Publication number: 20100148513
Abstract: Underwater power generator or turbine unit (2; 102; 202; 302; 402) comprises a first housing part (4; 104; 204; 304P, a second body part (6; 106, 206, 306, 406) and means for connecting the first and second housing parts (4, 6; 104, 106; 204, 206; 304, 306; 404; 406). The connecting means (8; 108; 208; 308) comprise a plurality of bars (22; 122; 222; 322). The generator (2; 102; 202; 302) comprises a base (28; 128; 228; 328), having three logs (30, 32, 130, 132, 134; 230, 232,234;330, 332, 334; 430, 432, 434). The generator (2; 102; 202; 302, 402) and flow channel (44; 104; 204, 304) having first and second ends, the legs (30, 32,34; 130, 132, 134; 230, 232, 234, -330, 332, 334; 430, 432, 434) having provided longitudinally outwardly of the ends and/or transversely outwardly of sides of the flow channel (44; 104; 204; 304).
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 13, 2008
Publication date:
June 17, 2010
Inventors:
Hector Filippus Alexander Van Drentham Susman, Kenneth Roderick Stewart, Donald Stewart