公开(公告)号：US20240026854A1

公开(公告)日：2024-01-25

申请号：US18354450

申请日：2023-07-18

Applicant: EMRGY, INC.

Inventor： Emily Morris ,  Thomas R. Cuthbert, III ,  John Tuttle ,  Retonya Dunning ,  Michael Savoie ,  William Clarizio ,  Lalit Roy

IPC: F03B15/16 ,  F03B15/00 ,  F03B13/08

CPC classification number: F03B15/16 ,  F03B15/005 ,  F03B13/08 ,  F05B2220/32 ,  F05B2220/706 ,  F05B2270/1033

Abstract: A hydrokinetic turbine system with dynamic tuning capabilities is disclosed. Individual hydrokinetic turbine units are dynamically tuned to accommodate changes in height and flow velocity corresponding to water in a waterway. Dynamically tuning the turbine units to accommodate waterway changes optimizes power generation output. Dynamically tuning a turbine system includes raising or lowering turbine blade height, extending or retracting turbine blade length, and narrowing or widening a turbine mouth, channel, and exit through which water flows. The hydrokinetic turbines may be arranged in an array along a waterway, and each hydrokinetic turbine in the array is connected over a controls system configured to adjust turbine characteristics at each turbine unit in the array for optimizing power generation output for the waterway in which the turbine array is installed.