TWM573795U - Wave power generating system - Google Patents

Abstract

A wave power generation system comprising a floating body device and at least one power generating device. The pontoon device includes a vessel that can be moved up and down by waves, and a reinforcing beam extending along the length of the vessel and disposed outside the bottom of the vessel. The at least one power generating device includes a power generating device and a rocker device. The rocker device has a connecting unit disposed on the vessel, and a rocker pivotally connected to the power generating device and the connecting unit at opposite ends. The connecting unit has a cable seat disposed on the vessel and pivotally connecting the rocker, a cable sleeved on the vessel and passing through the reinforcing beam and respectively connecting opposite ends of the cable seat at opposite ends, and a spacer disposed between the reinforcing beam and the cable.

Description

Wave power system

The present invention relates to a hydroelectric power generation device, and more particularly to a wave power generation system capable of generating electricity using waves.

Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the publication No. 201704633 provides a wave power generation system suitable for being disposed on a waterfront and a water adjacent thereto, and capable of generating electricity using waves of the water. The wave power generation system includes a rocker device 11 disposed on the water bank, a hydraulic device 12 disposed on the water bank and located on the near shore side of the rocker device 11 and pivoting one end of the rocker device 11 a floating block 13 disposed in the water area and pivotally connected to the other end of the rocker device 11, a lifting device 14 disposed on the water bank and located on the nearshore side of the hydraulic device 12, and capable of being driven by the hydraulic device 12, a setting A circulating power generating device 15 on the water bank and located on the near shore side of the lifting device 14 and a moving medium 16 movable between the lifting device 14 and the circulating power generating device 15.

When the wave moves the floating block 13 upward, the floating block 13 can drive the rocker device 11 to pivot and squeeze the liquid of the hydraulic device 12, and drive the lifting device 14 to drive the moving medium 16 through the liquid. Moving upwards and moving the mobile medium 16 to the cycle power generating device 15. The moving medium 16 located in the circulating power generating device 15 can drive the circulating power generating device 15 to operate under the action of gravity and generate electric power. When the floating block 13 is lowered and the hydraulic device 12 is no longer squeezed, the moving medium 16 can be moved again into the lifting device 14 to facilitate the next power generation cycle.

Although such a conventional wave power generation system can utilize wave power generation, in general, the mechanism is complicated, and in addition to high power generation cost, assembly and maintenance are also inconvenient. The volume of the floating block 13 is too small, and the power generation efficiency is not high. If the floating block 13 conforming to economical power generation efficiency is to be constructed, it is costly. All of the above problems have to be improved.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a wave power system that overcomes at least one of the disadvantages of the prior art.

The wave power generation system is adapted to be disposed on a water bank adjacent to each other and a water source capable of generating waves, and includes a floating body device and at least one power generating device.

The pontoon device includes a vessel that can be moved up and down by waves, and a reinforcing beam extending along the length of the vessel and disposed outside the bottom of the vessel.

The at least one power generating device includes a power generating device and a rocker device. The rocker device has a pole seat disposed on the water bank, a connecting unit disposed on the water vessel, and a rocker pivoting the pole seat and pivoting the opposite ends to the power generating device and the connecting unit respectively. The connecting unit has a cable seat disposed on the vessel and pivotally connecting the rocker, a cable sleeved on the vessel and passing through the reinforcing beam and respectively connecting opposite ends of the cable seat at opposite ends, and a spacer disposed between the reinforcing beam and the cable. The rocker can be pivoted by the vessel and the connecting unit that are moved up and down, and the power generating device is driven to generate electricity.

The effectiveness of the wave power system is to replace the previous floating block with an existing ship, which can produce economical efficiency. The reinforcing beam and the pad can increase the strength of the ship, so that the ship can only withstand the waves. Beating the attack, and can replace the previous floating block.

