Apparatus and Method for Generating Electric Energy in a Fluid Environment

Abstract

Apparatus for generating electrical energy in a fluid environment, the apparatus including a wing member for disposition in the fluid and pivotally movable about an axis in response to flow of the fluid thereabout, connector rods each pivotally mounted at a first end thereof on the wing on opposite sides of the axis, a crank member attached to a second end of each of the connector rods and rotatable about a pivot axis by movement of the attached connector rod, a housing supporting the wing member, a gear system disposed in the housing, an axle interconnecting each of the crank members and the gear system, and an electrical generator disposed in the housing and driven by the gear system.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 14, 2005
Accession Number
ADD020200

Entities

People

  • Donald H. Steinbrecher

Organizations

  • United States Department of the Navy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Attorneys
  • Automatic Frequency Control
  • Bearings
  • Connecting Rods
  • Connectors
  • Electric Generators
  • Electric Power
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • Flow
  • Fluid Flow
  • Gears
  • Generators
  • Inventions
  • Power
  • Reduction Gears
  • Rods

Readers

  • Electrical Engineering