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Tidal power plant and method for operating said tidal power plant

US8847418B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Voith Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

Raphael Arlitt · Ulm, DE
Frank Biskup · Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE
Jochen Weilepp · Heidenheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 22, 2011
Grant date	Sep 30, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 20, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02E10/30
WIPO fieldEngines, pumps, turbines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a flow power plant, comprising a water turbine having torsionally rigid rotor blades, a drive train connected to the water turbine, which at least indirectly drives an electric generator and is characterized in that at inflow speeds v for which the flow power plant is designed, the water turbine is configured to be non-auto-restarting for tip speed ratios λ below a predetermined auto-restart tip speed ratio λs where λs≧1.

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