US 12,292,032 B2
Offshore wind turbine with anti-accumulation of aquatic organisms
Fu-Ming Tzu, Kaohsiung (TW); and Chih-Yung Hsu, Kaohsiung (TW)
Assigned to NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed by National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung (TW)
Filed on Aug. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/237,575.
Claims priority of application No. 111139375 (TW), filed on Oct. 18, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0125299 A1, Apr. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. F03D 80/00 (2016.01); F03D 80/50 (2016.01)
CPC F03D 80/003 (2023.08) [F03D 80/50 (2016.05); F05B 2240/85 (2020.08); F05B 2240/95 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An offshore wind turbine with anti-accumulation of aquatic organisms, comprising:
a base with an interior space, the base being made of conductive material;
a tower incorporated above the base;
a nacelle, connected to the tower;
a plurality of blades, each interconnected with the nacelle; and
a power supply system electrically connected to the base and disposed within the interior space, the power supply system being used to provide electrical energy to the base to energize the surface of the base to form an electric field, wherein the power supply system has a reaction chamber and a power collection unit, wherein the reaction chamber is interconnected with an inlet pipe of the base and contains a reactant and an electrode, wherein seawater is injected into the reaction chamber through the inlet pipe to produce an oxidation-reduction reaction together with the reactant and the electrode to generate electrical energy, wherein the power collection unit is electrically connected to the base and the electrode and is used for storing the electrical energy generated by the electrode and for supplying the electrical energy to the base.