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Tidal power plant and method for the creation thereof

US8801331B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

Voith Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Norman Perner · Neu-Ulm, DE
Wolfgang Maier · Nattheim, DE
Alexander Sauer · Heidenheim, DE
Benjamin Holstein · Heidenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 15, 2010
Grant date	Aug 12, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 15, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S416/06
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a tidal power plant, comprising a turbine, which rotates on a carrying element; a foundation structure, on which the carrying element is supported on at least one coupling device, an upper part of the coupling device that is part of the carrying element being detachably operatively connected to a lower part of the coupling device that is part of the foundation structure in the installed state, wherein the invention is characterized in that the carrying element is individually adapted to the orientation of the lower part of the coupling device existing after the foundation structure has been created.

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