Prime-mover dynamo plants – Tide and wave motors
Patent
1985-04-03
1986-08-26
Hix, L. T.
Prime-mover dynamo plants
Tide and wave motors
416DIG4, 244 58, 244 1711, F03B 1310, F03B 1312, H02P 904
Patent
active
046084975
ABSTRACT:
An ocean wave energy converting vessel which can remain perpendicular to the ocean waves for maximum energy conversion, regardless of its direction of travel. As either end of the quadrapod is lifted by a wave and the pendulum deck tends toward the center of the earth, force is applied to the generator due to the shifting weight of the pendulum deck, generator battery bank and all other equipment on said deck. This results from cables looped around racheted pulleys on the generator shaft, connected at their ends to the bow and stern of the quadrapod. Maximum energy conversion depends upon the quadrapod being perpendicular to the ocean waves. The paradox of a vessel facing one direction while traveling another is resolved by a navigation system consisting of four simultaneously swiveling, finned, motorized pontoons to maintain course direction, operated in conjunction with a wind fan with rudder mounted to the pendulum deck which holds quadrapod perpendicular to ocean waves. Length of quadrapod is adjustable through the use of cables, pulleys and hydraulic pistons so as to match the distance from wave crest to valley. A plurality of units may be joined together, the beams of which may share pontoons to form an energy net spreading out over the ocean.
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Brown Brian W.
Hix L. T,.
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