Patent ID: 7465147
Filing Date: 2008-12-16
Classification: F03B,F05B,Y02E,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A power generating device motivated by a moving fluid, comprising: a frame having a first end and a second end; at least one axle rotatably connected with said frame at said first end; a plurality of vanes operatively mounted on said at least one axle; a power conversion unit operatively connected to said frame and operatively connected to said at least one axle such that when the moving fluid contacts said plurality of vanes, said at least one axle rotates said power conversion unit; and a fluid directing device operatively associated with said plurality of vanes in a spaced relation such that the moving fluid contacts said plurality of vanes as directed by said fluid directing device causing said at least one axle to move said power conversion unit; wherein said fluid directing device creates a standing wave, said standing wave having a crest higher than a mean height of a surface of the moving fluid; and wherein the moving fluid directed by said fluid directing device contacts said plurality of vanes substantially at or below an elevation of said axle.