System for generating power
OwnerStephen John Hastingsinventor
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Abstract
A system for generating power, including: a barrier partially dividing a body of water subject to tidal effects into two regions of water such that said regions of water have differing water levels over a tidal cycle; a passage in said barrier for placing said regions of water in fluid communication with each other; and means within said passage responsive to flow of water for driving a power generation means; wherein water flows from one of said regions of water to the other of said regions of water via said passage when said regions have differing water levels during said tidal cycle.
Claims45
A system for generating power, including:
- a barrier partially dividing a body of water subject to tidal effects into two regions of water such that said regions of water have differing water levels over a tidal cycle;
- a passage in said barrier for placing said regions of water in fluid communication with each other;
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- means within said passage responsive to flow of water for driving a power generation means;
- wherein water flows from one of said regions of water to the other of said regions of water via said passage when said regions have differing water levels during said tidal cycle.
A method for generating power, including the steps of:
- providing a passage in a barrier, the barrier partially dividing a body of water subject to tidal effects into two regions of water such that said regions of water have differing water levels over a tidal cycle, the passage placing said regions of water in fluid communication with each other;
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- driving a power generation means by driving means located within said passage in response to flow of water from said one of said regions of water to the other of said regions of water via said passage when said regions have differing water levels during said tidal cycle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.