Underwater generator
OwnerMark Kliewerinventor
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Abstract
An underwater generator for generating electricity including: a casing, a turbine propeller assembly configured within the casing; a platform, where the platform provides a mechanism to hold the casing; a cover member, where the cover member protects the turbine propeller assembly; and a power cable for transmitting electrical energy from the underwater generator to a user thereof. The casing may include a slit at a bottom portion, where the slit allows the removal of sediments, sand particles and similar materials. The turbine propeller assembly includes a plurality of blades. In one exemplary embodiment, the blades may turn in two directions.
Claims8
An underwater generator for generating electricity comprising:
- a. a cylindrical casing;
- b. a turbine propeller assembly configured within the casing, where the turbine propeller assembly rotates as tidal water flows through the turbine propeller assembly to generate energy;
- c. a slit on the casing, where the slit allows debris accumulated from the tidal water to be removed from the casing, where said slit is positioned at a bottom portion of said casing, and where the debris includes sediments, sand particles and similar materials;
- d. a platform, where said platform holds the casing, and where the platform anchors the underwater generator to a bottom surface of a body of water;
- e. a cover member, where said cover member protects the turbine propeller assembly;
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- f. a power cable for transmitting electrical energy from the underwater generator to a user thereof.
A system of underwater electrical energy generation comprising:
- a. a plurality of underwater generators, where each generator includes,
- i. a cylindrical casing;
- ii. a turbine propeller assembly configured within the casing, where the turbine propeller assembly rotates as tidal water flows through said turbine propeller assembly to generate energy;
- iii. a slit on the casing, where the slit allows accumulated debris from the tidal water to be removed from the casing, where said slit is positioned at a bottom portion of the casing, and where the debris includes sediments, sand particles and similar materials;
- iv. a platform, where said platform holds the casing, and where said platform anchors the underwater generator to a bottom surface of a body of water;
- v. a cover member, where said cover member protects the turbine propeller assembly;
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- b. a plurality of power cable for transmitting electrical energy from each underwater generator to a collective power transmission cable, where the collective power transmission cable transmits a composite electrical energy to a user thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.