Underwater power plant with passive control

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8956114
APP PUB NO 20100104435A1
SERIAL NO

12586905

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There is provided a free standing tidal power plant without a dam structure set to take up kinetic energy from a water flow. The tidal power plant includes a propeller-shaped water turbine in horizontal rotor configuration with rotor blades, the rotor blades having bidirectional profiles, wherein the rotor blades are fastened to a revolving unit, which defines a rotational plane, and an electric generator at least indirectly driven by the water turbine. Each rotor blade is associated with a first swivel axis and a second swivel axis, the first axis and the second swivel axis extending substantially along a longitudinal axes of a first coupling element and a second coupling element, respectively. The revolving unit includes a planar guide region having a sliding apparatus, a first guide groove and a second guide groove, the sliding apparatus connected to the rotor blade to transmit rotor blade forces.

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VOITH PATENT GMBHST POELTENER STR 43 HEIDENHEIM D-89522

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Arlitt, Raphael Ulm, DE 9 33
Biskup, Frank Schwabisch Gmund, DE 6 9
Starzmann, Ralf Sohnstetten, DE 7 21

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