An ocean tidal current energy power generating system, including a fixing mechanism, an ocean tidal current energy power generator set and a signal monitoring mechanism. The fixing mechanism includes floating bodies, fixing rods, horizontal supporting rods, and a working platform; the floating bodies are fixed to seabed by means of anchor chains; the fixing rods are fixed to the floating bodies; the horizontal supporting rods and the working platform are respectively fixed to underwater portions of the fixing rods and overwater portions of the fixing rods. The power generator set includes underwater assemblies and an overwater assembly. Each underwater assembly includes blades, a hub, a main shaft, a gear box, a coupling, a power generator, a stern cabin and a yawing mechanism, successively connected to each other; a variable pitch mechanism is disposed in the hub.

A power generation plant including a turbine (1) of a Kaplan, bulb, diagonal flow or propeller turbine type, a water intake (4) and a water run-off (5). Additional vanes vane (8) are deployable into a water passage formed between the water intake (4) and the housing of the turbine. Eddy flows formed in the water intake (4) are reduced by the additional vanes. The vanes allow the turbine operating range to be extended to cover smaller outputs.

A power generation plant including a turbine (1) of a Kaplan, bulb, diagonal flow or propeller turbine type, a water intake (4) and a water run-off (5). Additional vanes vane (8) are deployable into a water passage formed between the water intake (4) and the housing of the turbine. Eddy flows formed in the water intake (4) are reduced by the additional vanes. The vanes allow the turbine operating range to be extended to cover smaller outputs.

A controllable-pitch centrifugal fan apparatus comprising a rotor system having a fan-blade assembly constraining a plurality of fan blades that are radially distributed by an equal distance to the rotor system's axis of rotation. Each fan blade is free to rotate about an axis of rotation fixed in the fan-blade assembly. A fan-blade pinion is affixed to each fan blade's axial extremity and has a gear profile capable of mating to a blade-pitch manipulating ring. This ring has a helical gear pattern affixed to its exterior cylindrical surface and a thread applied to an inner cylindrical cavity allowing it to threadedly mate to a pitch control base rigidly affixed to the fan-blade assembly concentrically with the plurality of fan blades. In its most optimal form, the blade-pitch manipulating ring consists of a ferromagnetic material subjected to fields generated by stator-born electromagnets in order to manipulate each fan blades pitch.

The present invention provides a turbine sub-runner that is positioned to be within the vortex zone of a turbine main runner. The sub-runner includes at least two sub-runner blades, configured to monitor the relative flow of the vortex created by the main runner. A sub-runner hub will be positioned downstream of the main runner blades. A sub-runner shaft, having a threaded section, will also be a part of the sub-runner, and will be connected to the sub-runner hub housing adjustable sub-runner blades and the mechanism enabling to regulate angular position of sub-runner blades. A main runner blades control mechanism will be connected to the sub-runner shaft via threaded interface, and is capable of transferring the rotational energy of the sub-runner into angular movement of the main runner blades. As the sub-runner interacts with the changing conditions of the main runner vortex, it will act to automatically regulate, adjust, and control the angle of the main runner blades to optimize the performance of the turbine. The sub-runner uses the energy of the sub-runner blades to perform the monitoring, regulation, adjustment and control of the main runner through regulating angular position of main runner blades.

An axial impeller has a tubular housing mounted on bearings for rotation. The housing is capable of engaging a motor or generator directly or through a drive belt. Interior turbine blades are mounted on the housing wall. The blades may be hinged so they can rotate between a retracted position adjacent to the wall and an extended radial position. Rods penetrate the wall to position the blades between retracted and extended positions. When extended, the blades may be rotated to propel a fluid through the housing; and when retracted natural fluid flow is less restricted.

A water or wind turbine in which fatigue fracture is less likely to be generated in a rotation shaft is provided. A wind turbine comprises: a rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction; a plurality of arms extending horizontally from the rotation shaft and formed at equal intervals along the rotation direction; and a plurality of wings attached to tips of the arms and extending in the upper/lower direction, and the rotation shaft is rotated by lift generated on the wings, wherein cross sections of the wings have a uniform shape and a uniform area from upper ends of the wings to lower ends of the wings, wherein seen from the extending direction of the rotation shaft, the plurality of wings are projected on the entire circumference of a single virtual circular ring C whose center is on the rotation shaft, and wherein lengths of the wings in the vertical direction are equal over the entire circumference.

A water or wind turbine in which fatigue fracture is less likely to be generated in a rotation shaft is provided. A wind turbine comprises: a rotation shaft extending in the vertical direction; a plurality of arms extending horizontally from the rotation shaft and formed at equal intervals along the rotation direction; and a plurality of wings attached to tips of the arms and extending in the upper/lower direction, and the rotation shaft is rotated by lift generated on the wings, wherein cross sections of the wings have a uniform shape and a uniform area from upper ends of the wings to lower ends of the wings, wherein seen from the extending direction of the rotation shaft, the plurality of wings are projected on the entire circumference of a single virtual circular ring C whose center is on the rotation shaft, and wherein lengths of the wings in the vertical direction are equal over the entire circumference.

A turbine of a power generating system includes a rotary shaft, blades, stoppers and elastic members. Each of the blades includes a connecting side and an active side opposite to the connecting side, and the blades are disposed on the rotary shaft at intervals by a predetermined distance, in which the blades are pivotally connected to the rotary shaft through the connecting sides. The stoppers respectively correspond to the blades and are disposed over the rotary shaft for limiting expansion angles of the blades. Each of the elastic members includes a fixed end and a moving end opposite to the fixed end, and the fixed ends attach to the rotary shaft, and the moving ends respectively attach to the blades. Each of the blades pivots between an expanded position and a closed position.

A turbine of a power generating system includes a rotary shaft, blades, stoppers and elastic members. Each of the blades includes a connecting side and an active side opposite to the connecting side, and the blades are disposed on the rotary shaft at intervals by a predetermined distance, in which the blades are pivotally connected to the rotary shaft through the connecting sides. The stoppers respectively correspond to the blades and are disposed over the rotary shaft for limiting expansion angles of the blades. Each of the elastic members includes a fixed end and a moving end opposite to the fixed end, and the fixed ends attach to the rotary shaft, and the moving ends respectively attach to the blades. Each of the blades pivots between an expanded position and a closed position.