Buoyant power system method and apparatus
AssigneeFour Electrons LLC
InventorJohn Scott Perez
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Abstract
A system in a water body uses buoyant force of gaseous Hydrogen and Oxygen to generate electrical power with one or more turbines that includes power resulting from the buoyant force while transporting the Hydrogen or Oxygen to a higher elevation, without loss of electrons, for conversion to electricity at the higher elevation. Conversion of Hydrogen and Oxygen to water through a Hydrogen Fuel Cell or by burning at the higher elevation may generate additional steam power, hydropower, or purified water. Portable submersible modules may transport the system below or above the water to and from the base of a plumbing portion of the system. The amount of gaseous fuel energy available at the higher elevation is not detrimentally impacted by the generation of electricity by the turbine.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- producing, by a Hydrogen and Oxygen separator that receives power from an electrical power source, a Hydrogen gas flow at a first elevation, wherein the Hydrogen gas is produced at a first pressure;
- providing the Hydrogen gas flow to a Hydrogen buoyancy engine at a second elevation that is higher than the first elevation;
- and
- performing a first amount of work with the Hydrogen buoyancy engine based on the Hydrogen gas flow;
- wherein the pressure of the Hydrogen gas flow provided to the Hydrogen buoyancy engine at the second elevation is a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure due at least to buoyant force acting on the Hydrogen gas between the first elevation and the second elevation, and wherein there is no water in the hydrogen flow between the first elevation and the second elevation.
A method, comprising:
- producing a Hydrogen gas flow at a first elevation, wherein the Hydrogen gas is produced at a first pressure;
- providing the Hydrogen gas flow to a second elevation that is higher than the first elevation;
- and
- performing a first amount of work at the second elevation based on the Hydrogen gas flow;
- wherein the pressure of the Hydrogen gas flow at the second elevation is a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure due at least to buoyant force acting on the Hydrogen gas between the first elevation and the second elevation;
- wherein the Hydrogen gas flow is produced by a Hydrolysis device, that receives power from an electrical power source, located in a body of water below the surface thereof at the first elevation;
- and
- wherein the Hydrogen gas flow is directed from the Hydrolysis device from the first elevation to the second elevation via a plumbing system wherein there is no water in the plumbing system between the first elevation and the second elevation.
A system, comprising:
- a Hydrolysis device, that receives power from an electrical power source, to produce a Hydrogen gas flow at a first elevation, wherein the Hydrogen gas is produced at a first pressure;
- a plumbing system to provide the Hydrogen gas flow to a second elevation that is higher than the first elevation;
- a Hydrogen Buoyancy Engine to perform a first amount of work at the second elevation based on the Hydrogen gas flow;
- wherein the pressure of the Hydrogen gas flow at the second elevation is a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure due at least to buoyant force acting on the Hydrogen gas between the first elevation and the second elevation;
- wherein the Hydrogen gas flow is produced by the Hydrolysis device located in a body of water below the surface thereof at the first elevation;
- and
- wherein there is no water in the plumbing system between the first elevation and the second elevation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.