Patent ID: 7116005

Claim:
An integrated tidal/wave water flow bi-directional electrical power generation system, said system comprising: a generator unit assembly and a controls for electrical power generation, a venturi box that provides a mounting area for the generator unit and mitigates slit and sand build-up and enhances the flow through the design, a variable pitch vane blade assembly with a vane pitch controller that provides a rotating source of drive for the generator, a means for water flow detection through the vane assembly that senses direction, velocity and provides signals to the vane pitch controller, a means for providing a grid cycle signal in order to keep the electrical power being generated by the generator unit with the same characteristics of the grid, a means for coordinating the electrical current requirements and for providing communication with the vane controller, a means for providing a signal to the vane controller pitch motors to change the pitch of the blades in concert with the electrical current requirements and the water flow input/output to the venturi box, wherein the electrical power generation unit assembly can be field replaced and serviced as one unit.