[특허]Wave energy converter with air compression (WECWAC)

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국가/구분	United States(US) Patent 등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)	F03B-013/10 F03B-013/12 H02P-009/04
출원번호	UP-0803746 (2007-05-16)
등록번호	US-7781903 (2010-09-13)
발명자 / 주소	Buffard, Keith Draper, Mark Pullen, Keith Robert Rhodes, Robin
출원인 / 주소	Ocean Power Technologies, Inc.
대리인 / 주소	Schanzer, Esq., Henry I.
인용정보	피인용 횟수 : 21 인용 특허 : 11

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A wave energy converter with air compression (WECWAC) includes a cylinder and a piston located within the cylinder dividing the cylinder into an upper chamber and a lower chamber. The cylinder is fixedly attached to a spar whose up/down (heave) motion is restrained. The piston is fixedly attached to, and driven by, a float which moves generally in phase with the waves. Under typical wave conditions the piston functions to compress air within the upper chamber on its up stroke and within the lower chamber on its down stroke, i. e., the system is thus double-acting. In still water, the spar and cylinder combination is designed to drift down into the body of water relative to the piston whereby the size/volume of the upper chamber is decreased (while that of the lower chamber is increased). For small amplitude waves the piston continues to compress air in the upper chamber and this asymmetrical compression continues until the waves reach a predetermine level when “double-action” is resumed. Controlling the position of the cylinder relative to the piston enables the WECWAC to automatically regulate its compression ‘stroke’ to suit varying wave conditions. The pressurized air from a WECWAC may be stored and/or processed to drive a turbo-generator or it may be combined with the outputs of other WECWACs to drive a single large and highly efficient turbo-generator.

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What is claimed is: 1. A wave energy converter (WEC) comprising: a float intended to lie along the surface of a body of water and designed to move generally in-phase with the waves present in the body of water; a spar-like element intended to float in the body of water, the spar like element tending to move up and down in a vertical direction in response to passing waves, generally out of phase relative to the waves; impeding means attached to the spar-like element for increasing the effective mass of the spar for stabilizing the spar, impeding, while still allowing, its up/down motion and causing it to drift down in still water; a cylinder attached to one of the spar-like element and said float; said cylinder for enabling air to be compressed, said cylinder being generally enclosed with at least one inlet port for allowing atmospheric air to be drawn into the cylinder and at least one outlet port for outputting compressed air; and a piston within the cylinder rigidly connected to the other one of the float and spar-like element whereby the piston compresses air within the cylinder as a function of the movement of the float relative to the spar-like element. 2. A WEC as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cylinder is attached to the spar and the piston is connected to the float and wherein the inner portion of the cylinder above the piston is defined as an upper chamber and wherein the inner portion of the cylinder below the piston is defined as a lower chamber; and wherein the position of the cylinder relative to the piston changes as a function of the amplitude of the waves, decreasing the volume of one of the two chambers while increasing the other for regulating the volume of the compression chambers within the cylinder, as a function of the wave amplitudes, for enabling the compression stroke of the piston to be automatically regulated. 3. A WEC as claimed in 2, wherein the cylinder has an upper chamber above the piston and a lower chamber below the piston and wherein air entrained within the upper chamber is compressed on an up stroke of the piston and air entrained within the lower chamber is compressed on a down stroke of the piston. 4. A WEC as claimed in claim 3, wherein the impeding means is a heave plate attached to the submerged portion of the spar-like element. 5. A WEC as claimed in claim 3, wherein, for low amplitude waves, the volume of the upper chamber is decreased whereby the compression stroke of the piston to produce a desired level of air compression is decreased. 6. A WEC as claimed in 2, wherein the float includes means to receive and process compressed air. 7. A WEC as claimed in claim 6 wherein a turbine generator is located within the float and compressed air is distributed to the turbine generator to generate electricity. 8. A WEC as claimed in claim 6 wherein a turbine generator is located outside of the WEC and a piping means is provided to distribute compressed air from the WEC to the turbine generator to generate electricity. 9. A WEC as claimed in claim 1 wherein the cylinder is attached to the spar and the piston is connected to the float and wherein the cylinder is divided into an upper chamber and a lower chamber by said piston, and wherein the combination of the spar and the impeding means is selected such that, in response to waves of small amplitude, the cylinder attached to the spar tends to move down relative to the piston, whereby the volume of the upper chamber is decreased enabling air to be compressed even in low amplitude waves. 10. A WEC as claimed in claim 9 wherein the buoyancy of the spar and the sizing of the heave plate are selected to enable the dynamic and automatic regulation of the stroke of the piston in a compression chamber.

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