Absstract of: CN117108433A
A wave energy capturing and storing system of an offshore wind power jacket foundation comprises a wind power generation module and the wind power jacket foundation and further comprises a wave energy obtaining system, a hydraulic system, an energy storing system, a pressure medium internal energy exchange device and an expansion generator system. The wave energy obtaining system comprises an energy obtaining floater and a rocker. The hydraulic system comprises a pressure medium storage container and a swing compression medium mechanism, the hydraulic system is used for converting swing mechanical energy of the rocker into internal energy of a primary pressure medium, and the swing compression medium mechanism of the hydraulic system outputs the primary pressure medium into the pressure medium storage container or/and the conveying pipeline; the pressure medium internal energy exchange device is used for converting the internal energy of a primary pressure medium into mechanical energy and then converting the mechanical energy into the internal energy of a secondary pressure medium; and the expansion generator system is used for converting the internal energy of the secondary pressure medium into mechanical energy and converting the obtained mechanical energy into electric energy to be output.
Absstract of: WO2025085986A1
Submersible box-winged vehicle systems generate hydroelectric energy using naturally occurring tidal flows and/or water currents in a body of water The vehicle systems include a submersible hull, an upright dorsal fin extending from an aft portion of the submersible hull, port and starboard wing assemblies each having respective proximal ends joined to a forward region of the hull an and an upper region of the dorsal fin so as to establish a box wing configuration, and electrical power generation units attached to the port and starboard wings, wherein each of the electrical power generation units include a generator and a marine propeller operatively connected to the generator so as to cause the generator to generate electrical energy in response to the marine propeller turning. The vehicle system when submerged in a body of water thereby allows tidal flows and/or water currents associated with the body of water to responsively turn the marine propeller of each of the electrical power units thereby generating electricity by the generator operably associated therewith
Absstract of: US2025137429A1
A device for conversion of wave energy into electrical energy consists of a supporting structure, the first working body, an anchor and anchor cables. The supporting structure is connected to the anchors by anchor cables, while the first working body is slidably connected to the supporting structure. The motion transformation system is firmly connected to the supporting structure and comprises rigid gears toothed with gears with rolls on one side while on the other side they are hinged to the first working body, on the other side of the gears with the rolls, rigid gears are connected at one end, while their other end is hinged to other working body. The gears with rolls are connected by shafts with a multiplier that drives the generator that further produces electricity.
Absstract of: WO2025088347A1
A system for generating electric power, comprising: a support structure (16); a mechanism (43) comprising a first solid (11) and a second solid (12) which are hingedly connected with each other so that the first solid (11 ) is rotatable about a first axis (A) which is fixed with respect to the second solid, and said second solid (12) is hingedly connected with the support structure so that the first and the second solid together are rotatable about a second axis (8) which is fixed with respect to the support structure (16) which supports the mechanism; a movable structure that comprises a rotatable part (13) which is attached to or is integrated with the first solid (11); an electric generator (14); and a transmission system (15) operatively connected with the electric generator (14) and with the mechanism for transmitting mechanical power.
Absstract of: US2025136253A1
A mooring device for a wave energy conversion apparatus includes a three-dimensional beam structure which houses the wave energy conversion apparatus and which includes two elements for rotoidal coupling to the energy conversion apparatus by wave motion spaced apart and defining an axis of rotation for the same apparatus. The device also includes an anchoring component fixed to the three-dimensional beam structure.
Absstract of: US2025137430A1
A bottom-hinged wave energy converter is provided including a foundation defining an apparent foundation weight; a power converter connected to the foundation, the power converter including a crank; a flap arm including along an arm axis a crank end connected to the crank and a flap end; a flap including a flap bottom connected to the flap end, and a flap top adapted to be at or near an ocean surface during use, the flap including a substantially circular or elliptic flap cross-section in a cross-section plane substantially perpendicular to the arm axis, which flap cross-section is constant between or increases between the flap bottom and the flap top thereby defining a flap buoyancy, wherein the apparent foundation weight being lesser or greater than the flap buoyancy.
