US 12,331,710 B2
Power amplification, storage and regeneration system and method using tides, waves and/or wind
Norman Ian Mathers, Brisbane (AU)
Assigned to Mathers Hydraulics Technologies Pty Ltd, Bridgeman Downs (AU)
Filed by Mathers Hydraulics Technologies Pty Ltd, Bridgeman Downs (AU)
Filed on Oct. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/496,524.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/423,193, filed on Nov. 7, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/439,754, filed on Jan. 18, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/507,026, filed on Jun. 8, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/432,245, filed on Dec. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/439,763, filed on Jan. 18, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/461,084, filed on Apr. 21, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0151205 A1, May 9, 2024
Int. Cl. F03B 13/26 (2006.01); F03B 3/04 (2006.01); F03B 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC F03B 13/268 (2013.01) [F03B 3/04 (2013.01); F03B 15/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for operating one or more water turbines for power generation comprising:
forming at least a portion of one or more walls to create an estuary, wherein the one or more walls include at least a first wall and a second wall, wherein at least the first wall is angulated relative to the second wall to funnel and magnify a flow of water into or out of the estuary as a result of a tide flowing along a flow channel;
positioning the one or more water turbines adjacent to an outlet to the estuary;
receiving the flow of the water as a result of the tide into the estuary;
retaining the water within the estuary; and
selectively releasing the water as an outflow from the estuary, wherein the outflow turns a rotor of the one or more water turbines.