GB2442506A

GB2442506A - Sea water electrical power generation system

Info

Publication number: GB2442506A
Application number: GB0704040A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Mohammed Ibrahim Puthiyaveedu
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2006-10-03
Filing date: 2007-03-02
Publication date: 2008-04-09
Also published as: WO2008041238A1; GB0704040D0

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system and method for generating electric charge from seawater comprising of first and second metal plate like electrode spaced apart and parallel to each other disposed vertically in sea such that some portion of said plate like electrode is outwardly projected above the sea surface.

Description

SEA POWEJj6jSATlON CHARGE RECEWING SYSTEM

Field of the invention

The present invention relates to a system and method for generating electricity from seawater.

Background and Prior art

The importance of electricity generation, transmission and distribution was revealed when it became apparent that electricity was useful for providing -.--. -. heat, light and power for human activities. Decentralized power generation became possible when it was recognized that alternating current electric power lines could transport electricity at low costs across great distances by taking advantage of the ability to transform the voltage using power transformers.

Electricity has been generated for. the purpose of powering human technologies for at least 120 years from various sources of potential energy.

The first power plants were run on wood, while today we rely mainly on petroleum, natural gas, coal, hydroelectric and nuclear power and a small amount from hydrogen, solar energy, tidal harnesses, wind generators, and geothermal sources.

The demand for electricity can be met in two different ways. The primary. . -method thus far has been for public or private utilities to construct large scale centralized projects to generate and transmit the electricity required to fuel growing economies. Many of these projects have unpleasant environmental effects such as air or radiation pollution and the flooding of large areas of land.

Increasingly, distributed generation is seen as an alternate way to supply the electrical demand close to the users

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Rotating turbines attached to electrical generators produce most commercially available electricity using steam, water, wind or other fluids as an intermediate energy carrier may drive turbines, the most common usage is by steam in fossil fuel power plants or nuclear power plants, and by water in hydroelectric dams. Alternately, turbines can be driven directly by the combustion of natural gas. Co-generation gas turbines (COGT) offer efficiencies of up to 60%, as they generate power both directly by combustion of natural gas and also use residual heat to generate electricity from steam. Sm'all mobile electricity generators are often powered by diesel engines, especially on ships, remote building sites or for emergency standby.

Fuel cells produce electricity using a variety of chemicals and are seen by some people to be the most likely source of power in the long term, especially if hydrogen can be used as the feedstock. However, hydrogen is usually only an energy carrier, and must be formed by some other power source.

The present invention Sea powerisation Charge Receiving System relates to a method and device for utilizing power! generating electricity from seawater, with installation cost only.

1. DC current will originate due to the dissociation of seawater molecules at the top layer and hot air molecule, which is in contact with the surface of the sea.

2. The flow of coldwater niôlecule, which is at the bottom, and the hot water molecule at the top also generate electricity by dissociating the molecule into ions.

3. Hot atmospheric air and the waves get in touch and due to friction, the molecules dissociate and thus generate electricity. APj

Summary of the invention

According to the present invention it relates to a system for generating electric charge from seawater comprising of first and second metal plate like electrode spaced apart and parallel to each other disposed vertically in sea such that some portion of said plate like electrode is outwardly projected above the sea surface.

According to another embodiment of the invention there is provided a method for generating electric charge from seawater comprising of first and second metal plate like electrode spaced apart and parallel to each other disposed vertically in sea such that some portion of said plate like electrode is outwardly projected above the sea surface.

Brief description

Figure -1 sliows first and second metal like electrodes disposed in sea.

Figure -2 shows small metal plate like electrode.

Figure -3 shows another view of the metal plate like electrode.

Figure -4 shows plurality of metal plate like electrodes placed in sand.

Figure -5 shows multiple layered metal plate like electrodes disposed in sea.

Figure -6 shows projected portions of metal like plates to be connected with the cables.

Figure -7 shows a rectangular closed pipe.

Figure -8 shows square shaped frame made by joining the pipes.

Detailed description

Figure 1 describes two sheets Anode and Cathode placed vertically in sea and is perpendicular to the shoreRne. Anode is a Copper sheet and Cathode is Mercury coated Magnesium sheet. Both the sheets are projected 1 meter above the surface Figure 2 describes how utilizing smaller portions of the metal used for Anode makes the large sheets; they are 3m in length, 33 cm wide and 1 mm thickness. A channel of 10 cm and 2mm depth on one side of the sheet and the opposite side there is a leaf of 10 cm so as to fix in the channel of another sheet to join two or more sheets together. Joined these portions forms one square kilometer exposed area.

Figure 3 in the same manner as that of above describes Magnesium sheets are fixed for 1 Km distance.

Figure 4 describes copper sheet Y2 m depth in the sand near the shore, joined side to side with the other sheet through the channel.

