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A system for using tidal or wave action to compress air at a high pressure and produce electricity. The system includes a piston contained in a chamber including an air intake port. The chamber is connected to an air storage tank through a valve. A moveable power transfer shaft contained in a sleeve

A system for using tidal or wave action to compress air at a high pressure and produce electricity. The system includes a piston contained in a chamber including an air intake port. The chamber is connected to an air storage tank through a valve. A moveable power transfer shaft contained in a sleeve guide has a float disposed on ocean waves providing motion to the shaft. A lever arm is contacted by the power transfer shaft at one end and is connected to the piston at another end. As the power transfer shaft is upwardly displaced by the float, so is the lever arm at one end causing the piston to compress air within the chamber at another end. When a dual piston embodiment is employed, air is compressed upon upward and downward movement of the power transfer shaft. In an alternative embodiment, a gear mechanism is employed to transfer the linear movement of the power transfer shaft to the pistons. In both the lever and the gear embodiments, the air is compressed and stored at a high pressure in a storage tank. The compressed air is transferred from the storage tank and to a turbine or other mechanism where electricity is generated.

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A system for using tidal or wave action to compress air at a high pressure and produce electricity. The system includes a piston contained in a chamber including an air intake port. The chamber is connected to an air storage tank through a valve. A moveable power transfer shaft contained in a sleeve

A system for using tidal or wave action to compress air at a high pressure and produce electricity. The system includes a piston contained in a chamber including an air intake port. The chamber is connected to an air storage tank through a valve. A moveable power transfer shaft contained in a sleeve guide has a float disposed on ocean waves providing motion to the shaft. A lever arm is contacted by the power transfer shaft at one end and is connected to the piston at another end. As the power transfer shaft is upwardly displaced by the float, so is the lever arm at one end causing the piston to compress air within the chamber at another end. When a dual piston embodiment is employed, air is compressed upon upward and downward movement of the power transfer shaft. In an alternative embodiment, a gear mechanism is employed to transfer the linear movement of the power transfer shaft to the pistons. In both the lever and the gear embodiments, the air is compressed and stored at a high pressure in a storage tank. The compressed air is transferred from the storage tank and to a turbine or other mechanism where electricity is generated. wherein said decrementing means gradually decrements said lagged amount up to a hold value. 2. A method for controlling an air/fuel ratio of an engine having a lean NOx catalyst in its exhaust system, comprising: changing the air/fuel ratio to a rich side when an amount of the NOx occluded by the lean NOx catalyst exceeds a predetermined value; changing said air/fuel ratio back to a lean side when a first predetermined period has elapsed; lagging ignition timing in synchronization with the air/fuel ratio changing to the rich side; and decrementing amount of the ignition timing lagged by said lagging step by a predetermined amount when a second predetermined period shorter than said first predetermined period has elapsed after the air/fuel ratio changing to the rich side, wherein said decrementing step gradually decrements said lagged amount up to a hold value.