Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device for capturing wave energy
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Application No.: US15308478Application Date: 2015-05-12
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Publication No.: US10041467B2Publication Date: 2018-08-07
- Inventor: Inaki Zabala , Alvaro Amezaga
- Applicant: SENER, INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS, S.A.
- Applicant Address: ES Las Arenas - Bizkaia
- Assignee: SENER, INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS, S.A.
- Current Assignee: SENER, INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS, S.A.
- Current Assignee Address: ES Las Arenas - Bizkaia
- Agency: Lucas & Mercanti, LLP
- Priority: EP14382169 20140514
- International Application: PCT/EP2015/060465 WO 20150512
- International Announcement: WO2015/173235 WO 20151119
- Main IPC: F03B13/00
- IPC: F03B13/00 ; F03B13/24 ; F03B13/14

Abstract:
A device (OWC Oscillating Water Column) for capturing wave energy, the upper part of which contains a pressure accumulator (3) connected to the atmosphere through a unidirectional outlet turbine (4) and a vacuum accumulator (6) connected to the atmosphere through a unidirectional inlet turbine (5). The lower portion is formed by at least one block, where each block is made up of a structural column (19), which when submerged in the water gives rise to a water column (8) and an air chamber (1) in the upper portion. Each block is connected to the pressure accumulator (3) through a non-return intake valve (2), and to the vacuum accumulator (6) through a non-return exhaust valve (7), and having an inlet (16) arranged in the lower portion of each structural column (19).One of the main characteristics of the device is that the pressure (3) and vacuum (6) accumulators act as an air manifold, inhaling and exhaling through the blocks, and at the same time damping sudden changes in pressure.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170184072A1 DEVICE FOR CAPTURING WAVE ENERGY Public/Granted day:2017-06-29
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