Maritime current power plant park and a method for its production

US8779615B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Voith Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Raphael Arlitt · Ulm, DE
• Frank Biskup · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
• Norman Perner · Neu-Ulm, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 2012
• Grant date: Jul 15, 2014
• Expiry date: Oct 25, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T29/49002
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

There is provided a maritime current power plant park that includes a plurality of maritime current power plants, where each of the plurality of maritime current power plants has a rotor-like water turbine, an electric generator, and a drive train connecting the electric generator to the rotor-like water turbine. The drive train has bearing components for supporting the rotor-like water turbine. At least two of the plurality of maritime current power plants have differently dimensioned rotor-like water turbines, and the drive train of each of the at least two of the plurality of maritime current power plants is uniform.