades uniformly, with alternating pola... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120001433 | Fluid Driven Wheel System For Generating Electricity A fluid driven wheel system for generating electricity has a double wheel assembly having a pair of identical wheels mounted in a vertical orientation on a horizontal axle. Fluid receptacles are connected to the wheels adjacent to the perimeters of the wheels and interc... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001434 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATION OF FREE-SURFACE WAVES USING CAVITY RESONATOR A wave generation device includes a main flow channel and one or more side channels to initiate vortex shedding and generate a resonant free-surface standing wave. The main channel is a duct for the passage of a fluid such as water. The side channel or channels can be p... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120001435 | GENERATOR POWER CONDITIONING The present invention relates to electricity generating equipment, particularly off-shore generators for generating electricity from tidal streams, marine currents or wave motion. In a generator (101) according to one embodiment, each three-phase set (113)... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110316282 | UNDERWATER POWER PLANT HAVING REMOVABLE NACELLE The invention relates to an underwater powerplant, comprising
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| 20110316283 | Device for Capturing Energy from a Fluid Flow A device (10) for capturing energy from a fluid flow is disclosed. The device (10) comprises a base (12) adapted for stationary mounting relative to the fluid flow. A member (20), having a longitudinal axis (21), is pivotally connected... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110309624 | DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING TIDAL ENERGY A turbine assembly and a system for extracting tidal energy are disclosed. The turbine assembly may include identical sections disposed in a stacked arrangement. Each section may be shaftless, energizable by a fluid flow to produce lift and is appropriately oriented at ... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304147 | Water Cycle Generating System A generating system includes a base, a first water storage tank mounted on a lower portion of the base, a water tower mounted on an upper portion of the base, at least one generator unit mounted on the base and disposed between the water tower and the first water storag... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304148 | HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE SUPPORT SYSTEM The present invention provides a hydroelectric turbine support system, and in particular the combination of a base on which the turbine is supported on the seabed during use, and a vessel used to transport the turbine and base to a deployment site, and which are designe... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304146 | CONDUCTOR APPARATUS HAVING OPTIMIZED MAGNETIC RESISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO AT LEAST ONE MAGNETIC ELEMENT MOVING IN PROXIMITY THERETO The conductor apparatus of the present invention remedies the drawbacks of all previously known conductor components (field coils, etc.) in electrical power generation systems, and in electromechanical systems (coil windings/stators in electrical motors, solenoids, etc.... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304143 | WIND GENERATOR FOR INSTALLATION ON A HOUSE Apparatus (10) for generating electricity comprises a plurality of wind turbines (20) each of which has a rotatable shaft (12) on which a rotor assembly (22) is mounted for turning about a magnet assembly (26). The shaft is coupled to ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110298217 | ROTATIONAL KINETIC ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM An energy conversion system for converting between one form of input energy selected from a mechanical energy and electrical energy, and an output energy selected from a mechanical energy and electrical energy using a linearly displaced magnetic component interacting wi... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110285136 | STREAM FLOW HYDROELECTRIC GENERATOR SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF HANDLING SAME The hydroelectric generator system can include a structure supporting a plurality of watermill units and having an enclosed internal volume and a plurality of lower openings, a stabilizer reservoir having an internal volume and positionable above a center of gravity of ... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110278849 | Dynamo, Current Turbine System and its Installation and Maintenance Method The dynamo, current turbine system and its installation and maintenance method are provided. The current turbine system comprises at least one dynamo; wherein each one of dynamo contains a rotor unit, at least one stator unit and at least one space. The rotor unit has r... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110278847 | Radial flux permanent magnet alternator with dielectric stator block An energy conversion system is described and includes a cylindrical rotor having a mass and multiple magnets affixed on an outer face thereof; a cylindrical stator including a dielectric cylinder wound with copper wire in a predetermined configuration, the cylindrical r... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110272946 | WATER WHEEL IMPELLER BLADE TYPE ELECTRIC POWER GENERATING APPARATUS [Problem to be Solved] A water wheel impeller blade type electric power generating apparatus with which, on the forward motion side, the hydraulic pressure applied to the impeller blade is reduced; the mud, sand, dirt, and the like will not be collected into the water w... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110266804 | ANCIENT HYDROELECTRIC COMPANY Ancient Hydroelectric Company comprises a portable hydroelectricity producing system. Consumers are provided with a cost-effective and reliable system for providing substantially clean electricity generation without obstructing the water source or negatively affecting t... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110266805 | SUBMERSIBLE PLANT The present invention relates to a submersible plant for producing energy. The submersible plant comprises at least one turbine (9) and is characterized in that said turbine (9) is mounted on a stream-driven vehicle (3) and in that said stream-drive... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110260460 | Method and apparatus for generating electrical energy from underwater falls Electrical energy is generating by submerging a tank in a body of water so that its water inlet is located under a water surface and covered by water and water flows into an interior of the tank, evacuating water from the tank by an evacuating element through a water ou... