Power generating system utilizing buoyancy
AssigneeTakeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorAkio Takeuchi
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AssigneeTakeuchi Mfg. Co., Ltd.
InventorAkio Takeuchi
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A generating set formed so that a generator 70 connected to a rotary shaft 32 turning and supporting a conveyor 30 by utilizing the power by which a gas supplied by a supply means 60 into a bucket 50 positioned on a lower portion of the side of the conveyor 30 which is turned upward in the interior of a tower 10 is moved up with the bucket 50 in a liquid 20 stored in the interior of the tower 10 as the gas receives the buoyancy of the liquid. In this generating set, the supply means 60 is formed so as to turn compressed air into a plurality of bubbles of a very small diameter, send out these bubbles into the liquid 20 in the interior of the tower, and hold down to a low level the resistance occurring when the compressed air is sent out into the liquid 20 in the interior of the tower. An electric power energy value obtained from the generator 70 is increased with respect to a value of the energy consumed by the supply means 60.
A buoyancy-utilizing generating set provided with a vertically standing cylindrical tower in which a liquid is stored, a conveyor extended vertically in the shape of a loop in the interior of the tower so that the conveyor can be vertically turned, a plurality of buckets arranged on an outer side of the conveyor at predetermined intervals in the longitudinal direction of the conveyor so that openings of the buckets face in a direction opposite to the direction in which the conveyor turns, a supply means adapted to supply a gas in the form of bubbles into a bucket positioned on a portion of the side of the conveyor which is turned upward in the interior of the tower, through a downwardly directed opening of the same bucket, and a generator connected to a rotary shaft supporting the conveyor rotatably, the side of the conveyor on which the bucket is provided being turned upward by utilizing the power by which the gas supplied by the supply means into the bucket positioned on the lower portion of the side of the conveyor which is turned upward in the interior of the tower is moved up with the bucket in the liquid stored in the interior of the tower as the gas receives the buoyancy of the liquid, the generator connected to the rotary shaft rotated in the turning direction of the conveyor being rotated in accordance with the turning of the conveyor, wherein:
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