GB2434620B - Off-shore wave-power machines - Google Patents

Off-shore wave-power machines

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GB2434620B
GB2434620B GB0607592A GB0607592A GB2434620B GB 2434620 B GB2434620 B GB 2434620B GB 0607592 A GB0607592 A GB 0607592A GB 0607592 A GB0607592 A GB 0607592A GB 2434620 B GB2434620 B GB 2434620B
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power machines
shore wave
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machines
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John Charlton Gaunt
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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
    • 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
    • E—FIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E02—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING; FOUNDATIONS; SOIL SHIFTING
    • E02B—HYDRAULIC ENGINEERING
    • E02B3/00—Engineering works in connection with control or use of streams, rivers, coasts, or other marine sites; Sealings or joints for engineering works in general
    • E02B3/04—Structures or apparatus for, or methods of, protecting banks, coasts, or harbours
    • E02B3/06—Moles; Piers; Quays; Quay walls; Groynes; Breakwaters ; Wave dissipating walls; Quay equipment
    • E02B3/062—Constructions floating in operational condition, e.g. breakwaters or wave dissipating walls
    • 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"
    • F03B13/20—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" wherein both members, i.e. wom and rem are movable relative to the sea bed or shore
    • 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
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/40—Use of a multiplicity of similar 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
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/93—Mounting on supporting structures or systems on a structure floating on a liquid surface
    • 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
    • F05B2240/00—Components
    • F05B2240/90—Mounting on supporting structures or systems
    • F05B2240/95—Mounting on supporting structures or systems offshore
    • 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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GB0601763A GB0601763D0 (en) 2006-01-28 2006-01-28 Off-Shore Wave-Power Machines
GB0603401A GB0603401D0 (en) 2006-01-28 2006-02-21 Off-shore wave-power machines made adjustable

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GB2434620A GB2434620A (en) 2007-08-01
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FR2467999A2 (en) * 1980-08-04 1981-04-30 Perrier Roger Sea wave energy converter - uses two floats at ends of arm pivoted to ballast to create see-saw motion for rotational movement conversion
FR2498688A2 (en) * 1980-08-04 1982-07-30 Perrier Roger Oscillating beam energy converting using wave motion - uses beams with floats at either end raising each end alternately, and has beams fixed to horizontal support frames
EP0094853A1 (en) * 1982-05-13 1983-11-23 Chantiers Et Ateliers De La Perriere Method and device for breaking waves by creating a turbulent flow within a fluid
DE3642060A1 (en) * 1986-12-09 1988-06-16 Otto Hilker Floating energy station
FR2695666A1 (en) * 1992-09-15 1994-03-18 Inst Francais Du Petrole Method of dissipating wave energy along coastlines - using perforated flat slabs submerged horizontally at specified distance from average surface height of sea
WO1994015095A1 (en) * 1992-12-29 1994-07-07 Nelson Sabino Jaque Bustos Marine energy generator ii based on the lever principle
RU2041385C1 (en) * 1992-08-20 1995-08-09 Владимир Александрович Гусев Device for using wave energy
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US3965365A (en) * 1975-01-14 1976-06-22 Parr Edward L Power generating machine actuated by ocean swells
FR2467999A2 (en) * 1980-08-04 1981-04-30 Perrier Roger Sea wave energy converter - uses two floats at ends of arm pivoted to ballast to create see-saw motion for rotational movement conversion
FR2498688A2 (en) * 1980-08-04 1982-07-30 Perrier Roger Oscillating beam energy converting using wave motion - uses beams with floats at either end raising each end alternately, and has beams fixed to horizontal support frames
EP0094853A1 (en) * 1982-05-13 1983-11-23 Chantiers Et Ateliers De La Perriere Method and device for breaking waves by creating a turbulent flow within a fluid
DE3642060A1 (en) * 1986-12-09 1988-06-16 Otto Hilker Floating energy station
RU2041385C1 (en) * 1992-08-20 1995-08-09 Владимир Александрович Гусев Device for using wave energy
FR2695666A1 (en) * 1992-09-15 1994-03-18 Inst Francais Du Petrole Method of dissipating wave energy along coastlines - using perforated flat slabs submerged horizontally at specified distance from average surface height of sea
WO1994015095A1 (en) * 1992-12-29 1994-07-07 Nelson Sabino Jaque Bustos Marine energy generator ii based on the lever principle
US6045339A (en) * 1998-01-20 2000-04-04 Berg; John L. Wave motor
EP1439306A1 (en) * 2000-06-16 2004-07-21 Wavebob Limited Wave energy converter

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
RU214119U1 (en) * 2022-08-12 2022-10-12 Федеральное государственное бюджетное образовательное учреждение высшего образования "Кубанский государственный технологический университет" (ФГБОУ ВО "КубГТУ") Wave power plant

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