TIDAL POWER PLANT Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic power engineering. SUBSTANCE: platform installed above water level has booster and electric generator coupled with each other. Upper end of vertical rod support is kinematically linked with booster input shaft while its lower end, with hollow pontoon. Platform has a hoop with radial inclined spokes fitting movably around pile which passes freely through hole in platform. . Pontoons have a central hole and two side holes. Rods of support are disposed in a spaced relation in side holes, being interconnected at the bottom by horizontal beams. Ribs are separate members consisting, each, of four plates superimposed on each other in pairs in rows and are secured to pontoons by vertical and horizontal bars capable of up-and-down motion. The lower members are connected with support rods and are capable of moving jointly with pontoons. EFFECT: improved functional and operating characteristics. 2 dwg