EP2297453A2 - Dispositif pour produire de l'energie a partir du mouvement des vagues - Google Patents

Dispositif pour produire de l'energie a partir du mouvement des vagues

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EP2297453A2
EP2297453A2 EP09734268A EP09734268A EP2297453A2 EP 2297453 A2 EP2297453 A2 EP 2297453A2 EP 09734268 A EP09734268 A EP 09734268A EP 09734268 A EP09734268 A EP 09734268A EP 2297453 A2 EP2297453 A2 EP 2297453A2
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energy
turbine
air
tanks
valves
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Luigi Carmelo Rubino
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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
    • F03B13/141—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 with a static energy collector
    • F03B13/142—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 with a static energy collector which creates an oscillating water column
    • 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
    • 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

Definitions

  • TITLE APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING ENERGY FROM WAVE MOTION
  • the present invention relates to an apparatus for obtaining and producing energy from sea wave motion.
  • Wave energy conversion apparatus have been conceived in the art, which may essentially utilize two features :
  • the air contained in two chambers separated by partitions expands as the wave height increases and is compressed as it decreases.
  • a turbine is rotated by the air flow between the two chambers, with an average output of 70 to 120 Watt.
  • the solutions suggested in the art heretofore include a turbine connected to a single large tank, instead of a system of tanks in which the positive pressure of inflowing air and the negative pressure of outflowing air may be summed up.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an apparatus for producing energy from wave motion which can use a succession of downwardly open tanks in a floating structure to create a positive pressure and a negative air pressure that may be utilized for producing electric or mechanic energy; said positive and negative pressures being created as water flows in and out of them.
  • the positive and negative air pressure generated by changes in water level are collected in two respective ducts by a system of doors/check valves, wherefore the air pushed thereby reaches a turbine that is capable of operating both with air and with any infiltrated water.
  • Figure 1 is a top view of the structure for producing energy from wave motion of the present invention
  • Figure 2 is an elevational view of the structure of Figure 1 in water, i.e. in operating conditions
  • FIG. 3 is a view as taken along the section A- A of Figure 1,
  • FIG. 4 shows an embodiment of the structure on the sea.
  • numeral 10 generally designates a structure for obtaining and producing energy from sea wave motion according to the present invention .
  • the structure 10 necessarily has an elongate shape, for optimized utilization of water level differences caused by wave motion.
  • the structure 10 is composed of at least two water-tight tanks 4 and 5, preferably at the fore and aft ends.
  • the fore tank designated in this example by numeral 4, is shaped with a cusp to reduce impact with the waves, without causing the structure 10 to rise; the aft tank 5 preferably has the shape of a parallelepiped, with the shape being such to oppose any rolling and/or facilitate the orientation perpendicular to the wave motion.
  • a housing or holder 5A is formed above said tank 5 for holding a turbine, a dynamo and backup batteries for light signals.
  • Such housing or holder 5A may be situated inside or outside the tank 2, preferably above it.
  • a number of additional compartments 3 are provided between the fore and aft tanks 4 and 5, which are downwardly open to be partially immersed in water and receive wave motion fluctuations.
  • FIG 3 i.e. the section A-A of Figure 1, two ducts 1 and 2, for inflow and backflow respectively, extend along each tank, and are used to carry the positive and negative air pressure created by wave motion.
  • the chamber 11 defined by the water surface (in this case the waterline 6) and the side and top walls 4 and 5 of the compartment 3 will be alternately compressed and expanded by the wave motion itself, which will cause the water surface to rise or fall.
  • the above mentioned ducts 1 and 2 are connected via special manifolds 7 and 8 to the inlet and outlet respectively of a turbine 16, a machine adapted to capture kinetic energy from a fluid and convert it into mechanic energy, and thus while the delivery duct 1 introduces air flowing out from the tanks 3 through the check valves 9, the outlet duct 2 receives the ejected air and conveys it into the tanks 3 through the check valves 8.
  • valves 8 and 9 may also be one-way gates, which can be also used as flow direction control valves . Operation:
  • the positive and negative air pressure created by changes in water level are collected in the two ducts 1 and 2 respectively by a system of doors/check valves.
  • the doors/valves 8, 9 are protected from foreign matter by grates.
  • the ducts 1 and 2 join the tanks in parallel arrangement .
  • the air so pushed reaches a turbine 16 which is adapted to operate both with air and with any infiltrated water.
  • the outlet of the turbine 16 is connected to the backflow duct 2: by using the potential energy of the previously risen water level, as such level falls it creates a negative air pressure that doubles the energy of the air flow passing through the turbine 16 in the holder 2A, which is connected to a device for producing electric or mechanic energy.
  • Two additional exhaust valves 21, 22 are placed at the ends of the ducts 1 and 2 and compensate for any change in the amount of air within the system.
  • the structure 10 is anchored by a buoy 17; said buoy 17 may be designed to collect and transfer the electric energy produced.
  • the flotation tanks 3 must be made of a high specific weight material; access must be also ensured to their interior, due to their being emptied by osmosis, and to the interior of the ducts for maintenance of the valves/doors.
  • the exterior of the structure 10 appears like a smooth platform, possibly covered with wood, synthetic grass, etc. which may possibly receive bathers, using access facilities (such as stairs, ladders, chutes, etc.) and mooring devices (such as bitts, rings, etc.) . This form minimizes the environmental impact and allows use thereof for other purposes.
  • a structure 10 as described above might be also provided without the flotation tanks 4 and 5, as long as floating structures, such as platforms or else, are present around it.
  • the structure 10 might be also secured along the shore, in a pier-like fashion.

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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)
  • Automatic Cycles, And Cycles In General (AREA)

Abstract

La présente invention concerne un dispositif pour produire de l’énergie à partir du mouvement des vagues et précisément un dispositif composé d’une succession de réservoirs ouverts vers le bas, situés à l’intérieur d’une structure qui flotte ou est fixée au rivage sous une forme de quai de sorte que, en raison du principe des vases communicants, l’eau s’écoulant à l’intérieur et à l’extérieur de ces réservoirs crée une pression d’air positive et négative qui peut être utilisée pour produire de l’énergie électrique ou mécanique.
EP09734268A 2008-04-22 2009-04-22 Dispositif pour produire de l'energie a partir du mouvement des vagues Withdrawn EP2297453A2 (fr)

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IT000027A ITPR20080027A1 (it) 2008-04-22 2008-04-22 Dispositivo per la produzione di energia ottenibile da moto ondoso.
PCT/IB2009/051646 WO2009130670A2 (fr) 2008-04-22 2009-04-22 Dispositif pour produire de l’énergie à partir du mouvement des vagues

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