Power generation system
OwnerKohei Hayamizuinventor
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Abstract
There is provided a power generation device that generates electricity using a potential energy of a fluid raised to a predetermined height position by a wave force, the device including: a housing (1) that floats, the housing (1) including a front side opening portion (16) for taking a wave into an inside of the housing (1) on a front side of the housing (1); a float accommodated in the housing (1); a feeding device that feeds the circulation fluid toward the predetermined height position based on a wave force received by the float due to the wave taken into the inside of the housing (1) through the front side opening portion (16); a power generation unit that generates the electricity; and a suppressing member that suppresses a swing of the housing (1).
Claims15
A power generation system for generating electricity using a potential energy of a fluid raised to a predetermined height position by a wave force, the system comprising:
- a system-side accommodation member that floats, the system-side accommodation member including an intake opening portion for taking a wave into an inside of the system-side accommodation member on a front side of the system-side accommodation member;
- a floating body accommodated in the system-side accommodation member;
- a feeding device that feeds the fluid toward the predetermined height position based on a wave force received by the floating body due to the wave taken into the inside of the system-side accommodation member through the intake opening portion;
- a power generation unit that generates the electricity using the potential energy of the fluid raised to the predetermined height position;
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- a suppressing member that suppresses a swing of the system-side accommodation member caused by a wave of a predetermined wave height or more by causing at least a part of the system-side accommodation member to submerge in water when the suppressing member receives the wave,
- wherein the suppressing member includes an outer flow path provided on a side surface side of the system-side accommodation member, and
- wherein the outer flow path extends between the front side and a back side of the system-side accommodation member, and is configured such that a wave of a predetermined wave height or more rises up the outer flow path when the outer flow path receives the wave.
A power generation system for generating electricity using a potential energy of a fluid raised to a predetermined height position by a wave force, the system comprising:
- a system-side accommodation member that floats, the system-side accommodation member including an intake opening portion for taking a wave into an inside of the system-side accommodation member on a front side of the system-side accommodation member;
- a floating body accommodated in the system-side accommodation member;
- a feeding device that feeds the fluid toward the predetermined height position based on a wave force received by the floating body due to the wave taken into the inside of the system-side accommodation member through the intake opening portion;
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- a power generation unit that generates the electricity using the potential energy of the fluid raised to the predetermined height position,
- wherein the system-side accommodation member has a vibration control structure that absorbs a swing of the system-side accommodation member caused by a wave,
- wherein the system-side accommodation member is configured such that a plurality of portions divided in the height direction are stacked on each other,
- wherein each of the plurality of portions is configured to swing independently of each other in the horizontal direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.