Absstract of: AU2024227243A1
Disclosed are embodiments of a novel type of wave-powered propulsion adapted for use by buoyant vessels in order to provide or supplement their self-propulsion. An approximately vertical and semi-cylindrical propulsive shroud attached to a vessel interacts with a wave motion at and below the vessel in order to impart a thrust to the vessel. 101 o 100
Absstract of: US2025137431A1
Submersible box-winged vehicle systems generate hydroelectric energy using naturally occurring tidal flows and/or water currents in a body of water. The vehicle systems include a submersible hull, an upright dorsal fin extending from an aft portion of the submersible hull, port and starboard wing assemblies each having respective proximal ends joined to a forward region of the hull an and an upper region of the dorsal fin so as to establish a box wing configuration, and electrical power generation units attached to the port and starboard wings, wherein each of the electrical power generation units include a generator and a marine propeller operatively connected to the generator so as to cause the generator to generate electrical energy in response to the marine propeller turning. The vehicle system when submerged in a body of water thereby allows tidal flows and/or currents associated with the body of water to responsively turn the marine propeller of each of the electrical power units thereby generating electricity by the generator operably associated therewith
Absstract of: US2022356863A1
An energy conversion apparatus 1 comprises: a liquid tank 11 in which a liquid 10 is stored; a plurality of gas-receiving parts 12 that are provided in the vertical direction inside the liquid tank 11 and are free to rotate or move vertically; a nozzle 13 that, inside the liquid tank 11, ejects compressed gas from below the lowest positioned gas-receiving part 12; a gas cylinder 14 that stores compressed gas serving as a primary energy source and feeds the compressed gas to the nozzle 13; an output means 3 that outputs kinetic energy of rotation or vertical movement as secondary energy to the exterior of the liquid tank 11, the kinetic energy being generated in the gas-receiving parts 12 by a buoyant force that the gas-receiving parts 12 generate as a result of receiving the compressed gas ejected from the nozzle 13; and a recovery device 4 that returns the gas from the liquid tank 11 to the gas cylinder 14.
Absstract of: WO2025085300A1
Disclosed are embodiments of a novel type of wave-powered propulsion adapted for use by buoyant vessels in order to provide or supplement their self-propulsion. An approximately vertical and semi-cylindrical propulsive shroud attached to a vessel interacts with a wave motion at and below the vessel in order to impart a thrust to the vessel.
Absstract of: WO2025085301A1
Disclosed are embodiments of a novel type of wave-powered propulsion adapted for use by buoyant vessels in order to provide or supplement their self-propulsion. An approximately vertical and semi-cylindrical propulsive shroud attached to a vessel interacts with a wave motion at and below the vessel in order to impart a thrust to the vessel.
Absstract of: US2025129763A1
Systems and methods for generating electricity from the waves of a body of water are provided. Generally, the system comprises apparatus that includes at least two tanks and a turbine that is situated intermediate conduit structure that interconnects the two tanks. The cresting of a wave that impinges upon the apparatus fills one of the tanks. This water is directed through a turbine and generator assembly while flowing between the tanks. The other of the tanks is configured to empty during the troughing of the wave.
Absstract of: US2025129762A1
A system and method by which energy from ocean waves is converted into hydrogen, and that hydrogen is used to manifest electrical and mechanical energies by an energy consuming device. A portion of the generated electrical power is communicated to water electrolyzers which produce oxygen and hydrogen from water as gases. At least a portion of the generated hydrogen gas is transferred to a transportation ship via a hose-carrying, remotely operated (or otherwise unmanned) vehicle, and subsequently transferred to an energy-consuming module or infrastructur, where a portion of the hydrogen is consumed in order to manifest a generation of electrical energy, a mechanical motion, and/or a chemical reaction.
