GB166739A - Improvements in and relating to the utilization of tidal energy - Google Patents

Improvements in and relating to the utilization of tidal energy

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GB166739A
GB166739A GB11804/20A GB1180420A GB166739A GB 166739 A GB166739 A GB 166739A GB 11804/20 A GB11804/20 A GB 11804/20A GB 1180420 A GB1180420 A GB 1180420A GB 166739 A GB166739 A GB 166739A
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basin
spillway
closed
basins
water
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Priority to FR515163A priority patent/FR515163A/en
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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
    • F03B13/266—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 to compress air

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
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  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)

Abstract

166,739. Knowlton, J. A. April 28, 1920. Tidal energy, utilizing.-Relates to apparatus of the kind in which the rise and fall of the tide is utilized to compress air for driving machinery. A basin 11, Fig. 1, is separated from the tidal water 10 by means of a. dam 12 provided with sluces 13, 14. Within the basin 11 is built a walled enclosure 15, at one side of which is a sluiceway 16 communicating with the basin 11 and also with the tidal water 10 when the sluice 13 is opened. Within the walled enclosure is a spillway 17 and two basins 18, 19 closed at the top. On the top of these basins are mounted the turbines and control apparatus. The basins are connected through inlet and outlet air pipes 72, 74, Figs. 5 and 6, provided with non-return valves 73, 75 to turbines 34. Compartments 36, Figs. 3 and 5, and 37, Fig. 3, are provided communicating with the basin 11 and spillway 17 respectively and also with the chambers 18, 19 by means of passages provided with gates 47, 48. The gates are mounted on racks 52 and connected in pairs by links 58 so that when one gate is opened the other is closed. The gates are operated by means of electric motors 56a, 56<d> which are controlled by means of floats 42, 25, Fig. 6, mounted in wells 20, 21 communicating with the basins 18, 19. The floats normally rest on stops 26, but when raised by the inflow of water close the electric contacts 67, 70. The motors are electrically connected to operate in pairs so that when one chamber is open to the basin 11 and closed to spillway 17, the other is-open to the spillway and closed to the basin. In operation, the basin 11 is filled with tidal water through the sluiceway 13 and the spillway 17 left empty. Water is admitted alternately to the chambers 18, 19 compressing the air and forcing it through the pipe 74 to the one of the turbines and thence through the pipe 71 to the other chamber. The sluices 13, 14 are operated from time to time so as to obtain a difference in head between the basin 11 and spillway 17 and to empty the spillway to the sea at low tide. When it is desired to stop the apparatus, the sluices 39, 40, Fig. 3, are closed.
GB11804/20A 1919-08-16 1920-04-28 Improvements in and relating to the utilization of tidal energy Expired GB166739A (en)

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US318063A US1342682A (en) 1919-08-16 1919-08-16 Hydraulic air-motor
GB11804/20A GB166739A (en) 1919-08-16 1920-04-28 Improvements in and relating to the utilization of tidal energy
FR515163A FR515163A (en) 1919-08-16 1920-05-05 Improvements in compressed air engines by the hydraulic force of the tide

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Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
US318063A US1342682A (en) 1919-08-16 1919-08-16 Hydraulic air-motor
GB11804/20A GB166739A (en) 1919-08-16 1920-04-28 Improvements in and relating to the utilization of tidal energy
FR515163T 1920-05-05

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Families Citing this family (6)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2588779A (en) * 1940-11-09 1952-03-11 Stigchel Bastiaan Jan Van Der Electric pneumatic driving device for a mechanism having to make a reciprocating movement of limited length at arbitrary moments
US4034565A (en) * 1974-12-16 1977-07-12 Mcveigh Charles E Method and apparatus for generating power
US4464080A (en) * 1979-08-09 1984-08-07 Gorlov Alexander M High volume tidal or current flow harnessing system
GB2218472A (en) * 1988-04-26 1989-11-15 Hydro Energy Ass Ltd Converting energy in a stream of moving liquid to a readily usuable form
BE1008844A3 (en) * 1994-10-18 1996-08-06 Cardinaels Guido Design for the production of electrical energy stemming from a tidalmovement
ES2315170B1 (en) * 2007-04-25 2010-01-11 Carlos Manuel Gonzalez Oppenheim SYSTEM TO GENERATE ELECTRICITY TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE TIDES, OR RACES IN RIVER PENDING.

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FR515163A (en) 1921-03-25
US1342682A (en) 1920-06-08

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