摘要 |
According to the invention, the device for utilising ocean-wave energy fu nctions through appropriate pontoons (1) and an intermediate floating centra l unit (2) located just beyond them. These are interconnected by appropriate arms (3) using suitable hinges (4) and have suitable cylindrical, hydraulic power jacks (7) which alternately pump a liquid (10) under high static pres sure to a turbine (11), preferably a constant pressure (Pelton) turbine. Thi s converts the potential energy in the liquid into, for example, electric po wer when the arms are raised by the pontoons and the central unit sinks into the wave troughs, whereupon the pistons (12) on the opposite side of the po wer jacks again suck in the continually circulating, energy-bearing liquid a s the arms sink when the pontoons enter the troughs and the central unit ris es on the wave crests.
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