Referring to Figures 3 through 5, an embodiment of the novel wave power system is adapted to be disposed adjacent to a water bank 21 and a water zone 22 adjacent to each other. The water bank 21 extends in a waterfront direction D1. The water bank 21 is a dock in this embodiment, but can also be a coast in other embodiments of the present invention. The waters 22 are oceans that can pick up waves. The forward and backward directions before the wave are defined are the left and right direction D2.

The wave power generation system includes a floating body device 3 disposed in the water area 22, and a plurality of power generating devices 4 connected to the floating body device 3.

The floating body device 3 includes a vessel 31, a reinforcing beam 32 extending along the longitudinal direction D3 of the vessel 31 and assembled to the outside of the bottom of the vessel 31, and a pad disposed between the reinforcing beam 32 and the bottom of the vessel 31. The sheet 33 and a plurality of steel sheets 34 arranged at intervals in the longitudinal direction D3 and disposed between the reinforcing beam 32 and the spacer 33.

The vessel 31 is an abandoned or decommissioned vessel 31 in this embodiment, but can also be a new vessel 31 in practice. The vessel 31 has a hull 311 having a U-shaped cross section taken along the width direction D4, and a deck 312 disposed on the hull 311. The hull 311 has two left and right spacings and is higher than the top edge 313 of the deck 312.

The cross section of the reinforcing beam 32 taken along the width direction D4 is I-shaped, and has a curved section 321 which is curved to fit the bottom of the hull 311, and a horizontally extending horizontally extending below the curved section 321 Section 322, and an extension 323 extending up and down between the curved section 321 and the horizontal section 322. The spacer 33 extends along the length direction D3 of the vessel 31 and has a width that substantially matches the width of the curved section 321 .

In the present embodiment, the number of the power generating devices 4 is two and is respectively connected to the bow and the stern of the vessel 31. However, in other embodiments of the present invention, the present invention can also include only one connecting the vessel 31. The power generating device 4 in the middle portion or the power generating device 4 which is arranged in a larger number and spaced apart from each other along the length direction D3 of the ship 31.

Each power generating device 4 includes a power generating device 5 disposed on the water bank 21, and a rocker device 6 connected between the power generating device 5 and the floating body device 3.

Each power generating device 5 includes a turning unit 51 disposed on the water bank 21, a crank 52 pivotally connected to the turning unit 51, and a power generating unit 53 capable of being powered by the turning unit 51 to generate electricity.

Each of the reel units 51 has a wheel base 511 disposed on the water bank 21 between the power generating unit 53 and the rocker device 6, and a rotating wheel 512 rotatably disposed on the wheel base 511. One end of each crank 52 is pivotally connected to the portion of the rotating wheel 512 that is offset from the axis, and the other end is pivotally connected to the rocker device 6. Each power generating unit 53 has a generator 532 disposed on the water bank 21 and having a rotor 531, a transmission wheel set 533 capable of rotating the rotor 531 and having an outer diameter smaller than the outer diameter of the wheel 512. And a chain 534 linked between the transmission wheel set 533 and the rotating wheel 512 for the rotating wheel 512 to drive the transmission wheel set 533.

Each rocker device 6 includes a rod seat 61 disposed on the water bank 21 between the wheel unit 51 and the floating body unit 3, a rocker 62 pivotally connected to the rod base 61, and a connecting rod A connecting unit 63 between the rocker 62 and the floating device 3.

Each of the rods 61 can be raised and lowered up and down, and the rocker 62 can be raised or lowered to adjust the height position of the rocker 62 when the tide changes, in order to obtain an optimal power generation effect.

Each of the rockers 62 is an elastic rod member that is bendable and deformable to accommodate the tidal range, and has a first end portion 621 and a second end portion 622 opposite to each other, and a first end portion 621 and the first end portion 621 The second end portion 622 is pivotally connected to the pivoting rod portion 623 of the rod base 61. Each first end 621 is pivotally coupled to the other end of each of the cranks 52. Each second end 622 is pivotally connected to a respective connecting unit 63.