Absstract of: WO2025081228A1
A marine power generation system for generating power from an ocean current, the system comprising: a generally elongate in-use platform having a length extending between two ends and a width extending between two lateral sides; the platform being configured to be positioned on the ocean floor; a plurality of spaced apart turbines positioned lengthwise along the length of the platform, each of said turbines comprising blades extending radially from a rotor, the turbine being operable to undergo rotational movement when positioned within an ocean current; one or more power generation modules, each power generation module being operably linked with one or more of the turbines, the power generation modules being located on or within the platform; anchoring assembly for anchoring the platform to the ocean floor for aligning the plurality of turbines with the ocean current; wherein the rotor for each of said turbines is associated with a respective hydraulic pump that pumps hydraulic oil via hydraulic lines during rotation of the rotor and wherein the each power generation module comprises a hydraulic motor that is rotated with the hydraulic oil pumped by one or more of said hydraulic pumps associated with the turbines, the hydraulic generator being arranged to produce an electric output.
Absstract of: US2025101941A1
A pressure-regulating buoyant hydrodynamic pump is disclosed that floats adjacent to a surface of a body of water over which waves tend to pass. In response to wave-induced movements of the device, water is drawn into a mouth at a lower end of an injection tube, and water is ejected from a mouth at an upper end of the injection tube. The ejected water is deposited into an interior of the hollow buoy thereby augmenting a water reservoir therein. And water flows from the water reservoir to and through a water turbine, thereby energizing a generator, power electronics, and an electrical load. A novel water-turbine effluent buffering tube, or chamber, smooths pressure variations felt across the water turbine.
Absstract of: CN222774630U
本实用新型公开了一种波浪能发电装置性能测试装置,包括水槽、电机、造波板、浪高仪、电压电流采集装置和PC工作站;造波板安装于水槽的前端,电机驱动造波板制造波浪;水槽中部设有用于安装波浪能发电装置的工作区域,水槽一侧内壁上沿水槽的前后方向设有滑轨,滑轨前端延伸至工作区域的前方,滑轨后端延伸至工作区域的后方;浪高仪安装于滑轨上并能沿滑轨前后移动;电压电流采集装置与波浪能发电装置相连用以采集电压电流信号;电机、浪高仪和电压电流采集装置分别与PC工作站信号连接。本实用新型可以在实验室内模拟海上波浪能发电装置在波浪中的动态情况,通过测量波浪能发电装置前后的波浪参数,以便实现波浪能发电装置发电性能的准确评估。
Absstract of: US2025121923A1
Disclosed are embodiments of a novel type of wave-powered propulsion adapted for use by buoyant vessels in order to provide or supplement their self-propulsion. An approximately vertical and semi-cylindrical propulsive shroud attached to a vessel interacts with a wave motion at and below the vessel in order to impart a thrust to the vessel.
Absstract of: US2025121922A1
Disclosed are embodiments of a novel type of wave-powered propulsion adapted for use by buoyant vessels in order to provide or supplement their self-propulsion. An approximately vertical and semi-cylindrical propulsive shroud attached to a vessel interacts with a wave motion at and below the vessel in order to impart a thrust to the vessel.
Absstract of: US2025122859A1
A multi-stage buffer hydraulic cylinder for a wave-energy power generation apparatus and a multi-stage buffer hydraulic control method are provided. A built-in fixed rod is arranged inside a cylinder barrel of a hydraulic cylinder and nested in a piston rod, and a fixed-rod inner cavity and a piston-rod inner cavity are taken as high-pressure working cavities, such that the diameter of the piston rod can be increased while the effective work area is reduced. Front and rear end covers of the hydraulic cylinder each are provided with a buffer spring for buffering the strike caused by the excessive stroke of the piston rod under the extreme wave condition, and the hydraulic cylinder may be buffered under the condition of heavy waves by setting the stiffness of the spring, such that a main piston does not strike the front and rear end covers.
Absstract of: GB2634657A
A tidal energy system comprising: a seaward and a landward storage basin and an intermediate storage basin between the seaward and landward storage basins; and a bypass storage basin. A turbine is provided between the sea and the seaward storage basin, a turbine is provided between the seaward and the intermediate storage basins, a turbine is provided between the intermediate and the landward storage basins, a turbine is provided between the bypass storage basin and the sea; and a turbine is provided between the bypass and the landward storage basins. In a first operation phase, rising tidal water received at the seaward storage basin charges the tidal energy system by movement of water from the sea, to seaward to intermediate then to landward storage basins.
