Apparatus for harvesting energy from a body of water and a method
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
F03B-013/12
F03B-017/06
출원번호
US-0131754
(2009-11-28)
등록번호
US-9013052
(2015-04-21)
우선권정보
NL-1036254 (2008-11-28); NL-1036429 (2009-01-16)
국제출원번호
PCT/NL2009/000236
(2009-11-28)
§371/§102 date
20110829
(20110829)
국제공개번호
WO2010/062170
(2010-06-03)
발명자
/ 주소
Scheijgrond, Peter Cornelis
Geesink, Margriet
Massaro, Guido Michael
Vosbergen, Bas
출원인 / 주소
Ecofys Investments B.V.
대리인 / 주소
Shewchuk IP Services, LLC
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초록▼
The invention relates to a device for harnessing energy from a body of water, which device comprises a Darrieus rotor having at least two Darrieus rotor blades, andcomprises at least two connecting arms which connect the Darrieus rotor blades with a central axis, wherein per Darrieus rotor blade a f
The invention relates to a device for harnessing energy from a body of water, which device comprises a Darrieus rotor having at least two Darrieus rotor blades, andcomprises at least two connecting arms which connect the Darrieus rotor blades with a central axis, wherein per Darrieus rotor blade a first, proximal section of a connecting arm is connected to the central axis and a point of the connecting arm situated at a distance of the proximal section is connected to a first point on the Darrieus rotor blade, wherein at least the connection between the point of a connecting arm situated at a distance of the first proximal section and the first point on a Darrieus blade is a hingable connection,for every Darrieus rotor blade, of at least one connecting arm the connection between the proximal section of the connecting arm and the central axis is a rigid connection.
대표청구항▼
1. A device for harnessing energy from a body of water, the device comprising: a central axle;a Darrieus rotor having at least two Darrieus rotor blades, each Darrieus rotor blade being directly or indirectly connected with the central axle at a first longitudinal location on the Darrieus rotor blad
1. A device for harnessing energy from a body of water, the device comprising: a central axle;a Darrieus rotor having at least two Darrieus rotor blades, each Darrieus rotor blade being directly or indirectly connected with the central axle at a first longitudinal location on the Darrieus rotor blade; andat least two connecting arms connecting the Darrieus rotor blades to the central axle, each connecting arm being attached to its respective Darrieus rotor blade with a hinged connection, the hinged connection being at a second longitudinal location on the Darrieus rotor blade longitudinally spaced from the first longitudinal location, such that the Darrieus rotor and the connecting arms are rotatable about a common axis of rotation with the central axle, each connecting arm being attached to the central axle with a rigid connection which establishes an angle of the connecting arm relative to the common axis of rotation; wherein an axis of hinging of the hinged connection: is at an angle α of less than 30° with a plane perpendicular to the common axis of rotation, andis at an angle β of less than 15° with a plane perpendicular to a line that runs from the common axis of rotation to a leading edge of the particular Darrieus rotor blade near the hinged connection, which line is situated in a plane perpendicular to the common axis of rotation. 2. A device according to claim 1, wherein the hinged connection is provided by a hinge having a first hinge portion on the connecting arm and a second hinge portion on the Darrieus rotor blade, wherein the first hinge portion has one or more fingers making contact with one or more fingers of the second hinge portion. 3. A device according to claim 1, wherein the connecting arms are Wells rotor blades. 4. A device according to claim 3, wherein second connecting arms connecting each Darrieus rotor blade with the central axle are shorter than the Wells rotor blades. 5. A device according to claim 1, further comprising a generator driven by the Darrieus rotor blades, the generator selected from i) a generator to generate electricity, and ii) a generator to generate fluid-pressure. 6. A method to generate energy from a body of water, comprising: introducing a device into a body of water in which waves and/or flow occur naturally, the device comprising: a central axle;a Darrieus rotor having at least two Darrieus rotor blades, each Darrieus rotor blade being directly or indirectly connected with the central axle at a first longitudinal location on the Darrieus rotor blade; andat least two connecting arms connecting the Darrieus rotor blades to the central axle, each connecting arm being attached to its respective Darrieus rotor blade with a hinged connection, the hinged connection being at a second longitudinal location on the Darrieus rotor blade longitudinally spaced from the first longitudinal location, such that the Darrieus rotor and the connecting arms are rotatable about a common axis of rotation with the central axle, each connecting arm being attached to the central axle with a rigid connection which establishes an angle of the connecting arm relative to the common axis of rotation; wherein an axis of hinging of the hinged connection: is at an angle α of less than 30° with a plane perpendicular to the common axis of rotation, andis at an angle β of less than 15° with a plane perpendicular to a line that runs from the common axis of rotation to a leading edge of the particular Darrieus rotor blade near the hinged connection, which line is situated in a plane perpendicular to the common axis of rotation. 7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the connecting arms are Wells rotor blades located at a depth between 0.5 and 2.0 times a 5 minutes average wave height below a level of the body of water. 8. A method according to claim 6, wherein upper tips of at least two Darrieus blades protrude above the water surface. 9. A method according to claim 6, wherein the common axis of rotation averaged over 5 minutes is less than 5° from vertical. 10. A method according to claim 6, wherein energy selected from hydraulic energy, pneumatic energy, electricity and hydrogen gas is generated. 11. The device of claim 1, wherein every connecting arm is rigidly connected to the central axle to establish the longitudinal position of the connecting arm on the central axle. 12. The method of claim 6, wherein every connecting arm is rigidly connected to the central axle to establish the longitudinal position of the connecting arm on the central axle.
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