Method and device for the capture of wave power
AssigneeGade Waves Sl
InventorSantiago Martinez Revaliente
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Abstract
This invention discloses a method and a device for the capture of wave power, exploiting the maximum potential energy of each wave, based on obtaining the maximum imbalance possible between the Thrust Force and the Weight acting upon the capture elements on the passage of each wave, slowing and releasing them both at their high points and at their low points by means of the use of blocking systems, maximizing the submerged and emerged volumes of the next movement, likewise the travel during which the capture elements are accelerated due to the exploitation of their kinetic energy and their release in the transmission of efforts at the moments when the points of equilibrium between the rising and falling maximums are reached, thus generating an increase in the potential energy captured.
Claims15
A wave power generating device comprising:
- capture elements configured to allow the passage of the waves through said capture elements;
- a principal structure which in turn comprises stabilising columns wherein the capture elements are inserted;
- and
- primary gear assemblies;
- wherein the capture elements are configured to transfer, with their movement, the force and speed of the waves to the primary gear assemblies of the principal structure;
- wherein the primary gear assemblies comprise an elongated shaft that goes through support bearings that support the elongated shaft;
- a final crown configured to transmit the torque of forces to an accumulator shaft directly or through a number of transmissions, wherein the accumulator shaft is coupled by one primary gear assembly to a slow shaft;
- wherein the slow shaft is supported on bases comprising bearings, which, in addition to supporting the weight of the slow shaft, maintain the correct alignment of the slow shaft, wherein the slow shaft is coupled to a gearbox which increases the rotation speed of a fast shaft intended to produce the movement of an electrical generator.
A method for the capture of wave power by a wave power generating device comprising:
- capture elements configured to allow the passage of the waves through said capture elements;
- a principal structure which in turn comprises stabilizing columns wherein the capture elements are inserted;
- and
- primary gear assemblies,
- wherein the capture elements are configured to transfer, with their movement, the force and speed of the waves to the primary gear assemblies of the principal structure;
- wherein the primary gear assemblies comprise an elongated shaft that goes through support bearings that support the elongated shaft;
- a final crown configured to transmit the torque of forces to an accumulator shaft directly or by a number of transmissions, wherein the accumulator shaft is coupled by one primary gear assembly to a slow shaft;
- wherein the slow shaft is supported on bases comprising bearings, which, in addition to supporting the weight of the slow shaft, maintain the correct alignment of the slow shaft, wherein the slow shaft is coupled to a gearbox which increases the rotation speed of a fast shaft intended to produce the movement of an electrical generator,
- wherein the method comprises the following steps:
- establishing which capture elements of the device will come into operation according to their mass and geometry and under what regime of operation, and based on the detected characteristics of the waves;
- driving of the main blocking system that will act on the selected capture elements, when the capture elements are at an upper position and a lower position with regard to the stabilising columns;
- and
- releasing the capture element from any type of transmission of efforts when the capture element reaches the upper position or the lower position again.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.