Ultrasonic prevention and removal of biofouling from marine electricity generators

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Title
Ultrasonic prevention and removal of biofouling from marine electricity generators

CoPED ID
cea5a0a4-a933-4437-b21a-dcc3e72e10e4

Status
Closed


Value
£1,109,130

Start Date
March 1, 2014

End Date
March 30, 2016

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Bio-fouling is the unwanted adhesion of biological materials to any wetted surface and it grows continuously in thickness with sustained immersion. Fouling causes severe structural loading on all the submerged components of marine electricity generators, lowers the efficiency of generation and can disable a generator totally through the clogging up of moving components in turbines or pumps. Existing anti-fouling coating techniques applied to ship hulls cost £3.8 billion pa worldwide, yet fouling still causes an extra fuel cost of £5.1 billion pa. So for marine generators a novel fouling prevention system is proposed, usable on any generator design, which deploys low power quasi-continuous low KHz guided ultrasonic waves, mode selected both to repel bio-molecules and couple into all the submerged generator components from a single source location, to cost effectively, without harm to marine life, prevent fouling with 100% surface coverage, avoiding all downtime for fouling removal.

Stuart Hunter PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Ships
  2. Mariners
  3. Generators (devices)
  4. Usability
  5. Marine biology
  6. Shipping

Extracted key phrases
  1. Marine electricity generator
  2. Marine generator
  3. Ultrasonic prevention
  4. Generator component
  5. Generator design
  6. Ultrasonic wave
  7. Marine life
  8. Continuous low khz
  9. Prevention system
  10. Low power quasi
  11. Submerged component
  12. Extra fuel cost
  13. Wetted surface
  14. Surface coverage
  15. Severe structural loading

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