Method and apparatus for generating energy using pressure from a large mass
OwnerDaniel Moskalinventor
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Abstract
A fluid, for example, air, is subjected to a high pressure while in a high pressure inducing vessel (101). The high pressure is due to a large mass, such as the ocean. The fluid is then cooled and directed into a depressurized vessel (107), such as a pressure hull, which is at a relatively lower pressure. With this change in pressure, the fluid expands. This expansion is used to generate work/energy using a work producing machine (108), for example, a turbine. Energy from the work producing machine is converted to electricity using a generator (111). The fluid is collected from the work producing machine and again subjected to the high pressure and low pressure to generate additional electricity.
Claims19
A method for producing electricity, the method, comprising the steps of:
- a) subjecting a fluid to a first pressure;
- b) pumping the fluid into a vessel with a second pressure to cause expansion of the fluid, wherein the first pressure is higher than the second pressure;
- c) directing the fluid through a machine that generates energy in response to the expansion of the fluid;
- d) converting energy from the machine to electricity;
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- e) repeating steps a through d using the fluid.
A method for producing electricity, the method, comprising the steps of:
- positioning an apparatus under a large mass of liquid or solid;
- filling the apparatus with a predetermined volume of a fluid;
- transporting the fluid through a high pressure inducing vessel that communicates with a high pressure environment surrounding the high pressure inducing vessel to transfer a high pressure to the fluid inside the high pressure inducing vessel;
- transporting the fluid from the high pressure inducing vessel to a depressurized vessel, whereby the fluid expands in response to a change in pressure, the depressurized vessel having a pressure that is lower than the high pressure;
- converting a force from expansion of the fluid into work by a work producing machine;
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- generating electricity using work from the work producing machine.
An apparatus adapted to exploit potential energy from the gravitational force of a large mass to produce electricity, comprising:
- a high pressure inducing vessel that facilitates the transfer of a high pressure environment outside the high pressure inducing vessel to a fluid inside the high pressure inducing vessel, thereby reducing the volume of the fluid;
- a depressurized vessel coupled to receive the fluid from the high pressure inducing vessel, whereby the fluid expands due to a change in pressure;
- a work producing machine that converts a force from expansion of the fluid into rotational energy;
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- a generator that converts rotational energy from the work producing machine into electricity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.