| OPENHYDRO IP LIMITED Patent applications |
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| 20120027522 | METHOD OF INSTALLING A HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE GENERATOR - A method of installing an off-shore tidal hydroelectric turbine generator is described. The method provides for a number of safety features, ensuring that all components are safe to handle during the installation operation, and also ensuring that the turbine will not start spinning during the installation operation. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20110304148 | HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE SUPPORT SYSTEM - The present invention provides a hydroelectric turbine support system, and in particular the combination of a base on which the turbine is supported on the seabed during use, and a vessel used to transport the turbine and base to a deployment site, and which are designed to allow, when the system is docked at a quayside or the like, the base to contact the seabed during periods of low tide and to support the vessel thereon during such periods, without damage to either the base or the vessel. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110298216 | METHOD OF SECURING A HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE AT A DEPLOYMENT SITE - The present invention provides a method of securing a hydroelectric turbine at a deployment site, for example on the seabed and in an area of significant tidal flow, which method enables the turbine to be located securely without risk of overturning or sliding out of position, but without requiring the use of piling or other complex fixing operations, by using the tidal flow to generate a downwardly acting force on one or more legs of a base on which the turbine is mounted. | 12-08-2011 |
| 20110293399 | HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE WITH PASSIVE BRAKING - This present invention relates to a hydroelectric turbine having a stator and a rotor within the stator on at least one set of bearings, the turbine having a brake which becomes operational following a predetermined level of bearing wear in order to avoid damage to the turbine. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20110291419 | HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE WITH ALIGNING MEANS - The present invention is concerned with a hydroelectric turbine system with aligning means which enables a hydroelectric turbine system, comprising a base and a turbine mounted thereon, to be lowered to the seabed in a running tide while effecting and maintaining stability and a desired orientation of the system. | 12-01-2011 |
