Patent ID: 6323563
Filing Date: 2001-11-27
Classification: F03B,Y02E

Abstract:
A power-generating system comprising:a support subsystem;a hydrodynamic subsystem connected to the power plant and configured to generate motion under hydrodynamic force, the subsystem including:a pair of spaced beams having upstream ends and downstream ends, the spaced beams being pivotally supported within a dynamic source of water at the upstream ends thereof by the support subsystem;a rod pivotally attached to at least one of the beams;a foil pivotally disposed between the downstream ends of the beams, the foil having an upstream edge and a downstream edge; anda trim flap pivotally disposed at the downstream edge of the foil;the trim flap being actuatable between a leftward position which causes the foil to pivot rightward and a rightward position which causes the foil to pivot leftward;the foil causing the beams to pivot leftward when positioned rightward and to pivot rightward when positioned leftward, thereby causing the rod oscillate back and forth; and the hydrodynamic subsystem is disposed substantially vertically or horizontally in the source of water;a power plant connected to the rod and configured to convert the back-and-forth motion of the rod into power.