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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 25, 2010
Jack Pollack, Houston, TX (US);
Hein Wille, Eze, FR;
Jack Pollack, Houston, TX (US);
Hein Wille, Eze, FR;
Single Buoy Moorings, Inc., Marly, CH;
Abstract
A system wherein cold water from near the sea floor is pumped through a primarily vertical pipe () to a body () floating at the sea surface so energy can be obtained from water temperature differences. A pump () located at the bottom of the pipe, is part of a pump module () that can be inserted and removed horizontally through a slot () in a bottom structure () lying at the bottom of the pipe. The top of the pipe is sealed to a movable pipe connector, by a U-shaped elastomeric seal (). The pipe can include a short top pipe section () and a long bottom pipe section () of smaller diameter (D), whose upper portion can be pulled up through the top pipe section when the top pipe section is damaged.