Submersible box-winged vehicle systems and methods for generating hydroelectric energy

Abstract

Submersible box-winged vehicle systems generate hydroelectric energy using naturally occurring tidal flows and/or water currents in a body of water. The vehicle systems include a submersible hull, an upright dorsal fin extending from an aft portion of the submersible hull, port and starboard wing assemblies each having respective proximal ends joined to a forward region of the hull an and an upper region of the dorsal fin so as to establish a box wing configuration, and electrical power generation units attached to the port and starboard wings, wherein each of the electrical power generation units include a generator and a marine propeller operatively connected to the generator so as to cause the generator to generate electrical energy in response to the marine propeller turning. The vehicle system when submerged in a body of water thereby allows tidal flows and/or currents associated with the body of water to responsively turn the marine propeller of each of the electrical power units thereby generating electricity by the generator operably associated therewith

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