GB2488185B - Free floating bellows wave energy converter - Google Patents

Free floating bellows wave energy converter

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GB2488185B
GB2488185B GB1107631.2A GB201107631A GB2488185B GB 2488185 B GB2488185 B GB 2488185B GB 201107631 A GB201107631 A GB 201107631A GB 2488185 B GB2488185 B GB 2488185B
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wave energy
energy converter
free floating
bellows wave
floating bellows
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Francis James Macdonald Farley
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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
    • F03B13/24—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 to produce a flow of air, e.g. to drive an air turbine
    • 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
    • F03B13/188—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 flexible or deformable
    • 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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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Chemical & Material Sciences (AREA)
  • Combustion & Propulsion (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Other Liquid Machine Or Engine Such As Wave Power Use (AREA)
GB1107631.2A 2011-02-21 2011-05-09 Free floating bellows wave energy converter Expired - Fee Related GB2488185B (en)

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GBGB1102910.5A GB201102910D0 (en) 2011-02-21 2011-02-21 Free floating bellows wave energy converter

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GB2488185B true GB2488185B (en) 2015-09-30

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GB2026621A (en) * 1978-03-02 1980-02-06 Sea Energy Associates Ltd Water Power Device
GB2081816A (en) * 1980-08-02 1982-02-24 Sea Energy Associates Ltd Wave energy conversion apparatus
US4441030A (en) * 1981-08-05 1984-04-03 Sea Energy Associates, Limited Energy conversion apparatus
GB2161864A (en) * 1984-07-19 1986-01-22 Sea Energy Associates Ltd Apparatus for extracting energy from the waves
GB2403986A (en) * 2003-07-15 2005-01-19 Paul Kristian Hatchwell Tidal energy system for power generation or storage
WO2009138740A2 (en) * 2008-05-13 2009-11-19 Donald Milne Turner An s-shaped diaphragm and an energy conversion device
GB2460303A (en) * 2008-05-29 2009-12-02 Norman West Bellamy Ring of wave energy converters supply air to common turbine

Patent Citations (7)

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Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
GB2026621A (en) * 1978-03-02 1980-02-06 Sea Energy Associates Ltd Water Power Device
GB2081816A (en) * 1980-08-02 1982-02-24 Sea Energy Associates Ltd Wave energy conversion apparatus
US4441030A (en) * 1981-08-05 1984-04-03 Sea Energy Associates, Limited Energy conversion apparatus
GB2161864A (en) * 1984-07-19 1986-01-22 Sea Energy Associates Ltd Apparatus for extracting energy from the waves
GB2403986A (en) * 2003-07-15 2005-01-19 Paul Kristian Hatchwell Tidal energy system for power generation or storage
WO2009138740A2 (en) * 2008-05-13 2009-11-19 Donald Milne Turner An s-shaped diaphragm and an energy conversion device
GB2460303A (en) * 2008-05-29 2009-12-02 Norman West Bellamy Ring of wave energy converters supply air to common turbine

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