Patent ID: 9541058
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: F03B,F03D,F05B,Y02E

Claim:
1. An energy converter for converting kinetic energy from a flow in a body of liquid by transverse galloping, comprising: a support, an elongate galloping body having a top end and a bottom end and being of a cross-section satisfying the Den Hartog criterion suitable for transverse galloping, a substantially horizontal guide arranged outside the body of liquid for guiding the top end of the galloping body in a transverse galloping movement, one or more elastic elements substantially horizontally arranged and connected between the galloping body and the support, and a generator comprising a static generator component and a dynamic generator component, and wherein the galloping body is substantially vertically suspended such that the bottom end of the body extends into the body of liquid, and the dynamic generator component is operationally connected to the galloping body.