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Method of shoreline wave energy capture
At least two pairs of holes (2, 2, 3, 3) are drilled in a cliff 1 which emerge from its face in a pattern which enables an oscillating water column (OWC) chamber 5 to excised. A trace is passed through these holes with means for retrieving their ends, such as a float or balloon. A loop of diamond cutting wire 4 is then attached to the end of the traces and used to excise the chamber. Energy capture means such as turbines can be positioned in the chamber. There may be an access shaft 9 and a lift 6 with wheels 8 controlled by a gantry 7 used to access the interior of the chamber 5 from its face for construction means, such as to remove the turbines when threatened by storm waves. Another method is disclosed in which first a tunnel [12, fig 3] is excavated along the line of the cliff above the water line, and an OWC chamber is then excised starting from the tunnel.
Method of shoreline wave energy capture
At least two pairs of holes (2, 2, 3, 3) are drilled in a cliff 1 which emerge from its face in a pattern which enables an oscillating water column (OWC) chamber 5 to excised. A trace is passed through these holes with means for retrieving their ends, such as a float or balloon. A loop of diamond cutting wire 4 is then attached to the end of the traces and used to excise the chamber. Energy capture means such as turbines can be positioned in the chamber. There may be an access shaft 9 and a lift 6 with wheels 8 controlled by a gantry 7 used to access the interior of the chamber 5 from its face for construction means, such as to remove the turbines when threatened by storm waves. Another method is disclosed in which first a tunnel [12, fig 3] is excavated along the line of the cliff above the water line, and an OWC chamber is then excised starting from the tunnel.
Method of shoreline wave energy capture
WILLIAM KINGSTON (author)
2021-05-26
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
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