WAVE ENERGY PLANT Russian patent published in 1995 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic power engineering. SUBSTANCE: lower part of a cylindrical reservoir installed on the bed of a water basin communicates with said basin. A floating cover with buoyancy compartments, jointly with the reservoir, forms a chamber connected by a channel and a hole in its central part to an air turbine with an electric generator connected thereto. An open-top circular chamber is formed in the upper part of the wall of the generator which is open underneath. The cover has the form of two coaxial cylinders rigidly interconnected at the top. The internal cylinder has a bottom plate. The compartments are connected to the external cylinder and are capable of moving in the circular chamber. The compartments have a constant buoyancy. The side walls of the circular chamber have holes at the level of the undisturbed water surface. The total area of holes in the internal wall is smaller than that in the external one. EFFECT: improved design. 4 cl, 4 dwg