Patents by Inventor Lodewyk Botha

Lodewyk Botha has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20070122279
    Abstract: The Water Wall Turbine is a turbine device that consists of blades, cables, shaft, and sometimes flotation sections in the Blades for small (from under 1 KW) to large (multi MW) scale Energy Extraction (Potential and Kinetic) from currents, and to convert this Energy into Mechanical Energy for further conversion into Electrical Energy. The Water Wall Turbine is designed for Renewable Energy Generation in the best Eco- and Bio-friendly way by making Barrages redundant through its large blades that move almost at the same speed as the Current. The Water Wall Turbine is a Cylindrical structure that is less than 50% submerged into the current and is designed to harvest the Energy, made available by the Head induced across the Blades, by the Blades, that restrictively rotate slower than the Current during the extraction of Energy from the current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2006
    Publication date: May 31, 2007
    Inventors: Marek Sredzki, Lodewyk Botha