Each connecting unit 63 has a cable seat 64 pivotally connected to the second end portion 622 and disposed on the vessel 31 of the floating body device 3, and a connecting portion 323 extending through the reinforcing beam 32 at opposite ends. A cable 65 connecting the opposite ends of the cable holder 64, a spacer 66 disposed between the reinforcing beam 32 and the cable 65, and two spacers disposed on the vessel 31 at intervals along the width direction D4 of the vessel 31. The wave between the deck 312 and the cable seat 64 lifts the buffer set 67. Each of the cable holders 64 has a cross post 641 extending transversely to the hull 311 along the width direction D4 of the hull 311, and a cross member extending upwardly from the cross post 641 and pivotally connecting the rocker 62. The pivoting post 642 of the second end 622.

Each wave jacking buffer group 67 has a fixing plate 671 fixed to the bottom end of the horizontal column 641 of the cable seat 64, an assembly plate 672 mounted on the hull 311, and an interval above the assembly plate 672. A spacer 673, two universal joints 674 respectively assembled to the bottom end of the fixing plate 671 and the top of the spacer 673, and a damper 675 assembled between the universal joints 674. Each of the assembled plates 672 has a transverse plate portion 676 extending laterally from the deck 312, and a sleeve portion 677 having an inverted U-shaped cross-section and covering a top edge 313 of the hull 311.

Referring to Figures 3, 5 and 6, the vessel 31 of the floating body device 3 can be moved up and down by the waves formed by the water area 22, and in a water surface position as shown in Figure 3 and as shown in Figure 6. Change between high position.

At the low point, the water surface of the water area 22 is substantially equal to the sea level, and the second end 622 of the rocker 62 of each rocker device 6 is affected by the vessel 31 and is lower than the corresponding first end. The portion 621 causes each of the rockers 62 to assume a state of left high right and low right in the drawing.

When a wave comes in, the vessel 31 will be pushed up by the waves to the high point. At the high point, the water surface of the water area 22 is higher than the sea level, and the vessel 31 pushes the wave jacking buffer group 67 through the deck 312, and then passes through the wave jacking buffer group 67 and the corresponding cable seat. 64 correspondingly pushes the rocker 62, so that each rocker 62 presents a corresponding left end 622 in the drawing with a lower left right height state than the corresponding first end 621.

The vessel 31 will drive the second end 622 of each rocker 62 under the action of constantly influxing waves, so that each rocker 62 pivots with its respective pivoting rod portion 623 as a pivoting center. The rotating wheel 512 corresponding to the crank unit 51 is driven to rotate by the corresponding first end portion 621, and the corresponding transmission wheel set 533 is further driven to drive the corresponding generator 532 to generate electricity.

The reinforcing beam 32 protects the vessel 31 from the vessel 31 from breaking under the influence of waves. The spacer 33 can solve the problem that the reinforcing beam 32 does not match the rigid material of the vessel 31. Each of the steel plates 34 can protect the vessel 31 from the fact that the hull 311 is compressed by the confining force of the cable 65 to cause linear deformation of the grooves. The width of each of the steel plates 34 extending in the longitudinal direction D3 can be 3 to 8 times the rope width of the corresponding cable 65. The wave jacking buffer set 67 provides damping when the vessel 31 swings side to side, thereby stabilizing the overall operation.

In other embodiments of the present invention, the wave power generation system can also include a plurality of said floating body devices 3, and can be configured for each floating body device 3 with one of said power generating devices 4, It is possible to mix several embodiments of the power generating device 4 for each floating body device 3.

In summary, the utility of the novel wave power generation system is that the existing floating vessel can be replaced by the existing vessel 31, which can generate economical efficiency, and the reinforcing beam 32 and the gasket 66 can improve the vessel 31. The strength, so the vessel 31 can withstand the wave of the attack, and can replace the previous float.

The above is only the embodiment of the present invention, and the scope of the patent application of the present invention cannot be limited thereto, and the equivalent variation of the scope of the patent application and the description of the specification should also be the novel Covered by the scope of patent application.

