GB2418707A - Device for producing energy from wave motion incorporating a gyroscope - Google Patents

Device for producing energy from wave motion incorporating a gyroscope Download PDF

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GB2418707A
GB2418707A GB0417150A GB0417150A GB2418707A GB 2418707 A GB2418707 A GB 2418707A GB 0417150 A GB0417150 A GB 0417150A GB 0417150 A GB0417150 A GB 0417150A GB 2418707 A GB2418707 A GB 2418707A
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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
    • F03B13/14—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
    • 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

A device for extracting energy from waves comprises a gyroscope 1 coupled to a wave operated member. The gyroscope 1 is held in a casing anchored 2 to the sea bed. The movement of the wave operated member may be horizontal or vertical reciprocal motion, and it may be linked to the gyroscope by electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or other viable means, with an appropriately timed linkage. The device may be equipped with a mechanism providing adjustment of its operation in response to varying wave conditions.

Description

241 8707 Hydrodyne 2 1. This invention relates to the extraction of energy
from wave systems. 2.
3. Inventive step 4.
5. The coupling of the power generation potential of a gyroscope and the reciprocal force/potential energy produced by a float, fluid or sea wave.
6. The torque required to drive the gyroscope is developed by way of an appropriately timed linkage, mechanical or otherwise, to an arrangement capable of capturing the wave motion and its potential energy. 7.
8. Please refer to appendix l, Operation of a Gyroscope, for reference 9.
10.Energy source 11.
12.Potential energy is extracted from the moving volumes of fluid 13.Variety of motion available: 14.-reciprocal horizontal fluid/sea motion (coastal) or 15.-Reciprocal vertical wave motion (coastal or deep sea) 16.
17.System connections 18.
19.The gyroscope/generator system may be coupled to the wave system by way of mechanical (geared linkage or otherwise), electrical, electronic, pneumatic, hydraulic or other viable system 20.
21.The machine is equipped with a mechanism whereby operation and performance may be adjusted to achieve maximum benefit, governed by wave size, frequency, density and temperature 22.
23.Product features and benefits 24.
25.AII rotating parts may be totally enclosed reducing the risk of contamination and the need for maintenance 26.AII machine parts may be place below the surface of the fluid/sea thus having zero impact on the seascape 27.The gyroscope consists of an armature, spherical or otherwise on shape, free to spin on two or more axes contained within a casing or otherwise 28.Energy may be developed either by an ac or do generating component coupled to the gyroscope or through other means of generating energy from the resulting revolving motion of the gyroscope 29.Energy dissipated though the machine will result in reduced coastal erosion Appendix 1 Operation of a Gyroscope In physics there are a few strict conservation laws, and they are very powerful concepts.
Conservation of angular momentum is one of them. Once a gyroscope is spinning, it has angular momentum, which is a vector with both direction and magnitude.
The direction of the angular momentum vector will not change unless a net torque is applied to the system.
If a net torque is applied to an anchored gyroscope it has the simple effect of increasing its revolutions. This can be achieved by "rocking" the assembly in one or more planes.

Claims (1)

  1. Claims 1. A power generation unit comprising a gyroscope linked to a
    wave/fluid motion follower arrangement
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WO2008097116A2 (en) * 2007-02-05 2008-08-14 Albuquerque Jose Manuel Braga A submerged waterproof wave energy converter with gyroscope power- take-off

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GB2058938A (en) * 1979-10-01 1981-04-15 Pierson G Gyrodynamic devices for ocean wave energy conversion
GB2062114A (en) * 1979-10-26 1981-05-20 Salter S H Improvements in or Relating to Devices for Extracting Energy from Waves
US4352023A (en) * 1981-01-07 1982-09-28 Sachs Herbert K Mechanism for generating power from wave motion on a body of water
GB2248689A (en) * 1990-10-09 1992-04-15 Robin Greer Apparatus for extracting energy from an oscillating energy source
EP1384824A1 (en) * 2001-03-26 2004-01-28 Japan Science and Technology Corporation Gyro wave-activated power generator and wave suppressor using the power generator

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2058938A (en) * 1979-10-01 1981-04-15 Pierson G Gyrodynamic devices for ocean wave energy conversion
GB2062114A (en) * 1979-10-26 1981-05-20 Salter S H Improvements in or Relating to Devices for Extracting Energy from Waves
US4352023A (en) * 1981-01-07 1982-09-28 Sachs Herbert K Mechanism for generating power from wave motion on a body of water
GB2248689A (en) * 1990-10-09 1992-04-15 Robin Greer Apparatus for extracting energy from an oscillating energy source
EP1384824A1 (en) * 2001-03-26 2004-01-28 Japan Science and Technology Corporation Gyro wave-activated power generator and wave suppressor using the power generator

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
WO2008097116A2 (en) * 2007-02-05 2008-08-14 Albuquerque Jose Manuel Braga A submerged waterproof wave energy converter with gyroscope power- take-off
WO2008097118A2 (en) * 2007-02-05 2008-08-14 Albuquerque Jose Manuel Braga The multiple gyroscope power-take-off and a submerged waterproof wave energy converter
WO2008097116A3 (en) * 2007-02-05 2008-09-25 Jose Manuel Braga Albuquerque A submerged waterproof wave energy converter with gyroscope power- take-off
WO2008097118A3 (en) * 2007-02-05 2009-11-19 Albuquerque Jose Manuel Braga A submerged waterproof wave energy converter with gyroscope power take-off

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