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US 2010/0074750 A1Published application
Floating Device for Production of Energy from Water Currents
AssigneeHydra Tidal Energy Technology AS
InventorSvein Dag Henriksen
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AssigneeHydra Tidal Energy Technology AS
InventorSvein Dag Henriksen
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The invention relates to an device for production of energy from currents in water, comprising a first element (10), a second element (20) and a plurality of turbine modules (750) connected to the first element. The second element is mounted on the first element in an approximately perpendicular relationship, the first element is adapted for submersion below a water surface, and an upper part of the second element projects up above the water surface when the plant is in production. The invention also relates to an anchoring device for a floating plant (10, 20), comprising mooring lines (24a, 24b) which are connected at one of their respective ends to the plant and which are connected at their respective second ends to buoys (50, 52), where the mooring lines (24a, 24b) extend substantially horizontally between the plant and the respective buoys.
A floating device for production of electrical energy from currents in a body of water, comprising a first element, a second element and a plurality of turbine modules connected to the first element, wherein the first element and the turbine modules are adapted for submersion under a water surface, and that the second element is mounted on the first element and extends upwards from the first element when this is the submerged condition, and that an upper part of the second element projects up above the water surface when the plant is in operation.
An anchoring device for a floating plant, comprising at least one generator for generation of electrical energy, and mooring lines connected at one end to the floating plant, wherein the mooring lines are connected at their respective second ends to buoys connected to a bottom under a body of water and adapted to float in the body of water, and in that the mooring lines' second ends are connect to the respective buoys at a level in the body of water which corresponds the level in the body of water where the mooring lines' first ends are connected to the floating plant, whereby the mooring lines extend substantially horizontally in the body of water.
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