Title:
UNDERWATER ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEM AND POWER STATION POWERED THEREWITH
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2011/099014
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
An underwater energy storage system includes a tank for storing a compressed gas that is adapted to be stored underwater. The tank includes at least one water opening through which water from surrounding environment can flow into and out of the tank, and at least one gas opening through which the compressed gas is received. The underwater energy storage system further includes at least one duct communicating between the at least one opening for gas flow and a source of compressed gas and a compartment constructed over a roof of the tank, wherein said compartment is adapted for receiving weights at a sinking site of the tank.
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Inventors:
ELAZARI-VOLCANI RON (IL)
Application Number:
PCT/IL2011/000157
Publication Date:
October 04, 2012
Filing Date:
February 15, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
AROTHRON LTD (IL)
ELAZARI-VOLCANI RON (IL)
ELAZARI-VOLCANI RON (IL)
International Classes:
F02C6/16; H02J15/00
Domestic Patent References:
| WO2007066117A1 | 2007-06-14 |
Foreign References:
| EP0006086A1 | 1979-12-12 | |||
| GB2069618A | 1981-08-26 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
G.E EHRLICH (1995) LTD. et al. (Ramat Gan, IL)
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