Ocean floor mounting of wave energy converters

Siegel, Stefan G

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Title: Ocean floor mounting of wave energy converters

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A system for mounting a set of wave energy converters in the ocean includes a pole attached to a floor of an ocean and a slider mounted on the pole in a manner that permits the slider to move vertically along the pole and rotate about the pole. The wave energy converters can then be mounted on the slider to allow adjustment of the depth and orientation of the wave energy converters.

Inventors:: Siegel, Stefan G

Issue Date:: Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 EST 2015

Research Org.:: Atargis Energy Corporation, Pueblo, CO (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1167455

Patent Number(s):: 8937395

Application Number:: 13/570,018

Assignee:: Atargis Energy Corporation (Pueblo, CO)

Patent Classifications (CPCs):: 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

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F - MECHANICAL ENGINEERING F03 - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS F03B - MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS
F03B13/183 - {of a turbine-like wom}

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
F05B2240/97 - on a submerged structure
F05B2270/18 - to control buoyancy

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE Y02E - REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
Y02E10/30 - Energy from the sea

Y - NEW / CROSS SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES Y10 - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC Y10T - TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION
Y10T29/49826 - Assembling or joining

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DOE Contract Number:: EE0003635

Resource Type:: Patent

Resource Relation:: Patent File Date: 2012 Aug 08

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 58 GEOSCIENCES

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Apparatus for generating electricity and power from natural water flow patent, May 1977

Self-starting windmill energy conversion system patent, December 1979

Support apparatus for a camera patent, November 1980

Cycloidal fluid flow engine patent, January 1981

Water turbine patent, January 1983

Multiple position lamp patent, June 1983

Waterbound facility powered by cycloidal fluid flow engines patent, October 1983

Captive water current power system patent, January 1984

Vertical axis wind turbine patent, February 1984

Lamp swing arm support patent, November 1984

Self-balancing boom apparatus patent, March 1986

Ocean wave energy converter patent, June 1987

Lamp for temporarily attaching to a support patent, September 1987

Spring counterbalanced boom suspension system patent, October 1993

Wave sensor control system patent, June 1999

Wave energy converter system of improved efficiency and survivability patent, July 2004

Stand for display patent, March 2007

Hydroelectric wave-energy conversion system patent, March 2008

Display apparatus patent, June 2008

Height adjusting structure patent, July 2008

Electric power generating system using ring-shaped generators patent, September 2008

Cyclical wave energy converter patent, March 2010

Vortex shedding cyclical propeller patent, July 2010

Conversion of energy in waves and in tidal flow patent, May 2011

Cyclical wave energy converter patent, January 2012

Cyclo-turbine power generator patent, January 2013

Ocean wave energy converter capturing heave, surge and pitch motion patent, November 2013

Ocean wave energy converter with multiple capture modes patent, December 2013

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Apparatus for generating electricity and power from natural water flow
patent, May 1977

Self-starting windmill energy conversion system
patent, December 1979

Support apparatus for a camera
patent, November 1980

Cycloidal fluid flow engine
patent, January 1981

Water turbine
patent, January 1983

Multiple position lamp
patent, June 1983

Waterbound facility powered by cycloidal fluid flow engines
patent, October 1983

Captive water current power system
patent, January 1984

Vertical axis wind turbine
patent, February 1984

Lamp swing arm support
patent, November 1984

Self-balancing boom apparatus
patent, March 1986

Ocean wave energy converter
patent, June 1987

Lamp for temporarily attaching to a support
patent, September 1987

Spring counterbalanced boom suspension system
patent, October 1993

Wave sensor control system
patent, June 1999

Wave energy converter system of improved efficiency and survivability
patent, July 2004

Stand for display
patent, March 2007

Hydroelectric wave-energy conversion system
patent, March 2008

Display apparatus
patent, June 2008

Height adjusting structure
patent, July 2008

Electric power generating system using ring-shaped generators
patent, September 2008

Cyclical wave energy converter
patent, March 2010

Vortex shedding cyclical propeller
patent, July 2010

Conversion of energy in waves and in tidal flow
patent, May 2011

Cyclical wave energy converter
patent, January 2012

Cyclo-turbine power generator
patent, January 2013

Ocean wave energy converter capturing heave, surge and pitch motion
patent, November 2013

Ocean wave energy converter with multiple capture modes
patent, December 2013

Submergable sloped absorption barrier wave energy converter
patent, December 2013