Industrial Consultancy & Sponsored Research (IC&SR) , IIT Madras
A Vehicle for Power Generation, Transmission and Storage
Technology Category/Market
Category: Green Technology & Renewable Power Generation, ;
Technology: Vehicle for power generation, Transmission, & storage
Industry: Renewable Power generation & etc. & Costal Power Plant. Applications: Vehicle for power generation, transmission and storage;
Market: The global wave & tidal energy market is focused to expand at a CAGR of 27.4% during the period from 2023 to 2030.
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Problem Statement
- In the present era, there is constantly efforts are being made to increase the use of renewable energy by utilizing various sources such as wind, solar, waves, geothermal, & etc.
- The existing mechanisms & technologies are not economically competitive, due to high cost & other cause of environmental damage by interrupting ocean/sea ecosystems.
- By prior art survey, the conventional combined power generators are deployed remote location like mid-sea areas to generate combined power, which may lead to corrosion of components of the combined power generators. Further, it is difficulty in transmission of generated power & may require submersed cables which is tedious installation process.
- Hence, there is a need to address above issues.
Technology
- Present Patent describe a vehicle for power generation, transmission and storage which includes a plurality of power conversion units, a gear mechanism, a generator unit coupled to the gear mechanism and a control unit,
- The vehicle 100 comprises a frame,1, a body,2, a plurality of power conversion units 200, 300, 400, a gear mechanism, 500, a generator unit, 600 & a control unit,3 shown in Fig.1.
- Said patent discloses constructional configuration & functioning of the plurality of power conversion units, gear mechanism & the control unit.
- The generator unit is coupled to the gear mechanism & is configured to generate power based on operation of the gear mechanism, from at least one of the first conversion unit & the second conversion unit.
- The control unit is communicatively coupled to one or more sensors disposed proximal to the gear mechanism & the generator unit.
- The controller of the vehicle is configured to:
- The power unit of vehicle may be an engine/motor which may be driven by a battery and a plurality of motors electrically coupled to the battery.
Key Features/Value Proposition
Technical Perspective:
- The control unit operates the gear mechanism to regulate power generated at the generator unit based on operation of the first conversion unit, the second conversion unit & the third conversion unit.
- The first conversion unit comprises a plate movably disposed in the first section of the body.
- The plate configured to engage with tides at an on-shore location & being operable based on wave energy.
- The second conversion unit comprises a vertical axis wind turbine mounted in the second section of the body & being operable based on wind energy.
- The third conversion unit comprises a solar panel mounted in at least one of the first section and the second section & is being operable based on solar energy.
- The gear mechanism comprises a first gear mechanism & second gear mechanism, wherein said first gear mechanism is connected to first generator of the generator unit & second gear mechanism is connected to a second generator of the generator unit.
- Further the first & second gearing mechanism comprises first & Second plurality of gears engaging with the first shaft & second shaft.
- The generator unit transmits the generated power from the first conversion unit & the second conversion unit to a power grid and/or a battery.
Industrial Perspective:
- The vehicle may generate continuous power from tides & wind energy without substantial interruption in power generation.
- May also be implemented with renewable energy sources capable of rotating a generator.
Questions about this Technology?
Contact for Licensing
Research Lab
Prof. A. Seshadri Sekhar
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Intellectual Property
IITM IDF Ref. 2432
Patent No: 445378
Technology Readiness Level
TRL-2/3
 Proof of Concept formulated & tested