Sealed shaft gravity buoyancy energy system and method of use thereof
OwnerVictor Villalobosinventor
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Abstract
A sealed-shaft gravity-buoyancy energy system and method of use thereof, wherein a wheel is powered by ball masses which fall under gravitational force, thereby causing the wheel to rotate. The ball masses are collected and inserted into a fluid shaft, wherein the fluid shaft comprises at least two separate columns having valves at the ends thereof to provide a sealing function, thereby preventing fluid loss. Buoyant force raises the ball masses to the top of the device, wherein the ball masses are deposited once again onto the wheel. A generator or other device utilizes the rotational force of the wheel to create energy.
Claims18
A sealed shaft gravity-buoyancy energy system comprising:
- a means for rotation;
- an output means for providing mechanical power;
- an hermetically-sealable buoyancy chamber;
- a plurality of objects of selected density;
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- a fluid of selected density, wherein said plurality of objects comprises spherical masses, and wherein said hermetically-sealable buoyancy chamber comprises an entry and an exit, and wherein said hermetically-sealable buoyancy chamber comprises fluid level sensors at said entry and said exit.
A power generation system comprising:
- a buoyancy shaft having two independently-selectable columns;
- a power generator;
- a means for rotating said power generator;
- and
- a means for raising said buoyant masses, wherein said two independently-selectable columns comprise fluid tanks, and wherein said fluid tanks comprise means for varying, and wherein said means for varying selectively vary the quantity of fluid within said fluid tanks, and wherein said means for varying comprises diaphragms.
A method of generating power, said method comprising the step of:
- a. obtaining a sealed-shaft gravity-buoyancy energy system comprising an hermetically-sealable buoyancy shaft;
- b. placing a ball on a spoke arm of a wheel at the beginning of a cycle to start said cycle, wherein a spoke proximity sensor directs a ball feeder to coordinate placement of said ball onto said spoke arm;
- c. rotating said wheel via gravitational force acting up on said ball, wherein said wheel is in communication with and rotates an electrical generator to generate electrical energy;
- d. depositing said ball to a collector box;
- e. opening a dry gate in said collector box via weight of said ball;
- f. submerging said bail in a fluid;
- g. directing said ball into said buoyancy shaft via an inclined doorstop;
- h. raising a plurality of balls to a top portion of said buoyancy shaft via a buoyant force;
- i. counting a maximum capacity of said plurality of balls for said buoyancy shaft;
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- j. selecting a first column or a second column for insertion of additional said plurality of balls, while opening said second column or said first column, respectively, to permit said plurality balls contained therein to ascend to said top portion of said buoyancy shaft.
A sealed shaft gravity-buoyancy energy system comprising:
- a means for rotation;
- an output means for providing mechanical power;
- an hermetically-sealable buoyancy chamber;
- a plurality of objects of selected density;
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- a fluid of selected density, wherein said hermetically-sealable buoyancy chamber comprises at least two columns, and wherein said at least two columns comprise associated tanks, and wherein said associated tanks comprise diaphragms therewithin, and wherein said diaphragms are adapted to adjust the level of a fluid within said at least two columns.
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