GB2587316B - Floating apparatus for extracting energy from fluid currents - Google Patents
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- GB2587316B GB2587316B GB1906889.9A GB201906889A GB2587316B GB 2587316 B GB2587316 B GB 2587316B GB 201906889 A GB201906889 A GB 201906889A GB 2587316 B GB2587316 B GB 2587316B
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
- B63—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; RELATED EQUIPMENT
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- B63B2035/4433—Floating structures carrying electric power plants
- B63B2035/446—Floating structures carrying electric power plants for converting wind energy into electric energy
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- B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
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- B63B—SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING
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- B63B2035/4433—Floating structures carrying electric power plants
- B63B2035/4466—Floating structures carrying electric power plants for converting water energy into electric energy, e.g. from tidal flows, waves or currents
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F03B17/06—Other machines or engines using liquid flow with predominantly kinetic energy conversion, e.g. of swinging-flap type, "run-of-river", "ultra-low head"
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
- F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
- F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
- F05B—INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
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GB202011650D0 (en) | 2020-07-28 | 2020-09-09 | Vermes Gabos Andres | A marine power plant assembly |
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GB239666A (en) * | 1924-06-13 | 1925-09-14 | George Arthur Fenemore | Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of horse shoes |
WO2005103484A2 (en) * | 2004-04-22 | 2005-11-03 | Renewable Technology Ventures Ltd | Water current turbine with improved method of access |
CN2873623Y (en) * | 2005-12-05 | 2007-02-28 | 尤祖林 | Automatic balance device for ship |
WO2010006431A1 (en) * | 2008-07-16 | 2010-01-21 | New Energy Corporation Inc. | Torque neutralizing turbine mooring system |
US20170356416A1 (en) * | 2016-06-10 | 2017-12-14 | Zhanfei Fan | Buoyant Housing Device Enabling Large-Scale Power Extraction From Fluid Current |
US20180291864A1 (en) * | 2017-04-05 | 2018-10-11 | National Taiwan University | Ocean current power generating device |
EP3499024A1 (en) * | 2017-12-13 | 2019-06-19 | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S | Wake optimisation of a floating wind turbine |
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GB239666A (en) * | 1924-06-13 | 1925-09-14 | George Arthur Fenemore | Improvements in or relating to the manufacture of horse shoes |
WO2005103484A2 (en) * | 2004-04-22 | 2005-11-03 | Renewable Technology Ventures Ltd | Water current turbine with improved method of access |
CN2873623Y (en) * | 2005-12-05 | 2007-02-28 | 尤祖林 | Automatic balance device for ship |
WO2010006431A1 (en) * | 2008-07-16 | 2010-01-21 | New Energy Corporation Inc. | Torque neutralizing turbine mooring system |
US20170356416A1 (en) * | 2016-06-10 | 2017-12-14 | Zhanfei Fan | Buoyant Housing Device Enabling Large-Scale Power Extraction From Fluid Current |
US20180291864A1 (en) * | 2017-04-05 | 2018-10-11 | National Taiwan University | Ocean current power generating device |
EP3499024A1 (en) * | 2017-12-13 | 2019-06-19 | Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy A/S | Wake optimisation of a floating wind turbine |
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