Flexible wave energy converter
Abstract
Disclosed herein are flexible wave energy converters that actuate electrical generators with dynamic strain (e.g., flexing, stretching, twisting, distension) to convert wave energy to electrical energy. The flexible wave energy converter utilizes flexible electric generators embedded throughout the wave-energy converter's flexible body.
- Inventors:
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), Golden, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1924940
- Patent Number(s):
- 11401910
- Application Number:
- 16/997,455
- Assignee:
- Alliance for Sustainable Energy, LLC (Golden, CO)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS F03B - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF CLASSES F01-F04 F05B - INDEXING SCHEME RELATING TO MACHINES OR ENGINES OTHER THAN NON-POSITIVE-DISPLACEMENT MACHINES OR ENGINES, TO WIND MOTORS, TO NON-POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT PUMPS, AND TO GENERATING COMBUSTION PRODUCTS OF HIGH PRESSURE OR HIGH VELOCITY
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC36-08GO28308
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Resource Relation:
- Patent File Date: 08/19/2020
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 16 TIDAL AND WAVE POWER
Citation Formats
Boren, Blake Craig Craig, and Weber, Jochem. Flexible wave energy converter. United States: N. p., 2022.
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Boren, Blake Craig Craig, & Weber, Jochem. Flexible wave energy converter. United States.
Boren, Blake Craig Craig, and Weber, Jochem. Tue .
"Flexible wave energy converter". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1924940.
@article{osti_1924940,
title = {Flexible wave energy converter},
author = {Boren, Blake Craig Craig and Weber, Jochem},
abstractNote = {Disclosed herein are flexible wave energy converters that actuate electrical generators with dynamic strain (e.g., flexing, stretching, twisting, distension) to convert wave energy to electrical energy. The flexible wave energy converter utilizes flexible electric generators embedded throughout the wave-energy converter's flexible body.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {2022},
month = {8}
}
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