Gangolf Jobb
An Ocean Wave Energy Converter
A variety of technologies have already been proposed to capture energy from ocean waves,
but this one requires a minimum of material, is cheap and robust.
Rather than looking at the
up and down movements of...
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Gangolf Jobb
An Ocean Wave Energy Converter
A variety of technologies have already been proposed to capture energy from ocean waves,
but this one requires a minimum of material, is cheap and robust.
Rather than looking at the
up and down movements of waves, the proposed method lets the circular water currents
beneath the waves directly drive rotors.
The novel ocean wave energy converter consists of an array of parallel Savonius rotors with
elastic blades, which are arranged to form a plane and are mounted on tensioned axes in a
rectangular frame.
The diameter of the rotors is small compared to their length, and compared
to the height of the waves.
The rotors are made of rubber or plastic on a core of aluminium
and rotate around tensioned axes of carbon fibres or coated steel.
At the ends of each rotor sit
small dynamos which transform the rotational movement of the rotors into electricity.
In order
to capture energy from waves the proposed converter must be positioned right benea
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