WAVE ENERGY DEVICE

• Main Authors: RUIZ MONTERO, ANTONIO LUIS, PIZÁ SEÑAS, ALBERTO, PASCAL, REMY, MARTÍN-BEJARANO, ÁNGEL, MUÑOZ ARJONA, ENRIQUE, GONZÁLEZ ANDREU, ALEJANDRO, CAMPOS MARÍN, ANTONIO, RODRÍGUEZ BORDALLO, CRISTINA, TORRES MOLINA, ALEJANDRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 14.04.2016
• Subjects: BLASTING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; HEATING; INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MACHINES OR ENGINES OTHER THANNON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, TO WIND MOTORS,TO NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS, AND TO GENERATING COMBUSTIONPRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY; INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUSSUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGYGENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; WEAPONS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

The wave energy device comprises at least three nodes (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E), each node being connected to at least another one of the nodes, each node comprising at least one enclosure (11) for housing a water column (100) in an internal space (12) of the enclosure (11). The wave energy device comprises at least one buoyancy chamber (15, 25) associated with means (16, 26) for controlling an amount of water in the buoyancy chamber (15) by pumping water out of and by admitting water into the buoyancy chamber (15, 25), respectively, so as to allow for the adaptation of the mass of the wave energy device to the state of the sea, for enhancing efficiency of energy capture. L'invention concerne un dispositif utilisant l'énergie des vagues, comprenant au moins trois nœuds (1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E), chaque nœud étant relié à au moins un autre nœud, chaque nœud comprenant au moins une enceinte (11) servant à loger une colonne d'eau (100) dans un espace interne (12) de l'enceinte (11). Le dispositif utilisant l'énergie des vagues comprend au moins une chambre de flottabilité (15, 25) associée à des moyens (16, 26) servant à réguler une quantité d'eau dans la chambre de flottabilité (15) par pompage de l'eau vers l'extérieur et par admission de l'eau vers l'intérieur de la chambre de flottabilité (15, 25), respectivement, permettant ainsi l'adaptation de la masse du dispositif utilisant l'énergie des vagues à l'état de la mer, afin d'augmenter l'efficacité de captage d'énergie.