Power generation from moving water
AssigneeParseHill Renewables, LLC
InventorEthan Joseph Novek
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Abstract
The application pertains to a process for subsea power generation and fluid utilization from open water currents. In one embodiment the process comprises channeling water from a subsea current through a pipe system constructed to withstand subsea pressures; creating a water hammered pressurized fluid within the pipe system; directing the water hammered pressurized fluid through a delivery valve; and using the water hammered pressurized fluid.
Claims24
A process for subsea power generation and fluid utilization from open water currents, comprising:
- channeling water from a subsea current through a pipe system constructed to withstand subsea pressures;
- creating a water hammered pressurized fluid within the pipe system;
- directing the water hammered pressurized fluid through a delivery valve;
- and
- using the water hammered pressurized fluid;
- wherein the using comprises one or more of:
- power generation, fluid transport, desalination, pressure exchange, fluid pressurization, energy storage, and downstream processing.
A method for transforming fluid velocity into power in a subsea environment, comprising:
- capturing fluid from a subsea current using an intake system configured to channel fluid into a pump chamber;
- amplifying the velocity pressure of the captured fluid within the pump chamber by cyclically actuating a valve to create a water hammer effect;
- releasing the amplified pressure fluid through a delivery valve operatively connected to the pump chamber;
- transporting the released amplified pressurized fluid via an output conduit to at least one downstream application selected from the group consisting of:
- a subsea turbine for energy generation, or a higher elevation reservoir for energy storage, or a surface or land-based facility for storage or downstream processing, or a subsea pressure exchanger for hydraulic energy transfer;
- and
- utilizing the transported released amplified pressurized fluid for at least one application selected from the group consisting of:
- power generation, or subsea fluid transport, or reverse osmosis desalination, or pressure amplification for industrial processes, or energy recovery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.