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US 2025/0059942 A1Published application
Two-Body Flexible Tether-Connected Oscillating Water Column
AssigneeE-Wave Technologies LLC
InventorsJunhui Lou, Adam Bennett
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Abstract
An oscillating water column (OWC) includes a top body and a bottom body. The top body includes a hollow shape, an open top end, an open bottom end, a chamber traversing between the open top and bottom ends, a power take-off system proximate to the open top end, and an air channel proximate to the open top end and the power take-off system. The bottom body includes a bottom heave plate and a plurality of flexible tethers coupling the top body and the bottom body.
Claims14
An oscillating water column (OWC), comprising:
- a top body comprising a hollow shape, the top body further comprising:
- an open top end;
- an open bottom end;
- a chamber traversing between the open top end and the open bottom end;
- a power take-off system proximate to the open top end;
- and
- an air channel proximate to the open top end and the power take-off system;
- a bottom body comprising a bottom heave plate;
- and
- a plurality of flexible tethers coupling the top body and the bottom body.
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An oscillating water column (OWC), comprising:
- a top body comprising a hollow shape, the top body further comprising:
- an open top end;
- an open bottom end;
- a chamber traversing between the open top end and the open bottom end;
- a power take-off system proximate to the open top end;
- and
- an air channel proximate to the open top end and the power take-off system;
- a bottom body comprising:
- a bottom heave plate;
- a plurality of openings in the bottom heave plate;
- a plurality of valves proximate to the plurality of openings,
- wherein the plurality of valves moves to a closed position with an upward motion of the bottom body to close the plurality of openings, wherein the plurality of valves moves to an open position with a downward motion of the bottom body to open the plurality of openings;
- and
- a plurality of flexible tethers coupling the top body and the bottom body.
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An oscillating water column (OWC), comprising:
- a top body comprising a hollow shape, the top body further comprising:
- an open top end;
- an open bottom end;
- a chamber traversing between the open top end and the open bottom end;
- a power take-off system proximate to the open top end;
- and
- an air channel proximate to the open top end and the power take-off system;
- a bottom body comprising:
- a bottom heave plate comprising a geometry with asymmetric effect;
- and
- a plurality of flexible tethers coupling the top body and the bottom body.
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