OFFSHORE WIND-/WAVE-ENERGY CONVERTER

The invention is a power plant for the exploitation of wind/wave energy on the high seas. The plant consists of a floating, self-adjusting with regards to waves, platform (1) which is anchored with hawsers (6) to a floating anchor pontoon (3), which in its turn is anchored to a swivel link on top of...

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Main Author FRIIS-MADSEN, ERIK
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
French
German
Published 28.02.2001
Edition7
Subjects
BLASTING
HEATING
LIGHTING
MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER
WEAPONS
WIND MOTORS
WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS
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Summary:The invention is a power plant for the exploitation of wind/wave energy on the high seas. The plant consists of a floating, self-adjusting with regards to waves, platform (1) which is anchored with hawsers (6) to a floating anchor pontoon (3), which in its turn is anchored to a swivel link on top of an anchor block (4), placed on the sea floor. The side of the platform which faces the waves is designed as a doubly curved ramp (13), on which waves are led into a shallow basin (14), which has a water level above the mean sea level determined by the surrounding prevailing height of the waves. The sea water is led back into the sea from the basin by way of turbines, which for instance run electrical generators. The platform can be equipped with curved, stiff, and thereby self-stabilising, wave reflectors (2), which deflect and focus the waves towards the ramp (13). The platform's and wave reflector's special design allow a stabile and high exploitation of wave energy for power production. The platform has a sufficiently large stability versus wave movements that it can be equipped with windmills of unusual but nevertheless known design.
Bibliography:Application Number: EP19950923202