GB2416567A - Tidal or wave power take-off system - Google Patents

Tidal or wave power take-off system Download PDF

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GB2416567A
GB2416567A GB0423569A GB0423569A GB2416567A GB 2416567 A GB2416567 A GB 2416567A GB 0423569 A GB0423569 A GB 0423569A GB 0423569 A GB0423569 A GB 0423569A GB 2416567 A GB2416567 A GB 2416567A
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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
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    • F03B13/18—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 wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore
    • F03B13/1805—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 wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore and the wom is hinged to the rem
    • 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
    • F03B13/14—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 wave energy
    • F03B13/16—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 wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem"
    • F03B13/18—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 wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore
    • F03B13/1805—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 wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore and the wom is hinged to the rem
    • F03B13/181—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 wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore and the wom is hinged to the rem for limited rotation
    • F03B13/1815—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 wave energy using the relative movement between a wave-operated member, i.e. a "wom" and another member, i.e. a reaction member or "rem" where the other member, i.e. rem is fixed, at least at one point, with respect to the sea bed or shore and the wom is hinged to the rem for limited rotation with an up-and-down movement
    • 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
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    • F05B2240/911—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a stationary structure already existing for a prior purpose
    • 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

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Abstract

A simple method of utilising the power of the rising and falling tides and, to some extent, wave action. It is based on a floating weight, eg a pontoon 4, activating a lever 3 across a fulcrum 2 and converting the force and movement into electrical power via a power take-off 5 through various methods. Although large, it could be made attractive. The fulcrum 2 may be mounted on an industrial dock so that the system can be incorporated into the cargo lifting arrangements thereby recovering some of the power expended.

Description

24 1 6567 Tidal/Wave Power Take-off Page I Electrical energy being in ever
greater demand and, when coupled with the ever increasing demand for reduced carbon emissions, we must utilise any and all 'clean' methods of producing it.
Figure I shows such a method:- A dock or area No.l built, or already in existence, on a body of water subject to wave activity and/or high tides, may be used. This can be of any size within reason, from a simple private/domestic dock, to a promenade along several miles of an estuary such as the Bristol Channel, where I understand there are tides of thirty feet or more. In the latter case, the major components of the system may be made in the style of Victorian lamp posts, as used in coastal resorts, to give a pleasing aspect.
It may also be incorporated into a working dock used for the loading and discharging of general cargo and/or containers.
Built on the larger scale; the lever No.3,could be of a length to cross from a vessel, completely over a dock or promenade to the point where power can be converted.
The system would consist of a fulcrum post No.2 carrying a lever No.3. On the water side of the fulcrum, the lever is attached to a pontoon No.4. On the shore side of the fulcrum the lever is attached to the power takeoff No.5. This could be a single method or a combination of methods, resulting in the generation of electrical power.
Figures 2 & 3 show a simple method of compressing and/or pumping a gas.
Tidal/wave Power Take-off On learning that the authorities would not allow Dibden Bay to be used for extended container docks at Southampton, I then thought that if my idea was incorporated into a new dock, perhaps in an area of higher tides, and the container vessels were docked at the pontoons, with the lever extended and used to lift the containers, the extra movement of the lever would create more horse power.
Each time a container passed the fulcrum, power would be conserved. Some would be expended in lifting the container but it would be regained at the other side of the fulerurn.

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  1. Tidal/Wave Power Take-off Claims This is a very simple method of
    converting the power of a rising and falling tide into electrical power.
    In no way will it create pollution.
    In a non industrial area it would be no more unsightly than the ornate iron work on a Victorian seaside promenade.
    On an industrial dock it can be incorporated into the lifting arrangements required to move cargo and thereby recovering some of the power expended in doing this.
    It will be extremely easy to build. l
    Tidal/Wave Power Take-off Claims Amendments to the claims have been filed as follows This is a very simple method of converting the power of a rising and falling tide to electrical power; because of its size, all the necessary equipment may be incorporated in the body of the pontoon as well as adjacently or remotely, it will not create pollution, in a non industrial area it could be no more unsightly than the ornate iron work on a Victorian seaside promenade and as an industrial dock it can be incorporated into the lifting arrangements required to move cargo and thereby recover some of the power expended in doing this, it will be easy to build. e C
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GB2475858A (en) * 2009-12-02 2011-06-08 John Kennedy Fletcher Wave powered energy generator
CN104948381A (en) * 2015-07-13 2015-09-30 张文庆 Tidal power generation device
ES2597127A1 (en) * 2015-07-15 2017-01-16 Antonio LOZANO PEREZ Device for use of wave energy (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

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GB136952A (en) * 1919-02-10 1919-12-31 Gustave Defosse An Improved Wave Motor.
US1823190A (en) * 1930-09-12 1931-09-15 Christie Neil Power plant
GB789044A (en) * 1955-02-23 1958-01-15 Rafael Reyes Falla Improved lift pump for utilising the tidal energy of a body of liquid
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GB2475858A (en) * 2009-12-02 2011-06-08 John Kennedy Fletcher Wave powered energy generator
GB2475858B (en) * 2009-12-02 2012-12-19 John Kennedy Fletcher Stable wave energy generator
CN104948381A (en) * 2015-07-13 2015-09-30 张文庆 Tidal power generation device
CN104948381B (en) * 2015-07-13 2017-09-22 张文庆 Utilize the device of tidal power
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