Renewable energy marine hydrokinetic or wind turbine
AssigneeDifferential Dynamics Corporation
InventorKyung Soo Han
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AssigneeDifferential Dynamics Corporation
InventorKyung Soo Han
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Three controls, three variable gear assemblies, a hatch, and a variable torque and power generator (VT&PG), may be used independently and together to provide constant frequency and voltage output power and to increase the amount of output power generated with the same input water flow or wind speed. A three variable spur/helical gear assembly of sun and planetary gear sets is a mechanical three variable control and referred to herein as a Transgear™ gear assembly, simply Transgear. A hatch wraps around a waterwheel and may control the amount of water inlet to the system by opening and closing and may be controlled by Transgears and a VT&PG. Two Transgears may comprise a constant speed motor control and produce required frequency and voltage and be reduced in part count and complexity. The VT&PG of a marine hydrokinetic or wind power generator may be used as a low torque generator and a high power-rated generator in these applications and may generate more electric power than a conventional fixed power generator (the rotor axially aligned to overlap the stator in a conventional manner) over a wider input range.
A marine hydrokinetic electric or wind power generator comprising
A marine hydrokinetic or wind electric power generator, the electric power generator having a shaft integral with or attached to a rotor of a variable torque and power generator further comprising a stator axially surrounding the rotor and axially displaceable with respect to the rotor by a motor, an electronic control comprising a program controlled computer processor having a memory, the electronic control for receiving a rotational velocity measure of the electric generator shaft and for determining a desired position of the stator with respect to the rotor for constant power output frequency with respect to a variable input shaft rotational velocity, the electric power generator for outputting a constant electric voltage at a constant frequency.
A spur/helical planetary gear assembly controlled marine hydrokinetic or wind power generator, the marine hydrokinetic or wind power generator having an input shaft for driving a second shaft surrounded by first and second sleeves and first and second sun gears integral with or attached to the first and second sleeves respectively, a variable torque and power generator further comprising a stator axially moveable with respect to a rotor, the rotor coupled to the shaft, a spur/helical planetary gear assembly comprising a mechanical rotary frequency converter adjusting the stator with respect to the rotor of the variable torque and power generator for providing a constant output current frequency to an electricity generator.
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