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:
- a storage tank adapted to store Hydrogen gas, received via at least one plumbing component, corresponding to at least one partially-buoyancy motivated flow of Hydrogen gas, resulting in stored Hydrogen gas, 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 facilitates forcing water from the body of water through the reverse osmosis device.
A system, comprising:
- a Hydrolysis device that receives electrical power from an electrical power source;
- a reverse osmosis device that provides pure water to the Hydrolysis device;
- a submersible module that comprises the Hydrolysis device and the reverse osmosis device, wherein the submersible module 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;
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- wherein an output of the Hydrolysis device provides a flow of Hydrogen gas to a second elevation that is higher than the first elevation without additional pumping.
A method, comprising:
- providing a submersible module, comprising at least one Hydrolysis device, adapted to receive electrical power from an electrical power source and 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;
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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.