# US 8,541,896 B2 · Deep water power generation system and apparatus

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- Number: US 8,541,896 B2
- Document ID: US8541896B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 13/765,322
- Filed: 2013-02-12
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2007-07-11
- Assignees: Newport Coast Investments
- Applicants: Ryan Steelberg; Chad Steelberg
- Inventors: Ryan Steelberg; Chad Steelberg
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8541896B2

## CPC

- F03B 13/10: Submerged units incorporating electric generators or motors
- F05B 2270/18: to control buoyancy
- Y02E 10/20: Hydro energy
- Y02E 10/30: Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient
- F03B: MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS (positive-displacement engines for liquid F03C; machines for liquids and gases F01; positive-displacement machines for liquids F04, rotary fluid gearing of the hydrokinetic type F16H41/00)
- F05B: INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO WIND, SPRING, WEIGHT, INERTIA OR LIKE MOTORS, TO MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS COVERED BY SUBCLASSES F03B, F03D AND F03G
- Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION

## Abstract

A system for generation of power using an apparatus in deep water is disclosed. The system includes a ballast buoy configured to achieve a desired depth in the deep water, a substantially vertical hollow tube attached to the ballast buoy that is submerged under water when the ballast buoy achieves the desired depth in the deep water, and a converter for converting the physical environment created in the substantially vertical hollow tube by placement of the ballast buoy at the desired depth in the deep water.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A system for generation of power using an apparatus in deep water, said system comprising:
a buoy configured to achieve a desired depth in the deep water;
a substantially vertical hollow tube attached to said buoy that is submerged under water when said buoy achieves the desired depth in the deep water; and a generator configured to generate electricity based on the pressure head differences in the physical environment created in between the vertical ends of said substantially vertical hollow tube at said desired depth in the deep water to energy;
wherein the hollow tube is submerged below the direct influence of surface wave action of the water.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein placement of said buoy at the desired depth in deep water occurs at a depth sufficient to make use of the increased pressure at deeper ocean levels.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein placement of said buoy at the desired depth in deep water minimizes corrosion of the system to make use of minimal temperature variations at deeper ocean levels.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein placement of said buoy at the desired depth in deep water minimizes corrosion of the system to make use of decreased salinity at deeper ocean levels.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said substantially vertical hollow tube is a cylinder.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The system of claim 1, wherein said substantially vertical hollow tube is coupled to said buoy in a rigid manner.