| CPC F03B 17/062 (2013.01) [F03B 5/00 (2013.01); F03B 15/02 (2013.01); F03B 11/002 (2013.01); F03B 11/02 (2013.01); F03B 15/005 (2013.01); F05B 2240/201 (2013.01); F05B 2240/312 (2013.01); F05B 2240/98 (2013.01)] | 16 Claims |
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1. An energy generating device for generating energy from a flowing fluid, comprising:
a rotation body, wherein:
the rotation body extends along an axis of rotation between a first point and a second point;
the rotation body is adapted to rotate about the axis of rotation; and
the rotation body is formed from at least a first, a second, and a third rotation segment, wherein:
the rotation segments are joined together;
the rotation segments are arranged along the axis of rotation; and
the rotation segments form a region at least partly surrounded by fluid, wherein:
the second rotation segment is situated between the first rotation segment and the third rotation segment and has a different diameter than the first rotation segment and third rotation segment; and
a generator device mechanically connected to the rotation body, wherein the generator device is adapted to generate energy which is produced from the rotation of the rotation body,
wherein the rotation body comprises a rotation generating means for placing and keeping the rotation body in a predetermined rotation, wherein the rotation generating means is adapted to bring about a rotational angular momentum of the rotation body, and the rotation generating means is:
a directional segment nozzle, which releases a generated excess pressure from an internal region of a rotation segment; and/or
a compressed air nozzle or hot air nozzle, which drives the rotation body mechanically with a generated excess pressure,
wherein:
the generated excess pressure is generated with a compressed air generating unit or a heat generating unit, wherein the heat or compressed air generating unit is integrated in the rotation body or connected to the rotation generating means by a compressed air line; and/or
the generated excess pressure is generated with a solar pressure generating unit, which produces an excess pressure by heating, wherein ambient air flowing into an internal region of the rotation segments is heated, and the rotation body or the rotation segments are formed with a transparent film, in order to introduce light in an internal region of the rotation body or of one or more rotation segments, and wherein a light-absorbing region is provided in the internal region, which absorbs the light so introduced and becomes heated, and ambient air flows from an inlet to an outlet along the light-absorbing region in order to produce the excess pressure by an expansion of the ambient air due to heating in the internal region of the rotation body.
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