GB2461948A

GB2461948A - Deep water pipeline intended to provide free energy

Info

Publication number: GB2461948A
Application number: GB0813409A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Sherif Zukic
Original assignee: SHERIF ZUKIC Ltd
Current assignee: SHERIF ZUKIC Ltd
Priority date: 2008-07-22
Filing date: 2008-07-22
Publication date: 2010-01-27
Also published as: GB0813409D0

Abstract

A pipe line is installed in the sea communicating between deep and shallow waters. It is claimed that water will flow up the pipeline due to the high pressure at the bottom of the pipe, and this flow can be used to drive a turbine to generate electricity. The analysis ignores the fact that the pipeline contains seawater, so that pressure within the pipe, as well as outside it, is proportional to depth.

Description

DESCRIPTION -ELECTRICITY FROM DEEP OCEANIC WATER PRESSURE

My proposal is a new system that uses oceanic water pressure to produce electricity.

The weight of air in the earth's atmosphere is measured by Atmospheric Pressure. This pressure is at its maximum at sea level where it is almost one kilogram per square centimeter (1 atmosphere). The weight of water in the sea also creates pressure, and because water is liquid that cannot be compressed and is so heavy, the pressure changes rapidly by about one atmosphere for every 1 Om of depth. So the pressure at I OOm depth is about 10 kilos per square centimeter, at 1,000m it is about 100 kilos and so on. The pressure at the ocean's average depth of 4,000m pressures is almost ha'f a tone on every square centimeter. My proposal is to have a large diameter pipeline or tunnel reaching the deep oceanic/sea waters on one end and to get to the ground surface on the other end. Due to the deep ocean pressures the water would travel up the pipeline to the surface and would power the turbines to produce electricity.

The advantage of using deep oceanic/sea pressure to produce electricity over other green concepts such as wind turbines is that there is greater capacity. Once the pipelines are laid and secured to the surface there would be a constant flow of high pressured water that would turn the turbines at all times. The deep water pressure would be constant and not dependent on external factors such as weather.

The concept of using Deep oceanic/ sea pressure is environmentally friendly, it operates on the principle of concentrated pressure. In the examples of the hydroelectric power when a damn is built on a large river with a large drop in elevation, the damn stores lots of water behind it in the reservoir. Nearthe bottom of the damn wall usually there is the water intake. Gravity causes the water to move through the fall inside of the damn. At the end there is usually a turbine propeller, which is turned by the moving water. The shaft from the turbine goes up into the generator, which produces the power.

Power lines are connected to the generator that carries electricity. The water continues past the propeller into the river past the dam.

With deep oceanic/sea water pressure a power source to turn a turbine would be the deep water pressure that is more powerful then only gravity as used in hydroelectric * *:* * damn. The pressure at 1,000m is 100 kilos per square centimeter. The pressure at the * ocean's average depth of 4,000m pressures is almbst half a tone on every square centimeter. On the Pacific side of Japan, the ocean can be over 6,000 meters deep (9,000 to 10,000 meters in the trenches) in the deep sea areas. This region could produce enough electricity to supply the whole Asian continent.

The Mediterranean Sea has the deepest recorded point of 5,267 meters (about 3.27 miles) in the Calypso Deep in the lonian Sea. Deep Water Pressure pipelines built on this region could supply Europe with unlimited resource of electricity. The deep ocean in the Puerto Rico Trench in the North Atlantic andthe Labrador Coast in the eastern coast : * of Canada with depth of up to 8,428 meters could provide an unlimited source of deep * water pressure electricity for the American continent.

This technology would provide an unlimited source of power and can be applied intercontinentally. The technology is green with no harmful emissions and friendly to the environment. The electricity would be transported from the power plant to the consumer using existing cable technology.

Claims

Claims 1. The Deep Water Pressure enters the top and the sides of the Inlet Unit through the openings. The water passes into the pipeline and it travels upwards due to the high water pressure. The difference between the Water Pressure at great depths and the gravitational force is what allows the water to flow upwards to the surface.
2. The Water is pushed upwards due to the deep pressure coming from the deep waters.The water coming to the surface would power the turbines in the Platform.
3. The Inlet unit is made of a strong material that can sustain the deep water pressure.The Pipeline is also made of strong material to sustain the deep water pressure. The material used in building the Inlet will preserve the shape of the unit. The material used in building the pipeline will preserve the shape of the pipe and will allow water to circulate upwards.
4. The Inlet unit is secured firmly to allow the deep water pressure to run through it and into the pipeline that takes the water to the surface.
5. The Pipeline is held by a strong material that is suspended from a floating unit in the surface.6. The Pipeline is flexible to allow for underwater movements.
6. The Pipeline is connected to the Platform in the surface that hosts a turbine to generate electricity.
7. The Electricity is transported to the Electric Grid using underwater cables.Amendments to the Claims have been filed as follows: Claims 1. The high pressure travels through the pipeline from the deep waters and it enters the large area chamber.2. The pressure would rotate the turbine water wheels. If the inlet is placed at 1000 meters depth, the water pressure reaching the turbine wheel on the surface should be about 100kg/cm2.3. Pascal's Law (from Blaise Pascal 1623 to 1662) principle is applied where the pressure applied to a confined fluid at any point is transmitted undiminished throughout the fluid in all directions and acts upon every part of the confining vessel at right angles to its interior surfaces and equally upon equal areas.4. The pipeline from deep waters to the surface is a closed hydraulic system. The deep pressurised water acts as a source of the force. The pipeline on the surface is contained and sealed from the surrounding low water pressure.5. The pipeline becomes a hydraulic system that transmits high pressure through a confined fluid rapidly and accurately along the pipes that could be of any size, shape and length.6. The outflow force exerts pressure on the turbine wheel and turns it to produce movement.7. The turbine wheel would turn under pressure from the deep water. The pressure in the chamber would be 100kg/cm2 (if the inlet is placed at l000m depth).
8. After the turbine rotates by approximately 2702, the high pressure would be released through the exit shaft into the surrounding low pressure water.
9. Pressure in this compartment would be reduced to the ambient water pressure of 1kg/cm2.
10. This compartment in the turbine wheel would rotate by another 902 and then the water would absorb the high pressure from the large chamber area.
11. Two forces would apply: 1. The compartment with low water pressure would create a pulling force a. Once the high pressure is released outside of the chamber through the exit shaft, the compartment would contain low pressure water at 1kg/cm2 (ambient * * * pressure).* *.* 2. The pressure from the deep sea would continue to travel in the upward direction on ongoing basis.11. The turbine water wheels are connected to the generator that produces electricity.* *. :
12. The Electricity is transported to the Electric Grid using underwater cables. ** * * *