Float for Sea Wave Energy Conversion Plant
AssigneeTrident Energy Limited
InventorHugh-Peter Granville Kelly
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Abstract
A float for use in capturing energy from waves, said float comprising: a central body providing buoyancy, said float further comprising: a leading part which has a leading surface which, in use of the float, is inclined upwards from horizontal such that the top of said leading surface projects further from said central body than the bottom of said leading surface and/or a trailing part which, in use of said float, extends downwards from said central body and presents a trailing surface which is inclined downwards from horizontal such that the top of said trailing surface is closer to said body than the bottom of said trailing surface.
Claims35
A float for use in capturing energy from waves, said float comprising:
- a central body providing buoyancy, said float further comprising:
- a leading part which has a leading surface which, in use of the float, is inclined upwards from horizontal such that the top of said leading surface projects further from said central body than the bottom of said leading surface
- and/or
- a trailing part which, in use of said float, extends downwards from said central body and presents a trailing surface which is inclined downwards from horizontal such that the top of said trailing surface is, in the horizontal direction, closer to said body than the bottom of said trailing surface.
A float for use in sea waves for capturing the energy thereof comprises as a first part, a central body portion having a buoyancy sufficient a) both to support its own weight and that of any vertical weight acting upon it of an energy conversion system driven thereby and b) to provide driving force to the energy conversion system, and as a second part a frontal extension to the said body in the form of an upwardly inclined surface and as a third part, a rearward extension being in the form of a downwardly inclined surface.
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