Absstract of: CN119825601A
本发明公开了一种波浪能发电装置,涉及波浪发电领域,包括主体部、浮体、电能转换部和补偿控制系统,主体部内部安装有L型结构的动能传动缸体,动能传动缸体的竖直端内部活动安装有主动活塞,主动活塞上连接有主动活塞杆,动能传动缸体的水平端内部活动安装有被动活塞,被动活塞上连接有被动活塞杆,浮体的下方通过连接部件与主动活塞杆的顶部连接,电能转换部设于主体部的一侧,通过传动组件与被动活塞杆传动连接,补偿控制系统安装在主体部上。本发明通过设置的补偿控制系统,可以实现在浮体在受到波浪影响上下浮动幅度过大或较小时,对其进行行程补偿,使被动活塞杆的往复运动行程在一个合理的范围内,提升发电的效率和发电的稳定。
Absstract of: CN119825628A
本发明提供了一种海上多能源集成发电装置,该海上多能源集成发电装置包括:浮体平台;锚固件,锚固件包括锚链和海底锚体,锚链的两端分别与浮体平台和海底锚体连接;风电机组,风电机组设置在浮体平台上;潮流能捕获件,潮流能捕获件与海底锚体连接;波浪能捕获件,波浪能捕获件设置在浮体平台上。通过本申请提供的技术方案,能够解决相关技术中的单一能源的捕获方式对海洋能源的利用效率不高,使得经济效益较差的问题。
Absstract of: CN119825598A
本发明公开了一种流致振动式波浪能发电装置及浮式风机联合发电平台,该发电装置具有能够在海浪作用下发生纵摇与横摆及上下晃动的外壳,外壳内侧面间隔分布若干层环形的永磁极,永磁极分布方式满足磁极分布规律竖向从上到下由弱变强、径向从轴心到外壳内侧由最小值变为最大值;外壳轴心设置有导电棒,导电棒上间隔分布有若干导电线圈;当发电装置随波浪的上下运动和海流的流动上下起伏运动及流致振动和驰振时,带动永磁极与导电线圈相对位置发生变化,导电线圈内部产生磁通量的变化从而产生电流。发电装置作为浮体结构,结合浮式风机提供的联合发电平台能够提高海上风电浮式平台发电效率,降低海上风电平台成本,提高浮式平台的稳定性。
Absstract of: CN119825600A
本发明公开了一种灯笼状波动发电装置,包括浮筒、配重块和多个发电单元,发电单元包括第一发电机、第二发电机、平动机构和曲轴连杆机构,平动机构的一端与配重块滑动连接,第一发电机的输入端与平动机构配合,平动机构的另一端与曲轴连杆机构的连杆部相连,曲轴连杆机构的曲轴部与第二发电机的输入轴配合。通过在浮筒内部设置配重块,当浮筒受到波浪作用力发生运动时,内部的配重块会随之不断运动,而配重块的运动产生的挤压力则作用于浮筒内的平动机构及曲轴连杆机构,从而将波浪能转化为机械能,实现波浪能发电,可以配合浮标,海上塔哨等对海上设备进行供电。通过设置平动机构及曲轴连杆机构,实现了不同波幅波频的波浪运动的利用。
Nº publicación: CN119834698A 15/04/2025
Applicant:
中国华能集团清洁能源技术研究院有限公司华能烟台新能源有限公司
Absstract of: CN119834698A
本发明涉及海洋能源发电技术领域,公开了一种光伏及潮流能集成式海上发电装置及方法,该装置包括漂浮式光伏组件以及潮流能发电组件;漂浮式光伏组件的底部中心位置处设有安装位;发电伸缩机构的顶端设置在漂浮式光伏组件底部的安装位处;发电伸缩机构的底端与转向轴的一端连接,且通过发电伸缩机构带动转向轴能够沿着竖直方向运动;转向轴的另一端连接至底座上;所述漂浮式光伏组件和底座环向设有若干锚固组件;涡扇机构设置在转向轴上,且通过转向轴带动涡扇机构以及发电伸缩机构能够沿着周向方向运动,涡扇机构的驱动端连接至发电伸缩机构。本发明结合了漂浮式光伏组件和潮流能发电组件,实现了太阳能和海洋潮流能的综合利用。