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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 05, 2024
Energy Vault, Inc., Westlake Village, CA (US);
Andrea Pedretti, Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Ehsan Kharazmi, Providence, RI (US);
Ares Rosakis, Altadena, CA (US);
George Karniadakis, Newton, MA (US);
Michael Triantafyllou, Belmont, MA (US);
Phillip Rosenberg, Marina Del Rey, CA (US);
Energy Vault, Inc, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for generating electricity from an underwater stream for generating electricity for the electric grid or for producing hydrogen includes an underwater turbine. The underwater turbine includes an upper pontoon, a lower pontoon, and a pylon structure that extends between and interconnects the upper pontoon and the lower pontoon. The underwater turbine also includes a single propeller assembly rotatably coupled to the lower pontoon. Rotation of the propeller operates a generator to generate electricity. The underwater turbine can be moored to a sea floor via a mooring weight. An optional friction winch is operable to raise or lower the underwater turbine relative to the sea floor.