ENERGY CONVERTERS

Brand	Owner (click to sort)	Address	Description
AURORA WIND	POWER-ONE, INC.	740 Calle Plano Camarillo CA 93012	Energy converters, power converters and inverters for use with wind turbines;WIND;
AURORA WIND	ABB ASEA BROWN BOVERI LTD	AFFOLTERNSTRASSE 44 Zurich CH-8050 Switzerland	Energy converters, power converters and inverters for use with wind turbines;
	Where the owner name is not linked, that owner no longer owns the brand

Technical Examples

A tidal power generator has a floating vessel hull that is subject to rising and falling water levels so that the hull moves vertically up and down. Linear-to-rotary converters are coupled between the vessel hull and a fixed object. The converters allow the hull to move vertically while constraining the horizontal movement of the hull. The converters convert the vertical movement of the hull into rotary movement, which is then used to drive an electrical generator. A harborage is provided to protect the hull and the converters and to regulate the water level for the vessel hull as well as become a fixed object relative to the vessel from which a change in relative position causes power to be developed. If the hull is subject to tidal variations, vertical movement of the hull can be desynchronized from the tidal variations so as to store energy during slack tides.