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US 2006/0232075 A1Published application
Submerged Water Current Turbines Installed on a Deck
AssigneeMarine Current Turbines Limited
InventorPeter Fraenkel
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AssigneeMarine Current Turbines Limited
InventorPeter Fraenkel
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A support structure for a flowing-water driveable turbine system, wherein a turbine, or a plurality of turbine assemblies (3), is/are mounted for operational co-operation with a flow of water on a deck or platform (1) of streamlined cross-section in such a manner that the turbine(s) is/are deployed laterally (i.e. normal to the direction of flow across the current and wherein the deck or platform (1) is aligned horizontally with the current so as to minimise its resistance to the water flow, deck or platform being is either being supported in the elevated position by at least two supporting legs or struts (2) upstanding from the bed of said flowing water or is buoyant and held down in the water column by tensioned cables, ropes or ties (5) anchored to the sea, river or estuary bed (SB) to be at said elevated location.
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A support structure for supporting a flowing-water drivable turbine system at a selected position below a water surface and above a sub-aquatic bed, the support structure comprising a plurality of legs fixed to the sub-aquatic bed, and a generally horizontal deck coupled to the plurality of legs, the deck having upper and lower surfaces, the deck having an asymmetrical streamlined cross-section defined by a greater convexity on one of the upper or lower surfaces compared with the other.
A submerged water current turbine installation comprising a flowing-water drivable turbine system and a support structure for supporting the flowing-water drivable turbine system at a selected position below a water surface and above a sub-aquatic bed, the support structure including a plurality of legs fixed to the sub-aquatic bed, and a generally horizontal deck coupled to the plurality of legs, the deck having upper and lower surfaces, the deck having an asymmetrical streamlined cross-section defined by a greater convexity on one of the upper or lower surfaces compared with the other, the flowing-water drivable turbine system being fixed to one of the upper or lower surfaces.
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