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Coastal wave energy convertor (COWEC)
A rigid box-type structure with open front placed virtually upright on the seafloor with its front at approximately right angle to the propagation direction of the incoming waves, said structure being located at such water depth that - at mean sea level - it would be approximately semi-submerged, with sufficient weight to retain full stability against sliding or tilting under the highest possible wave forces, with the structure's internal cross section - below the crest level of the incoming design wave - gradually decreasing from its (offshore facing) front to its (near shore facing) rear wall by at least 25% and with said structure having an internal "non-return" shutter type screen near its front, permitting unrestricted entry of the water mass of the incoming wave profile whilst preventing any reverse outflow of the "captured" water mass, with said structure having at least one turbine or impellor, located below mean sea level at the base or rear wall of the structure. Said turbine or impellor converts the wave's energy into electrical energy by means of a rotary generator.
Coastal wave energy convertor (COWEC)
A rigid box-type structure with open front placed virtually upright on the seafloor with its front at approximately right angle to the propagation direction of the incoming waves, said structure being located at such water depth that - at mean sea level - it would be approximately semi-submerged, with sufficient weight to retain full stability against sliding or tilting under the highest possible wave forces, with the structure's internal cross section - below the crest level of the incoming design wave - gradually decreasing from its (offshore facing) front to its (near shore facing) rear wall by at least 25% and with said structure having an internal "non-return" shutter type screen near its front, permitting unrestricted entry of the water mass of the incoming wave profile whilst preventing any reverse outflow of the "captured" water mass, with said structure having at least one turbine or impellor, located below mean sea level at the base or rear wall of the structure. Said turbine or impellor converts the wave's energy into electrical energy by means of a rotary generator.
Coastal wave energy convertor (COWEC)
DEGEETER PIETER (author)
2016-07-21
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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