Patent ID: 11905919
Assignee: ORBITAL MARINE POWER LIMITED
Field: Engines, pumps, turbines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  Y | IPC F

Claim 17:
18. A method of operating a power generating apparatus, comprising the steps of:
providing a buoyancy vessel floating on a body of water;
providing a turbine assembly coupled to the buoyancy vessel, wherein the turbine assembly has a turbine rotor mounted to a nacelle and a support structure; wherein the support structure is coupled at its inboard end to the buoyancy vessel and is coupled at its outboard end to the nacelle;
pivotally moving the turbine assembly from a first position in which the turbine assembly extends below the buoyancy vessel and the nacelle is fully submerged below the water surface to a second position in which the turbine assembly extends to a distance greater than a length of a rotor blade away from and generally to the side of the buoyancy vessel and a part of the nacelle projects above the water surface.