Hydroelectric turbine-based power-generating system for vessels and submarines

Abstract

Power-generating system based on successive hydroelectric turbines (∫ 1 N ) located parallel to the submerged section of the hull of vessels and/or submarines (generating line ∫ 1 N ), at the point or points of greatest channeling of the water flow produced naturally during navigation. Each turbine is preceded by a propeller (∫ 1 N ), whose function is to increase the speed of the water flow powering the turbine when the vessel and/or submarine is in motion, and to generate the power flow when the vessel and/or submarine is stationary (anchored or moored).

1 . A hydroelectric turbine-based power generating system for a vessel, comprising:
 at least one generating turbine arranged along a submerged section, in the lateral or lower-lateral borders or limits of the vessel, to allow the use of the vessel as craft, and aligned in a generation line to generate power responsive to a flow of water along the submerged section of the vessel, to channel the water flow produced in the lateral or lower-lateral borders or limits of the vessel in the submerged section of the hull during motion of the vessel, and to generate the energy flow while the vessel is anchored or moored by virtue of propellers located before at least one of the at least one generating turbine within the generating line.   
     
     
         2 . The power-generating system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least one generating turbine is arranged to generate power responsive to the water flow naturally produced along the submerged section in the lateral or lower-lateral borders or limits of the hull of the vessel during motion of the vessel. 
     
     
         3 . The power-generating system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the at least one generating turbine is two or more generating turbines and an arrangement pattern of the two or more generating turbines comprises at least one of linear or parallel. 
     
     
         4 . The power-generating system as claimed in  claim 1 , further comprising at least one propeller placed before each turbine, the propeller arranged to generate an auxiliary water flow to start the at least one turbine when the vessel is anchored and to power the vessel in motion. 
     
     
         5 . The power-generating system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the generation line of the at least one generating turbine is cylindrical-shaped. 
     
     
         6 . The power-generating system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the generation line is distributed in positions in which the water flow naturally produced during motion is channeled. 
     
     
         7 . The power-generating system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the vessel is a submarine and comprises one or more additional generation lines, the one or more additional generation lines being arranged to be above flotation line upon surfacing of the vessel and arranged to operate when the vessel is submerged and in motion. 
     
     
         8 . The power-generating system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the generation line is arranged to generate power for motion of the vessel during motion of the vessel. 
     
     
         9 . The power-generating system as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the vessel is a submarine.