System for generating electricity from fluid currents
US7453166B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 2006 |
| Grant date | Nov 18, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2026 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02E10/72
- WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A system for generating electricity from fluid currents having one or more trolleys that move along a closed-loop track as a result of the interaction of fluid currents on one or more blades attached to each trolley. Electrical energy may be generated by the movement of the one or more trolleys along the track.
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