Suction cover device, and kinetic tidal power plant
AssigneeEnergyminer GmbH
InventorRichard Eckl
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Abstract
The present invention provides a suction cover device for a kinetic tidal power plant, comprising: a flow inlet opening and a flow outlet opening arranged along a flow direction downstream of the flow inlet opening and a plurality of cover housing segments which extend between the flow inlet opening and the flow outlet opening substantially in the flow direction and are provided such that the plurality of cover housing segments collectively form a conically shaped cover body, wherein the plurality of cover housing segments are continuously movable relative to one another between a first extreme position and a second extreme position such that the flow velocity inside the suction cover device can be controlled compared to the surrounding flow.
Claims6
A suction cover device (10) for a kinetic tidal power plant (1), comprising:
- a flow inlet opening (11) and a flow outlet opening (12) which is arranged along a flow direction (A) downstream of the flow inlet opening (11);
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- a plurality of cover housing segments (13) which extend between the flow inlet opening (11) and the flow outlet opening (12) substantially in the flow direction (A) and are provided such that the plurality of cover housing segments (13) collectively form a conically shaped cover body, wherein the plurality of cover housing segments (13) are continuously movable relative to one another between a first extreme position and a second extreme position such that the flow velocity inside the suction cover device (10) can be controlled compared to the surrounding flow, wherein at least some (13A) of the plurality of cover housing segments (13) are made of an elastic material, and wherein a material composition and/or a geometry of the at least some of the plurality of cover housing segments (13A) changes along their extension such that a spring constant of the at least some of the plurality of cover housing segments (13A) varies along their extension.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.