HYDROKINETIC ENERGY CORP DESIGNS & DEVELOPS INNOVATIVE, PROPRIETARY UNDERWATER TURBINES

The company was founded in January 2014 by Walter Schurtenberger and Ted Herzog. 

Hydrokinetic Energy Corp. (HEC) has been awarded a utility patent on May 21, 2020 with the USPTO and PCT (with reservation for international rights).  

On December 14, 2020 we received Notification of Allowance for our 2nd patent, a performance enhancing device, a revolutionary Wildlife and Debris Excluder (WDE) redesign.  We call it a “Vorticized Flow Inducing Wildlife and Debris Excluder”. 

Our patents include the following unique engineering concepts:

1. Flow Velocity Acceleration Technology: Unique Venturi/Bernoulli Flow Accelerator Shroud with Annular Diffuser, substantially increase water velocity through the turbine and energy output
2. Hydrofoil Shaped Rotor and Blades extract maximum torque from any flow speed
3. Wildlife and Debris Excluder (WEC) inducing Vorticized flow increases performance and energy output and prevents marine life and debris from entering the turbine
4. Various Installation and Maintenance Methods: Fixed, Floating, Pivoting and Towed
5. Self orienting and pivoting installation to capture optimal water flow direction
6. Methodology of Site-specific and Adaptive Turbine Design
7. Proprietary Electronic Control Module and Software for optimal energy extraction assures optimal energy output through flow speed cycles(under development)