Submerged power generating apparatus
CA 2519007 C · Owner: Soil Machine Dynamics Limited · Inventors: Manchester, Jonathan Ralph
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An undersea power generation apparatus (1) comprises two turbines (3) mounted side by side at either side of a support strut each turbine (3) having a set , of turbine blades which counter rotate. The apparatus (1) is pivotally interconnected at point (9) to a pair of mooring cables (7). The turbines (3) are positively buoyant such that in zero current they point vertically upwards. When the current flows in the direction shown by arrow A the drag , forces on turbines (3) and support strut cause the apparatus (1) to pivot about pivot point (9) and pitch over into the condition denoted by (10). When the tide begins to change direction, the magnitude of the water current flowing past …
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- Filed February 26, 2004 and granted July 9, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended February 26, 2024.
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