21‧‧‧ water shore

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3‧‧‧ floating body device

31‧‧‧ vessel

311‧‧‧ hull

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32‧‧‧ reinforcing beam

321‧‧‧Bend section

322‧‧‧ horizontal section

323‧‧‧Extension

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34‧‧‧ steel plate

4‧‧‧Power generation equipment

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51‧‧‧runner unit

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52‧‧‧ crank

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531‧‧‧Rotor

532‧‧‧Generator

533‧‧‧Drive wheel set

534‧‧‧Chain

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65‧‧‧ Cable

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67‧‧‧ Wave lifting buffer

671‧‧‧Fixed plate

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674‧‧‧ universal joint

675‧‧‧damper

676‧‧‧ horizontal board

677‧‧‧Set board

D1‧‧‧ waterfront direction

D2‧‧‧ direction

D3‧‧‧ Length direction

D4‧‧‧Width direction

Other features and effects of the present invention will be apparent from the following description of the drawings, wherein: FIG. 1 is a partially cutaway and incomplete cross-sectional view illustrating one of the operational states of an existing wave power system; Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view similar to Figure 1 illustrating another operational state of the prior wave power system; Figure 3 is a partially cutaway and incomplete cross-sectional view showing one embodiment of the novel wave power system in a water position Figure 4 is a plan view showing the embodiment; Figure 5 is a partially cutaway and incomplete cross-sectional view, partially illustrating the embodiment; and Figure 6 is a cross-sectional view similar to Figure 3, illustrating that the embodiment is in a High point position.

Claims (8)

A wave power generation system adapted to be disposed adjacent to a waterfront and a wave-producing water area, and comprising: a floating body device including a vessel that can be moved up and down by waves, and a vessel along the vessel a reinforcing beam extending in a length direction and disposed outside the bottom of the vessel; and at least one power generating device including a power generating device and a rocker device having a pole seat disposed on the water bank, and a rocker disposed thereon a connecting unit on the vessel, and a rocker pivotally connected to the rod base and opposite ends of the power generating device and the connecting unit respectively, the connecting unit has a cable seat disposed on the vessel and pivotally connecting the rocker a cable disposed on the vessel and disposed at the opposite end of the reinforcing beam and connected to the opposite ends of the cable seat at opposite ends, and a spacer disposed between the reinforcing beam and the cable, the rocker can be The vessel moving up and down and the connecting unit are driven to pivot, and the power generating device is driven to generate electricity. The wave power generation system of claim 1, wherein the floating body device further comprises at least one steel plate disposed between the reinforcing beam and the vessel. The wave power generation system of claim 2, wherein the floating body device further comprises a gasket disposed between the reinforcing beam and the at least one steel plate. The wave power generation system of claim 1, wherein the reinforcing beam has a curved section that is curved to fit the bottom of the vessel, a horizontal section that is spaced below the curved section, and an upper and lower extension connected to the bend An extension between the segment and the horizontal segment. The wave power generation system of claim 1, wherein the connection unit further has at least one wave jacking buffer set disposed between the vessel and the cable seat, the at least one wave jacking buffer group having one fixed to the cable a fixing plate of the seat, an assembly plate mounted on the vessel, a partition plate spaced above the assembly plate, two universal joints respectively assembled on the fixing plate and the partition plate, and a joint a damper between the universal joints. The wave power generation system according to claim 5, wherein the assembly plate has a laterally extending transverse plate portion, and a cross-section having an inverted U-shape and covering the sleeve portion of the vessel. A wave power generation system according to any one of claims 1 to 6, comprising a plurality of said power generation devices, said power generation devices being spaced apart in a water bank direction extending from the water bank. The wave power generation system of claim 7, wherein the power generating device of each power generating device includes a wheel unit disposed on the water bank, a crank pivoting the wheel unit and the corresponding rocker, and a power generation unit that can be powered by the rotating unit to generate electricity. The ship can only be driven by waves to move up and down and drive the rocker of each power generating device to pivot, thereby driving each crank to drive each rotating wheel unit to operate. The corresponding power generating unit generates electricity.