DEVICE FOR CONVERTING WAVE ENERGY INTO MECHANICAL ENERGY AND WAVE POWER STATION Russian patent published in 1997 - IPC

FIELD: hydraulic power engineering. SUBSTANCE: device has two vertical walls rigidly interconnected through converting members that arranged one above the other and made up as flat wing- shaped vanes. The vanes are bent and arranged symmetrically and mirrorwise with respect to the horizontal plane at an acute angle to it. The convex surfaces of the vanes face each other to form smoothly converging flat passageway. The side end faces abut against the wall. Each subsequent passageway is an extension of the previous one. The wave power plant has cylindrical floating tank partially filled with water, central pipe that, in axial direction, passes through the central portion of the tank and the closed end of which is submerged, and fixed central shaft that, in axial direction, passes through the pipe secured to the bottom, From the outside of the tank somewhat lower its top surface is the device for converting wave energy. The inner space of the tank is separated with radial solid walls into sectors. The take-off shaft is mounted on the fixed shaft for permitting rotation inside the pipe. EFFECT: enhanced efficiency. 3 cl, 6 dwg