Ocean current power generation apparatus

• Main Authors: KONDO, YUTAKA, ENDO, KAZUO
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 21.09.2017
• Subjects: BLASTING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; WEAPONS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

The present invention provides an ocean current power generation apparatus, of which installation work and maintenance in water are easy, construction costs and operating costs per output is low, and the energy of the flow of seawater in both forward and reverse directions can be efficiently converted into electricity. The ocean current power generation apparatus is provided with floats 2 at both end parts of a wire 1 respectively, and at least two wires for connection 4A and 4B at the both end parts of the wire 1 respectively. Moreover, the both end parts of the wire 1 are connected to a foundation 3 that is embedded in the seabed, thereby the wire 1 is stretched in the sea to be substantially perpendicular to ocean currents. The wire 1 is hung with a plurality of power generation units 10 through connection portions, wherein the power generation unit 10 comprises at least one power generation device which consists of a rotor blade and a generator, and the power generation unit 10 can pivot about the axis of