Title:
OFFSHORE HYBRID WIND-WAVE POWER PLANTS
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/167015
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Disclosed is an offshore hybrid wind-wave power plant, which includes, inter
alia, a base substructure that has a tubular support element that defines an internal chamber. At least one water inlet is formed in the base substructure and is positioned below mean water level such that a water column level within the internal chamber oscillates with each passing wave. The offshore hybrid wind-wave power plant of the present invention also includes a wind turbine for generating wind power. The wind turbine is supported by a tower structure that extends vertically from the base substructure. Moreover, a generator is operatively associated with the internal chamber defined in the base substructure such that the generator creates power based on the oscillating water column within the base structure.
Inventors:
MATZAT GREGORY M (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US2012/040369
Publication Date:
June 27, 2013
Filing Date:
June 01, 2012
Export Citation:
Assignee:
ALTERNATIVE CURRENT CORP (US)
MATZAT GREGORY M (US)
MATZAT GREGORY M (US)
International Classes:
E02D27/52; F03D9/00; F03B13/24; F03D11/00; F03D11/04
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2004003379A1 | 2004-01-08 |
Foreign References:
| US6194791B1 | 2001-02-27 | |||
| US5191225A | 1993-03-02 | |||
| JPH10213059A | 1998-08-11 | |||
| JP2003056459A | 2003-02-26 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SILVIA, David, J. et al. (P.O. Box 55874Boston, MA, US)
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