WAVE POWER GENERATION PLANT Russian patent published in 2008 - IPC F03B13/24 

FIELD: engines and pumps.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to the plants exploiting the rough sea energy. The wave power generation plant includes a ship with a wave compressor using roughness energy to produce compressed air, working chambers arranged along the ship board working chambers with inlet and outlet openings submerged into water and converting the compressed air power of the turbine with electric generators. With the wave out coming, the chambers communicate during suction stage via inlet valve with the low-pressure manifold open to atmosphere and during compression stage, with the wave in coming, they communicate via outlet valves, with the high-pressure manifold. The ship features the sizes and the number of chambers allowing simultaneous exploiting of several waves. The chambers are arranged stepwise along the depth. Every subsequent stage of chambers is located deeper than the previous one. The high-pressure manifold of the previous stage makes a low-pressure manifold of the subsequent stage. The high-pressure manifold has in its lower part a drain shafts with outlet valves. The ship incorporates also a system of ballast compartments to accommodate a wave compressor on the ship water-line at the level of the first stage working chambers. At the stern and bow the ship engines are mounted.

EFFECT: higher efficiency; higher output power.

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