Energy chain

An intensifier comprising:

• a water cylinder including at least one water port for receiving water from a water source and for discharging the water to a return tank;
• an oil cylinder including an oil port for receiving oil from an oil source and for discharging the oil under pressure;
• a water piston located in the water cylinder;
• an oil piston that is attached to the water piston and that protrudes into the oil cylinder;
• and
• a rolling diaphragm provided on the water piston and forming a seal between an outer circumferential surface of the water piston and an inner surface of the water cylinder, wherein the rolling diaphragm is configured to roll along the inner surface of the water cylinder and along the outer circumferential surface of the water piston while maintaining the seal,
• wherein the water piston is configured to move the oil piston within the oil cylinder upon receiving pressure from water exerted on the water piston from the water source, wherein the oil piston is configured to compresses the oil in the oil cylinder when the oil piston is moved by the water piston to pressurize the oil in the oil cylinder.

A method for producing drive energy, comprising:

• filling an oil cylinder of an intensifier with oil from an oil source at a first predetermined oil pressure;
• filling a compression cylinder with oil from the oil source at the first predetermined oil pressure;
• adding water under pressure from a water source to a water cylinder of the intensifier, so that the water under pressure pressurizes the oil in the oil cylinder to a second predetermined pressure;
• discharging pressurized oil from the oil cylinder at the second predetermined pressure, and maintaining some of the pressurized oil at the second predetermined pressure and reducing some of the pressurized oil to a third predetermined pressure that is less than the second predetermined pressure;
• transmitting the oil at the third predetermined pressure to the compression cylinder so that oil collected in the compression cylinder is pressurized to the third predetermined pressure;
• transmitting the oil at the second predetermined pressure to the compression cylinder so that oil collected in the compression cylinder is transferred out of the compression cylinder at the third predetermined pressure;
• receiving the oil transferred from the compression cylinder at the third predetermined pressure at a hydraulic motor;
• and
• utilizing the third predetermined pressure to drive the hydraulic motor.