OCEAN WAVE ENERGY, A revolutionary approach for electricity generation

[teklaka]

This is it! This is what we've been told is the FREE ENERGY SOURCE OF THE FUTURE! What's it going to take to make it happen?

[hanyanep]

Dear sir / madam,

thank you very much for your comments. Please be adviced that this is a general description of the concept. A lot of info on different arrangement of the concept has been catered for on the patent specifications. I will take my time to reply to each of your comment in a bit more detailed description.

Once again, thank your for your comments.

Its my pleasure.

[agungk]

there is a problem with your scheme.

if your float is free to move horizontally, it will do so instead of moving entirely up-down.

that means, it efficiency would be low.

what i've imagined instead like this:

simple pole, planted firmly on the ocean floor. on the top is a sealed generator. a float is attached to a rope loop (or chain loop) connecting the generator on the top and a pully submerged on the bottom. the float weight is sufficient to provide downward force...

[agungk]

energy is harnessed both on up and down movement. if unidirectional movement is desired, a simple rectifying gear system would allow to do so.

the pole will constrain the float movement to vertical only.

my considerations with design are:

1. can be implemented with cheap materials such as bamboo pole and used tire float.

2. no lengthy steel cables connecting floats to the shore facilities.

[agungk]

3. a single unit would produce only a small amount of energy. an array of these could be simply aggregated by rectifying, boosting and combining their outputs. only a single power cable connected them to the shore facilities.

4. it will automatically adjust for the varying ocean level. no spring to restrain it on the high tide position.

[agungk]

5. since generator is small, sealing it would be relatively simple.

6. storm survival characteristic would be excellent (depending on the pole strength and anchoring)