Magneto hydro dynamical tidal and ocean current converter
AssigneeEntry-Technology
InventorJacob Van Berkel
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Abstract
A magneto hydrodynamic apparatus and method for generating electrical power comprising: magnetic field generating elements (12, 13;22, 23; 31; 44; 54) for generating a magnetic field (B) within a flowing, conductive fluid like sea water, which magnetic field generating elements have a construction enclosing a construction volume; electrode elements (11, 14, 24; 21, 24, 25; 41; 54) to supply electrical power caused by said flowing, conductive fluid in the magnetic field, wherein the magnetic field generating elements are arranged to produce a substantial portion of the generated magnetic field outside the construction volume.
Claims19
A magneto hydrodynamic apparatus for generating electrical power comprising:
- magnetic field generating means (12, 13;
- 22, 23;
- 31;
- 44;
- 54) for generating a magnetic field (B) within a flowing, conductive fluid, said magnetic field generating means having a construction enclosing a construction volume, said magnetic field (B), in use, extending at least partially outside said construction volume;
- electrode means (11, 14, 24;
- 21, 24, 25;
- 41;
- 54) to provide electrical power caused by said flowing, conductive fluid in said magnetic field,
- wherein said magnetic field generating means are arranged to produce a substantial portion of the generated magnetic field outside said construction volume and said electrode means being arranged to convert energy from the conductive fluid flowing at an outside of the construction volume in combination with said portion of said magnetic field outside said construction volume into said electrical power.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.