Figure 5 describes fixing of multiple layers of metal plate like electrodes, on the top of the I layer and fixed on the sand and I in length of this layer can be seen above the sea level.

Figure 6 describes connecting the positive line to copper sheets and negative line to mercury coated Magnesium sheets Figure 7 describes construction of a rectangular closed end PVC pipe of dimension of 5m-length, 50 cm breadth, 20 cm width. There shouid be a leaf of 5cm width and 2mm thickness on one side, lengthwise to fix the top layer sheets on this pipe so as to make float the sheets on the sea Figure 8 describes PVC pipes on the opposite layered sheets so as to make it float. Fix entire length by airtight PVC pipes between 2 sheets at the 2 ends of the sheets to make a square to help unwavering the sheets.

The configuration as described herein can be varied as per the need of the electricty.

A system for production of electricity from sea water comprising a metal plate-like electrode vertically disposed in the sea-bed, and another metal plate-like electrode vertically disposed in the sea-bed placed at a distance such that sea water is between the metal plate like electrodes, projecting portion for collecting electric current by affixing cables to the projected portions outside the surface of sea level.

Charged current is equally distributed in the seawater, (which is approximately 71% of the Earth,) as mile volt and mile ampere. The current distributed in the sea is I OOOMW/Km This electricity can be collected (received) from the seawater through a cable by a suitable cost effective method and reached to the power station, from where it can be distributed for use.

Example: The following example shows a preferred but non-limiting embodiment of the present invention.

A copper sheet AR carbon of 1 sq km with a thickness of 1mm into the sea in * such a way that im length must be seen above the sea surface. It is better to place the sheet perpendicular to the seashore. Another sheet, either GI or magnesium, of same size that of the copper sheet should be placed 1 km *away, opposite and parallel to the first sheet preferably the sheet is mercury

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coated CI or magnesium sheet. (Or use AR carbon sheet in positive and Mercury coated GI sheet in the negative).

By increasing or decreasing the size of the sheets and distance between the sheets, we can adjust the required volt and watt according to our requirement The current flow only between the sheets and will not spread beyond those sheets or expand to the land area. So it will not affect any of the activities of people in the sea. We can easily divide it as secured region and current flowing region. It will not affect the living beings since it is placing near the shore. In thi way, we can receive the electricity from the sea, as per our --requirement, either using lOm or lOOm or l000m sheets placing parallel in the sea. The electricity generated from the sheets can be received using appropriate cable and can send to the existing power staticui. From the power station, this electricity can distribute for domestic or commercial purposes by step up or step down, as usual.

Claims

Claims: 1. A system for generating electric charge from seawater

comprising of first and second metal plate like electrode spaced apart and parallel to each other disposed vertically in sea such that some portion of said plate like electrode is outwardly projected above the sea surface.
2. A system for generating electric charge from seawater as darned in claim 1, wherein said first metal plate like electrode is selected from copper and AR Carbon.
3. A system for generating electric charge from seawater as clained in claim 1, wherein said second metal plate 111cc electrode is selected from GI. . * Magnesium. :...:.
4. A system for generating electric charge from seawater as darned in any'4f the preceding claims wherein said second metal plate like electrode is mei1n5.:' coated. I * * .,* S. S
5. A system for generating electric charge from seawater as claimed in anyr the preceding claims wherein said first and second metal plate like electrodes are comprised of plurality of such plates connected with each other respectively.
6. A system for generating electric charge from seawater as claimed in claim 1, wherein the outwardly projected portion in each of said first and second metal plate like electrodes is connected with power station through cable wires.
7. A method for generating electric charge from seawater comprising of first and second metal plate like electrode spaced apart and parallel to each other disposed vertically in sea such that some portion of said plate like electrode is outwardly projected above the sea surface.
8. A method for generating electric charge from seawater as darned in claim 7, wherein said first metal plate like electrode is selected from copper and AR Carbon.
9. A method for generating electric charge from seawater as darned in Claim 7, wherein said second metal plate like electrode is selected from GI or Magnesium.
10. A method for generating electric charge from seawater as clained in any of the preceding claims wherein said second metal plate like electrode is mercury coated.
11. A method for generating electric charge from seawater as claimed in of the preceding claims wherein said first and second metal plate like electrqjles, are comprised of plurality of such plates connected with each other respectivel

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12. A method for generating electric charge from seawater as claimed in 7, wherein the outwardly projected portion in each of said first and second met, plate like electrodes is connected with power station through cable wires. * *5
13. A system for generating electric charge from seawater further comprises the first and second metal plate like electrodes are electrodes spaced apart as claimed in claim 1, are joined with each other through a square shaped frame consisting of closed air tight hollow pipes.
14. A system for generating electric charge from seawater as claimed in Claim 13, wherein said pipes are made of PVC.
15. A system and method for generating electric charge from seawater as substantially described herein with the accompanying drawings.