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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2014
Applicant:
Subsea-energy Oy, Oulu, FI;
Inventors:
Timo Siltala, Jyvaskyla, FI;
Aki Kauhanen, Oulu, FI;
Assignee:
SUBSEA-ENERGY OY, Oulu, FI;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F03B 17/02 (2006.01); F03B 13/18 (2006.01); F03B 13/20 (2006.01); F03B 13/10 (2006.01); F03B 13/12 (2006.01); H02P 9/04 (2006.01); E02B 9/08 (2006.01); F03B 13/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
E02B 9/08 (2013.01); F03B 13/16 (2013.01); F03B 13/1815 (2013.01); F05B 2240/912 (2013.01); F05B 2240/95 (2013.01); F05B 2260/406 (2013.01); Y02E 10/28 (2013.01); Y02E 10/38 (2013.01);
Abstract
The invention pertains to energy production by capturing simultaneously water potential (surface height differences due to waves) and kinetic (flow of water due to e.g. waves, tide or streams) energy. The plant can have tidal compensation () to avoid energy flux streaming over the plant in high tide, and directional stabilizing arrangement to turn it automatically parallel to wave crests. Surfaces capturing energy from flow have optimized movements to follow speed of water in different depths. Also energy conservation to filter output ripple can be arranged with twin-phase fluid accumulators ().