Method and apparatus for reducing and extracting wing-tip vortex energy
US7270214B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 16, 2004 |
| Grant date | Sep 18, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2025 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01V1/3826
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus and a method for reducing wing-tip vortex energy during seismic exploration. The apparatus includes a vortex concentrator of deployed proximate a tip of a hydrofoil and a vortex reducing device deployed proximate the vortex concentrator.
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