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US 6,347,910 B1Granted
Submarine power storage system
AssigneeMitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
InventorHaruo Morishige
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Abstract
A submarine power storage system includes a unit base constructed on the floor of the sea, which base has seats for a plurality of electromechanical containers. Each such container has a turbine, a generator, a motor and a pump. The system also includes a plurality of battery tanks which are connected to the unit base.
Claims3
A submarine power storage system comprising:
- a unit base connected by a submarine cable to a ground facility, having a plurality of container seats including spare seats for supporting containers thereon, and equipped with electrical connecting pipes, and connecting pipes for fluid flow;
- a plurality of electrical/mechanical component containers mounted respectively on said container seats excluding the spare seats, each of said containers containing a turbine, a generator, a motor, and a pump;
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- a plurality of battery tanks connected by said connecting pipes for fluid flow to said electrical/mechanical component containers, respectively, and having a sea water inlet/outlet port in each of said tanks.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.