Wave power generator

Abstract

This hydropneumatic wave power generator, converts the waves, vertical surface displacements into usable electrical or mechanical energy. A fixed cylinder with an open bottom is suspended above the ocean floor in a fixed position. The cylinder top is tightly enclosed except for a “T” shaped air tube opening into the cylinder chamber. This “T” tube houses an intake unidirectional valve on one arm and an exit valve on the other. An intake air tube open to the air and passing through a flywheel equipped air turbine connects to the intake arm of the “T” tube. An exit air tube connected to the exit arm of the “T” tube is likewise connected to the same turbine before it exits to the atmosphere. Air within the wave chamber, above the water, is pushed by a rising wave through the exit valve into the exit tube, which drives the turbine blades to which it is connected. As the wave surface drops, negative pressure created within the chamber closes the exit valve, opens the intake valve, and sucks air from the atmosphere, through the turbine blades and the intake tube, finally filling the wave chamber ready for the next wave cycle.

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