Patent classifications
F03B13/147
Renewable energy generation device and control method therefor
The present disclosure provides a renewable energy generator including a housing formed to float in a body of water, a main generator unit, frame(s) fixed internally of the housing at intervals, a main rotating shaft for linking the main generator unit rotatably to the frame(s), and a controller for operating the pendulum by driving the main motor, and controlling the main generator unit to cause the housing to behave due to the pendulum operation. The main generator unit includes an inner housing, a pendulum moving inside the inner housing, a pendulum rotation shaft vertically connected to the pendulum and fixed to the inner housing, a main motor for converting kinetic energy of the pendulum into electrical energy, and a gear unit linked to the pendulum rotation shaft and transmitting the kinetic energy of the pendulum to the main motor.
Artificially expanding the tide range of a tidal barrage
Some geographies have tide ranges above 15 yards, but most do not. The wider the tide range, the more hydroelectric power can be generated per cycle of low tide to high tide and then high tide to low tide, using a tidal barrage. Methods of raising the high tide above the measured level to fill the storage ponds to an even higher level and a method to empty the storage ponds to a lower than low tide level, provide means to expand the tide range significantly, enabling many more planet geographies to have economically feasible hydroelectric power.
Wave energy capture, storage, and conversion device
A wave energy capture, storage, and conversion assembly, comprising at least one pump assembly, and a point absorber operatively arranged to displace the at least one pump assembly in a first circumferential direction.
Free floating wave energy converter having variable buoyancy flexible pipe and enhanced capture width
A free floating wave energy converter includes at least one flexible pipe, adapted to float at a surface of a body of water, having an inlet end for receiving alternating slugs of water and air when the pipe is moored facing at an angle to a wave direction in the body of water and having an outlet end in fluid communication with a power takeoff and other devices, a plurality of supports attached to the pipe at spaced apart locations, each of the supports extending traverse to a longitudinal axis of the pipe and outwardly in opposite directions and at least two inflatable tubes attached to the supports on opposite sides of the pipe extending longitudinally substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipe, wherein the pipe is raised and lowered relative to the surface of the water by respectively inflating and deflating the tubes with a gas.
WAVE ENERGY CAPTURE, STORAGE, AND CONVERSION DEVICE
A wave energy capture, storage, and conversion assembly, comprising at least one pump assembly, and a point absorber operatively arranged to displace the at least one pump assembly in a first circumferential direction.
OCEAN CURRENT POWER GENERATION SYSTEM
An ocean current power generation system which uses an inlet pipe to guide the ocean current to a pool at the sea surface for power generation, the ocean current's kinetic energy is transformed into potential energy when the water flows into the pool and stored therein, an outlet pipe or path drains the stored water back to the sea and a generator or turbine is installed at the drainage path to generate electric power.
A FREE FLOATING WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER HAVING VARIABLE BUOYANCY FLEXIBLE PIPE AND ENHANCED CAPTURE WIDTH
A free floating wave energy converter includes at least one flexible pipe, adapted to float at a surface of a body of water, having an inlet end for receiving alternating slugs of water and air when the pipe is moored facing at an angle to a wave direction in the body of water and having an outlet end in fluid communication with a power takeoff and other devices, a plurality of supports attached to the pipe at spaced apart locations, each of the supports extending traverse to a longitudinal axis of the pipe and outwardly in opposite directions and at least two inflatable tubes attached to the supports on opposite sides of the pipe extending longitudinally substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the pipe, wherein the pipe is raised and lowered relative to the surface of the water by respectively inflating and deflating the tubes with a gas.