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110254276 | TAPERED HELICAL AUGER TURBINE TO CONVERT HYDROKINETIC ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY A helical multi-piece auger that is rotatable by a moving fluid for the generation of energy is provided. The helical multi-piece auger may include several interior pieces and two tapered end-pieces mounted on a central shaft. The pieces may include an outer spiral flan... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110248505 | Energy Generating Unit and Method for Maintaining an Energy Generating Unit An energy generating unit especially for installation on a bed of a stream of water or floating in the water, composed of a plurality of components, such as an inlet housing, a turbine housing, a drive unit arranged in the turbine housing, and a downstream draft tube, i... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110233936 | ENHANCING THE EFFECTIVENESS OF ENERGY HARVESTING FROM FLOWING FLUID An apparatus and method to enhance the efficiency of an energy harvesting device is disclosed. A modulator module creates fluctuations in the flow at a predetermined frequency or group of frequencies and these fluctuations increase mechanical vibrations which are then h... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110233937 | AQUIFER-BASED HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION A system includes an aquifer and a source of fluid external to the aquifer. A fluid communication channel extends between the source of fluid and the aquifer. Fluid can flow from the source of fluid to the aquifer through the fluid communication channel. An engine-gener... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110210557 | COMPACT WIND AND WATER TURBINE SYSTEMS A fluid driven electrical generation system with most of the electrical generation components in an inner hollow of a housing that is driven to rotate by trapper structures that trap energy from the fluid.... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110204646 | TURBINE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ENERGY RECLAMATION AND GENERATION OF ELECTRICAL POWER FROM FORCED-AIR SYSTEMS A forced-air electric generator apparatus includes a housing positioned to receive forced-air flow from a forced-air device. A bladed rotor carried by the housing is in fluid communication with the forced air flow. A clutch engages the bladed rotor to drive a generator ... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110204627 | Electrical generating device with potential energy of water or fluid An electrical generating device includes one or more ram water pumps for pumping water from a lower water reservoir into an upper water tower, a water paddling device having a rotatable housing located below the water tower and coupled to an electric generator to genera... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110204645 | Hydropower system with reciprocal floatation device A hydropower system generating electric power includes a circuitous loop for flow of liquid with: a) a liquid return conduit; b) at least one reservoir below the conduit outlet, with a dispenser for dispensing liquid from the reservoir to a plurality of displacement col... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110198853 | Marine Turbine The present invention relates to a turbine for location of fluid flow. Aspects of the present invention aim to overcome the problems associated with complex marine turbines and provide a simple, robust and economic design. The blades may be located downstream of the tur... | 08/18/2011 |
| 20110187112 | HYDRO-KINETICALLY POWERED ELECTRICAL GENERATOR POWER HEAD A Hydro-kinetically Powered Electrical Generator Power Head (HyPEG PH) is disclosed which converts unimpeded run-of-river, ocean and tidal flow currents into useful mechanical power on an infinitely variable scale. This innovative design can be used with other hydropowe... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187113 | HYDRO-ELECTRIC SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR PRODUCING ENERGY An energy producing unit is provided for producing energy from an artificial fall of fluid. The energy producing unit includes a host structure immersed in a fluid and a chamber positioned relative to the host structure such that the bottom wall of the chamber is immers... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110175361 | FLOW CONVERTER A device converts mechanical energy to other forms of energy, preferably to electrical energy. The device referred to as a flow converter has been configured such that a rotating turbine cone set into motion by a flow medium has spiral-shaped impeller blades disposed on... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110173976 | ENERGY GENERATING SYSTEM USING A PLURALITY OF WATERWHEELS An energy generating system is provided, comprising a primary waterwheel for receiving water from a head penstock or upper pumping setup, the primary waterwheel comprising a plurality of radial arms rotatable about a primary axis, the radial arms terminating in water sc... | 07/21/2011 |
| 20110163548 | Earth's natural energy Electrical power is produced by harnessing the natural energy from a deep well containing water or alcohol. A steel process tower having capillary characteristics is installed in the well. High pressure air enters the bottom of the well to create air bubbles rising in t... | 07/07/2011 |
| 20110156398 | APPARATUS FOR GENERATING POWER FROM A FLUID STREAM An apparatus for generating power from a fluid stream flowing along a stream bed, includes a base. The base includes a lower face for resting on the stream bed. A foil arm is pivotally connected to the base. A foil is pivotally connected to the foil arm remote from the ... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110156397 | UNDERWATER ELECTRICAL GENERATOR FOR THE HARNESSING OF BIDIRECTIONAL FLOOD CURRENTS Underwater electrical energy generator with a three-blade propeller for the harnessing of energy from the water in the direction of its axis, in both directions. The propeller drives an alternating current generator located in a central dome from which there extend thre... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110148118 | Low speed hydro powered electric generating system A low speed hydro powered electric generating system capable of harnessing the flow of rivers, ocean currents, and tides that meets the requirements of electric power companies for base load generating equipment considering availability of rated power on demand, quality... | 06/23/2011 |
