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US 2017/0317627 A1Published application
Three-dimensional (3d) flow floating power generator
OwnerBruno BERGMANinventor
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Abstract
A floating electrical power generator having a three-dimensional (3D) flow passageway configured for increasing the water flow on the paddle wheel to increase the power output.
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A floating power generator, comprising:
- a floating platform comprising a pair of spaced apart pontoons connected together by a bottom portion or wall, the floating platform configured to define a three-dimensional (3D) flow passageway having a closed bottom extending along a length of the floating platform;
- a paddle wheel mounted on the floating platform so that paddles rotate downwardly into the flow passageway;
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- an electrical generator driven by the paddle wheel to generate power,
- wherein the floating platform and paddle wheel are configured so that a cross-sectional flow area of the 3D flow passageway decreases exponentially along the 3D passageway to a location of the paddles of the paddle wheel operating in the 3D flow passageway to increase a speed of water flow operating on the paddles of the paddle wheel to increase power production.
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A floating power generator, comprising:
- a floating platform comprising a pair of spaced apart pontoons connected together by a bottom portion or wall defining a three-dimensional (3D) flow passageway extending along a length of the floating platform, the 3D flow passageway having a first flow passageway section tapering inwardly in a width dimension along a flow direction and having a fixed first depth, the first flow passageway transitioning into a second flow passageway having an increasing depth, the second flow passageway transitioning to a third flow passageway having a second depth greater than the first depth and a fixed width dimension in the flow direction;
- a paddle wheel mounted on the floating platform so that paddles operate in a second portion of the second flow passageway and a first portion of the third flow passageway;
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- an electrical generator configured to drive the paddle wheel.
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A floating power generator, comprising:
- a floating platform comprising a pair of spaced apart pontoons connected together by a bottom portion or plate together defining a three-dimensional (3D) flow passageway extending along a length of the floating platform, the 3D flow passageway having a first flow passageway section tapering inwardly in a width dimension and having a fixed first depth, the first flow passageway transitioning into a second flow passageway having a fixed width dimension and an increasing depth, the second flow passageway transitioning into a third flow passageway having a fixed width and a second depth greater than the first depth in the flow direction;
- a paddle wheel mounted on the floating platform so that paddles operate within a second portion of the second flow passageway and a first portion of the third passageway;
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- an electrical generator configured to drive the paddle wheel,
- wherein the three-dimensional (3D) flow passageway is an open passageway upstream of the paddle wheel, a closed passageway at the paddle wheel, and an open passageway downstream of the paddle wheel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.