Patent ID: 8405236

Claim:
A Brushless DC Turbo-Hydro Electric generator for generating electrical power from water flow, comprising: a composite polymer shell having an inlet, an outlet, an inner wall, an outer wall and a passage through which water may pass; a central shaft extending along a central longitudinal axis of the composite polymer shell; a first retainer connecting the central shaft to the inner wall of the composite polymer shell at the inlet; wherein the first retainer serves as an inlet debris filter; a rotor positioned on the central shaft, the rotor having a plurality of rotor blades extending from the rotor such that the plurality of rotor blades become a moving permanent magnetic field, wherein neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent magnet being embedded in each of the plurality of rotor blades; a second retainer connecting the central shaft to the inner wall of the composite polymer shell at the outlet; wherein the second retainer serves as an outlet debris filter; a stator having a plurality of trapezoidal aluminum bars connected in series to each other, the stator positioned around the inner wall of the composite polymer shell and surrounded the plurality of neodymium-iron-boron (NdFeB) permanent magnet rotor blades, the plurality of trapezoidal aluminum bars insulated by non-conductive plating; whereby the Brushless DC Turbo-Hydro Electric Generator deploys the action of any flowing water movement on the magnetic rotor to harness wave and tidal energy.