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US 2021/0372359 A1Published application
Systems and apparatuses for hydrokinetic power production
OwnerRobert C. Selbyinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus attached to the underside of a barge, a boat, a ship, a buoyant marine structure, and/or the like may include a plurality of conduits. A configuration of the plurality of conduits may increase the velocity of water moving, for example, at a high velocity due to the buoyant force (upward force) under the barge, the boat, the ship, the buoyant marine structure, and/or the like. The water, due to the increased velocity, may cause a plurality of hydroelectric generators to produce a vast amount of electricity and/or power.
Claims20
An apparatus comprising:
- a fluid receptacle, wherein the fluid receptacle comprises a plurality of conduits, wherein each conduit of the plurality of conduits is configured to:
- receive a fluid via an inlet,
- cause, based on an area of the inlet being greater than an area of an outlet, an increase in velocity of the fluid as the fluid passes through the conduit, and
- cause, based on the increase in the velocity of the fluid passing through the conduit a fluid force;
- and
- a plurality of electric generators, wherein each electric generator of the plurality of electric generators is associated with a conduit of the plurality of conduits, wherein each electric generator of the plurality of electric generators is configured to:
- receive the fluid force caused by the associated conduit of the plurality of conduits, and
- generate, based on the fluid force, electricity.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a fluid receptacle, wherein the fluid receptacle comprises a plurality of conduits, wherein each conduit of the plurality of conduits is configured to:
- receive a fluid via an inlet,
- cause, based on an area of the inlet being greater than an area of an outlet, an increase in velocity of the fluid as the fluid passes through the conduit, and
- cause, based on the increase in the velocity of the fluid passing through the conduit a fluid force;
- a plurality of electric generators, wherein each electric generator of the plurality of electric generators is associated with a conduit of the plurality of conduits, wherein each electric generator of the plurality of electric generators is configured to:
- receive the fluid force caused by the associated conduit of the plurality of conduits, and
- generate, based on the fluid force, electricity;
- and
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- determine an amount of electricity stored by each energy storage device of a plurality of energy storage devices;
- and
- send, based on the amount of electricity stored by each energy storage device of the plurality of energy storage devices, at least a portion of the electricity generated the plurality of electric generators to one or more energy storage devices of the plurality of energy storage devices.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a fluid receptacle, wherein the fluid receptacle comprises a plurality of conduits, wherein each conduit of the plurality of conduits is configured to:
- receive a fluid via an inlet,
- cause, based on an area of the inlet being greater than an area of an outlet, an increase in velocity of the fluid as the fluid passes through the conduit, and
- cause, based on the increase in the velocity of the fluid passing through the conduit a fluid force;
- a plurality of electric generators, wherein each electric generator of the plurality of electric generators is associated with a conduit of the plurality of conduits, wherein each electric generator of the plurality of electric generators is configured to:
- receive the fluid force caused by the associated conduit of the plurality of conduits, and
- generate, based on the fluid force, electricity;
- and
- one or more processors;
- and
- memory storing processor-executable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to:
- determine an amount of electricity generated by each electric generator of the plurality of electric generators;
- and
- modify, based on the amount of electricity generated by each electric generator of the plurality of electric generators, the area of the outlet of one or more conduits of the plurality of conduits.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.