CA2793716A1 - Tide motor - Google Patents

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CA2793716A1
CA2793716A1 CA2793716A CA2793716A CA2793716A1 CA 2793716 A1 CA2793716 A1 CA 2793716A1 CA 2793716 A CA2793716 A CA 2793716A CA 2793716 A CA2793716 A CA 2793716A CA 2793716 A1 CA2793716 A1 CA 2793716A1
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Daniel Therriault
Georges Beauregard
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    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • F03B13/12—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy
    • F03B13/26—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F03—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; WIND, SPRING, OR WEIGHT MOTORS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • F03B—MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
    • F03B13/00—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates
    • F03B13/12—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy
    • F03B13/26—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy
    • F03B13/262—Adaptations of machines or engines for special use; Combinations of machines or engines with driving or driven apparatus; Power stations or aggregates characterised by using wave or tide energy using tide energy using the relative movement between a tide-operated member and another member
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • 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
    • F05B2260/00—Function
    • F05B2260/40—Transmission of power
    • F05B2260/403—Transmission of power through the shape of the drive components
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • 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
    • F05B2260/00—Function
    • F05B2260/40—Transmission of power
    • F05B2260/406—Transmission of power through hydraulic systems
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F05—INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04
    • 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
    • F05B2270/00—Control
    • F05B2270/10—Purpose of the control system
    • F05B2270/18—Purpose of the control system to control buoyancy
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
    • Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
    • Y02E10/30—Energy from the sea, e.g. using wave energy or salinity gradient

Abstract

Un moteur à marée comprenant un certain nombre de génératrices montées sur une plate-forme flottante. La plate-forme est installée en combinaison avec des poutres verticales munies de moyens de crémaillère, de telle sorte que les pignons des génératrices roulent le long des poutres comme sur des crémaillères. Le mouvement de marée entraine le mouvement de la plate-forme qui entraine la rotation des pignons des génératrices sur les moyens de crémaillère le long des poutres. La rotation des pignons entraine la production d'énergie des génératrices. L'arbre de transmission des pignons peut être monté en combinaison avec un certain nombre d'engrenages additionels pour multiplier l'énergie produite. La plate-forme comprend aussi des ballasts et des pompes qui remplissent les ballasts ou les vident afin de continuer le mouvement de montée ou de descente de la plate-forme lorsque la marée stagne et ainsi faire tourner les génératrices jusqu'à la prochaine marée basse ou la prochaine marée haute.A tidal motor comprising a number of generators mounted on a floating platform. The platform is installed in combination with vertical beams provided with rack means, so that the pinions of the generators roll along the beams as on racks. The tidal movement causes the movement of the platform which causes the rotation of the pinions of the generators on the rack means along the beams. The rotation of the pinions causes the energy production of the generators. The drive shaft of the pinions can be mounted in combination with a number of additional gears to multiply the energy produced. The platform also includes ballasts and pumps that fill the ballasts or empty them in order to continue the upward or downward movement of the platform when the tide is stagnant and thus keep the generators running until the next low tide. or the next high tide.

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Nom de l'invention : Moteur à marée Son but: Produire de l'électricité de manière écologique et sans pollution (énergie propre) Domaine du produit : Mécanique marine Explication sommaire du produit :
Le moteur consiste en une plate-forme flottante munie de génératrices et attachée à des poutres ancrées au fond de la mer. Ces poutres sont pourvues de crémaillères reliées aux génératrices qui s'activent lorsque la marée monte et descend.
Lorsque la marée est montante ou descendante, les génératrices pourvues de pignons et couplées aux crémaillères sont actionnées et produisent de l'électricité.
La plate-forme est également munie de ballasts pourvus de pompes qui les remplissent quand la marée est à son plus bas et neutre, afin de permettre à celle-ci de continuer à descendre et à faire tourner les génératrices jusqu'à
la marée montante.
A l'inverse, lorsque la marée est à son point le plus haut et neutre, les pompes sont actionnées pour vider les ballasts afin que la plate-forme continue à monter et à faire tourner les génératrices jusqu'à la marée descendante. Invention Name: Tide Motor Its goal: To produce electricity in an ecological way and without pollution (energy clean) Product Area: Marine Mechanics Brief explanation of the product:
The engine consists of a floating platform equipped with generators and attached to beams anchored at the bottom of the sea. These beams are provided racks connected to generators that activate when the tide go up and down.
When the tide is rising or falling, the generators equipped with gears and coupled to the racks are operated and produce electricity.
The platform is also equipped with ballasts equipped with pumps that fill up when the tide is at its lowest and neutral, in order to allow to this one to keep going down and to turn the generators until the rising tide.
Conversely, when the tide is at its highest and most neutral point, the pumps are operated to empty the ballasts so that the platform continue to raise and turn the generators until the tide down.

