Floating electricity production unit

Details Floating electricity production unit Floating electricity production unit

2006-07-20

2008-12-09

Waks, Joseph (Department: 2834)

Prime-mover dynamo plants

Fluid-current motors

C415S007000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07462949

ABSTRACT:
Electricity is produced by harvesting energy from flowing water, which does not harm the environment and which does not consume natural resources. A paddle wheel is stationarily positioned to penetrate the surface of a body of water. A plurality of paddle wheels may be deployed on a single floating platform to optimize the transfer of the energy contained in the flow of water passing the floating platform. Each paddle wheel is geared to rapidly rotate a generator axle of an electricity generator of the type conventionally deployed for wind turbines on “wind farms”. Each paddle wheel powers a plurality of electricity generators. Structure is provided to compensate for variations in flow rates in the body of water to intensify a flow of the water and to vary a depth of penetration of the paddle wheel into the water.

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