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AssigneeWave Star Energy APS
InventorPer Resen Steenstrup
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A wave power apparatus at least a part of which is permanently fixed to the sea floor or to ground, i.e. such as to a breakwater, a mole, a pier, a jetty, a cliff or an oil rig. The wave power apparatus (302) includes a plurality of rotationally supported arms (322), each of which carries a float (324) at its free end, so that a translational movement of the float caused by a wave results in rotation of the arm. The apparatus comprises power conversion means for converting power transmitted from the wave to the arms into electric power, e.g. a hydraulic system, in which a hydralic fluid is displaced by the movement of the arms (322) to drive one or more hydralic motors. The plurality of apparatus is arranged in a row such that a wave passing the row of arms causes the arms to successively pivot with a mutual phase shift. Thereby, an even power output may be achieved, and the need for frequency converters may be reduced or eliminated. Preferably, each arm is connected to a hydraulic cylinder (328) of the hydraulic system, whereby a plurality of arms feed hydraulic medium into the hydraulic motor or motors through common hydraulic conduits.
An installation comprising a wave power apparatus comprising a plurality of arms, each of which is rotationally supported at one end by a shaft, and wherein each arm carries a float at its other end, which is opposite to the supported end, so that a translational movement of the float caused by a wave results in rotation of the arm around the shaft, the apparatus comprising power conversion means for converting power transmitted from the wave to the arms into electric power, the plurality of arms being arranged in a row such that a wave passing the row of arms causes the arms to successively pivot around the shaft, the arms being arranged at mutual distances, so that the passage of the wave causes the arms to pivot with a mutual phase shift, and wherein the arms and the power conversion means are supported by a support structure, which is permanently fixed to the sea floor or to ground, wherein each arm extends in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the support structure extends in a direction transversely to said longitudinal direction, characterised in that
Use of a structure, which is permanently fixed to a sea floor or to ground as a support for a wave power apparatus comprising a plurality of arms, each of which is rotationally supported at one end by a shaft, and wherein each arm carries a float at its other end, which is opposite to the supported end, so that a translational movement of the float caused by a wave results in rotation of the arm around the shaft, the apparatus comprising power conversion means for converting power transmitted from the wave to the arms into electric power, the plurality of arms being arranged in a row such that a wave passing the row of arms causes the arms to successively pivot around the shaft, the arms being arranged at mutual distances, so that the passage of the wave causes the arms to pivot with a mutual phase shift, the support structure comprising a breakwater, mole, pier, jetty, cliff, or an oil rig, each arm extending in a longitudinal direction, and the support structure extending in a direction transversely to said longitudinal direction, and wherein each arm is individually supported by the breakwater, mole, pier, jetty, cliff, or oil rig, the arms being arranged at mutual distances along the breakwater, mole, pier, jetty, cliff, or oil rig.
A method for erecting a wave power apparatus at sea, the wave power apparatus comprising a plurality of arms, each of which is rotationally supported at one end by a shaft, and wherein each arm carries a float at its other end, which is opposite to the supported end, so that a translational movement of the float caused by a wave results in rotation of the arm around the shaft, the apparatus comprising power conversion means for converting power transmitted from the wave to the arms into electric power, the plurality of arms being arranged in a row such that a wave passing the row of arms causes the arms to successively pivot around the shaft, the arms being arranged at mutual distances, so that the passage of the wave causes the arms to pivot with a mutual phase shift, the method comprising:
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