Self-inflated marine airship or balloon
OwnerMoshe Greenberginventor
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Abstract
Self-inflated marine airship or balloon for producing hydrogen by separating it from water, using electrolyze process and electrical power that is produced by wind utilization. The marine is basically comprised of an air unit, i.e. the airship or the balloon, and of a water unit, that is a pod sunk in a water, e.g. lake water or sea water, and having a turbine driven electric generator. The water unit is harnessed to the air unit by cables, and when dragged by wind, the turbine drives the generator to produce electric power which is then being utilized to separate water molecules into oxygen and hydrogen which is in turn directed to the air unit through a pipe connection, for a storage.
Claims8
A self-inflated marine for producing hydrogen, said self-inflated marine comprising:
- (a) an inflatable balloon or airship capable to fly in the air and be dragged by wind, said balloon or airship enables to store hydrogen inside and said balloon or airship has an inlet and an outlet enables to fill and to discharging said hydrogen from said balloon or airship;
- (b) at least one turbine, to be sunk in water, said turbine is rotated by a power of water, whether by running water or by stagnant water while said turbine is drifted through said stagnant water;
- (c) at least one generator, each of said generators is driven by one of said turbines for producing electrical power;
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- (d) at least one electrolyzing unit for electrolyzes hydrogen from water, using said electrical power.
A self-inflated marine for producing hydrogen, said self-inflated marine comprising:
- (a) at least one water-unit, said water unit comprised of:
- (i) a turbine;
- (ii) a generator, said generator is driven by said turbine;
- (iii) at least one electrolyzing unit for electrolyze hydrogen from water;
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- (iv) a controller;
- and wherein said water-unit either is sunk in water or floating on water wherein at least said turbine is sunk in water;
- (b) an inflatable balloon or airship to store said electrolyzed hydrogen, said balloon or airship is airship shaped and having an outlet with valve enables to collect said hydrogen from said balloon or airship;
- (c) ropes that are harnessed to said water-unit and said balloon or airship, enabling the buoyancy of said balloon or airship—according to Archimedes law—and drags by force of wind said water-unit while at least said turbine is sunk in water;
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- (e) at least one pipe, each pipe is connected from each of said electrolyzing unit to said balloon or airship, enabling said electrolyzed hydrogen to flow into said balloon or airship.
A method for producing hydrogen comprising:
- (a) sinking a turbine into water;
- (b) harnessing said turbine to an inflatable balloon or airship that is partly filled with hydrogen;
- (c) allowing said balloon or airship to be drag by wind, said balloon or airship drags said turbine inside water and the turbine is spinning;
- (d) using the turbine spin to drive a generator;
- (e) using the power of said generator for electrolyzing hydrogen from water;
- (f) collecting said electrolyzed hydrogen into said balloon or airship;
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- (g) discharging produced hydrogen from said balloon or airship.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.