Claims (9)

1. Un moteur à marée comprenant une plate-forme flottante sujette à un déplacement de haut en bas, ou vice-versa, dû au mouvement de marée montante et descendante, ladite plate-forme étant en combinaison avec des piliers verticaux comprenant sur leur surface un moyen de crémaillère, ladite plate-forme étant munie d'au moins un pignon destiné à faire une rotation le long dudit moyen de crémaillère d'un desdits piliers lorsque ladite plate-forme se déplace sous l'effet dudit mouvement de marée, ledit pignon comprenant un arbre axial de transmission connecté à un moyen de génératrice. 1. A tidal engine comprising a floating platform subject to a moving up and down, or vice versa, due to the rising tide and descending, said platform being in combination with pillars vertical comprising on their surface rack means, said platform being provided with at least one pinion for rotating along said means for rack of one of said pillars when said platform moves under the effect said tide movement, said pinion comprising an axial shaft of transmission connected to a generator means. 2. Le moteur de la revendication 1 dans lequel ledit axe comprend au moins un engrenage auxiliaire pour multiplier la vitesse de rotation dudit moyen de génératrice. 2. The motor of claim 1 wherein said axis comprises at least one auxiliary gear for multiplying the rotational speed of said means of generator. 3. Le moteur de la revendication 1 dans lequel ledit pignon est de X pouces et ladite vitesse de rotation est de (0,318309X-1) tours par minute pour une marée d'environ 10 pieds. 3. The engine of claim 1 wherein said pinion is X inches and said rotational speed is (0.318309X-1) revolutions per minute for a tide about 10 feet. 4. Le moteur de la revendication 3 dans lequel ledit premier engrenage auxiliaire est un engrenage de X/n pouces et qui permet audit arbre de transmission d'entraîner ledit moyen de génératrice à une vitesse de rotation de 0,318309 X-tours par minute multiplié par n. 4. The motor of claim 3 wherein said first gear auxiliary is a gear of X / n inches and which allows said transmission shaft to drive said generator means at a rotational speed of 0.318309 X-revolutions per minute multiplied by n. 5. Le moteur de la revendication 4 dans lequel audit premier engrenage auxiliaire est connecté un deuxième engrenage auxiliaire. 5. The motor of claim 4 wherein said first gear auxiliary is connected a second auxiliary gear. 6. Le moteur de la revendication 5 dans lequel audit deuxième engrenage auxiliaire est connecté un nombre d'engrenages auxiliaires supplémentaires. The motor of claim 5 wherein said second gear auxiliary is connected an additional number of auxiliary gears. 7. Le moteur de la revendication 1 dans lequel lesdits piliers sont ancrés par des moyens d'ancrage. 7. The engine of claim 1 wherein said pillars are anchored by of the anchoring means. 8 8. Le moteur de la revendication 1 dans lequel pour une vitesse de 38 révolutions par minute, lesdits engrenages auxiliaires sont au nombre de 7 pour une marée de 20 pieds. 8 8. The engine of claim 1 wherein for a speed of 38 revolutions per minute, said auxiliary gears are 7 in number for a tide of 20 feet. 9 9
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