Apparatus for converting tide/wave motion to electricity

Details Apparatus for converting tide/wave motion to electricity Apparatus for converting tide/wave motion to electricity

1998-03-13

1999-09-21

Ramirez, Nestor

Prime-mover dynamo plants

Tide and wave motors

290 42, 310339, 310337, F03B 1312

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059557907

ABSTRACT:
A power transfer system for generating electrical energy from recurring wave and tidal movement within the ocean. The system comprises a pressure sensing device, such as an array of pressure transducers, positioned at the ocean floor below water level and at a location of wave movement for (i) registering changes in height of water above the pressure sensing device and (ii) providing a power output corresponding to changes in force associated with the changes in the height of water. A transfer medium is coupled at one end to the pressure sensing device and extends underground to a second end at a shore location adjacent the location of wave movement for transmitting the power output of the pressure sensing device to the shore location. A bank of storage batteries is coupled to the transfer medium at the shore location for receiving the power output from the transfer medium and for storing the power output as a useful form of energy.

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