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 system, comprising:
- at least one plumbing component that directs at least one partially-buoyancy motivated flow of Hydrogen gas to a turbine to generate power from the at least one partially-buoyancy-motivated flow of Hydrogen gas;
- and
- wherein the partially-buoyancy motivated flow of Hydrogen partially results from at least one reverse osmosis device located at a depth in a body of water below the surface thereof such that gravity forces water from the body of water through the reverse osmosis device.
A system, comprising:
- at least one Hydrolysis device that receives electrical power from an electrical power source;
- at least one reverse osmosis device that provides pure water to the at least one Hydrolysis device, wherein the reverse osmosis device is located in a body of water at a first elevation below the surface thereof such that weight of water due to gravity forces water from the body of water through the reverse osmosis device;
- wherein the Hydrolysis device is located in the body of water below the surface thereof;
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- wherein an output of the at least one Hydrolysis device provides at least one flow of Hydrogen gas to a second elevation that is higher than the first elevation without additional pumping.
A method, comprising:
- providing at least one Hydrolysis device that receives electrical power from an electrical power source;
- providing at least one reverse osmosis device that provides pure water to the at least one Hydrolysis device in a body of water at a first elevation below the surface thereof such that weight of water due to gravity forces water from the body of water through the reverse osmosis device;
- wherein the Hydrolysis device is provided in the body of water below the surface thereof;
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- wherein an output of the at least one Hydrolysis device provides at least one flow of Hydrogen gas to a second elevation that is higher than the first elevation without additional pumping.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.