Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Free floating wave energy converter with control devices
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Application No.: US14233767Application Date: 2012-07-20
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Publication No.: US09771921B2Publication Date: 2017-09-26
- Inventor: Syed Mohammed Ghouse
- Applicant: Syed Mohammed Ghouse
- Agency: Shumaker Loop & Kendrick
- Agent William J. Clemens
- Priority: IN2511/CHE/2011 20110722
- International Application: PCT/IN2012/000510 WO 20120720
- International Announcement: WO2013/014682 WO 20130131
- Main IPC: F03B13/18
- IPC: F03B13/18 ; F03B13/24

Abstract:
A free floating wave energy converter includes a flexible pine and an inlet. The flexible pipe floats on water surface, following the wave form. Slugs of water and air enter, one after the other, through the inlet. Because the flexible pipe follows the shape of the wave, water is transported through a manifold to a pressure chamber connected to a generator. The inlet consists of hollow, inflexible pipe attached to the throat of the flexible pipe. The inflexible pipe is fixedly attached to a buoyancy tank or plurality thereof. The buoyancy tanks are arranged in a vertical plane or in tandem, with the inflexible pipe passing along the plane vertical to the fore and aft axis of the buoyancy tank and the frontward portion projecting sufficiently ahead of the buoyancy tank with the flexible pipe terminating at a singular outlet.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140157767A1 FREE FLOATING WAVE ENERGY CONVERTER Public/Granted day:2014-06-12
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