Method and apparatus for generating electrical energy from underwater falls
First Claim
1. A method of generating electrical energy form water at a first location, comprising the steps of:
- providing a tank comprising an inlet, an interior portion and an outlet;
a conduit comprising a first end and a second end portion positioned at a second location remote from said first end, said first end in fluidic communication with said tank outlet, said second end positioned at a lower elevation that said outlet and at elevation higher than the surface of a body of water at the second location;
converting energy of water flowing into the interior of the tank into electrical energy;
submerging the tank in a said body of water at said first location so that the water inlet is located below the water surface at said first location such that water flows through said inlet into the interior of the tank;
evacuating water from the tank through the outlet and said conduit to maintain in the interior of the tank a space for flowing water through the inlet into the interior of the tank and then through the outlet of the tank to said second location.
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Abstract
Electrical energy is generating by submerging a tank in a body of water so that its water inlet is located under a water surface and covered by water and water flows into an interior of the tank, evacuating water from the tank by an evacuating element through a water outlet of the tank to maintain in the interior of the tank a space for flowing water through the inlet into the interior of the tank, arranging a converting element which convert energy of the water flowing into the interior of the tank into an electrical energy, and arranging the evacuating element so that its discharge is located below the outlet of the tank and above the water surface.
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1. A method of generating electrical energy form water at a first location, comprising the steps of:
- providing a tank comprising an inlet, an interior portion and an outlet;
a conduit comprising a first end and a second end portion positioned at a second location remote from said first end, said first end in fluidic communication with said tank outlet, said second end positioned at a lower elevation that said outlet and at elevation higher than the surface of a body of water at the second location;
converting energy of water flowing into the interior of the tank into electrical energy;submerging the tank in a said body of water at said first location so that the water inlet is located below the water surface at said first location such that water flows through said inlet into the interior of the tank; evacuating water from the tank through the outlet and said conduit to maintain in the interior of the tank a space for flowing water through the inlet into the interior of the tank and then through the outlet of the tank to said second location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10)
- providing a tank comprising an inlet, an interior portion and an outlet;
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6. An apparatus for generating electrical energy form water at a first location, comprising a tank having an inlet, an interior portion and an outlet;
- a conduit with a first end and a second end portion positioned at a second location remote from said first end, said first end being in fluidic communication with said tank outlet, said second end being positioned at a lower elevation that said outlet and at elevation higher than the surface of a body of water at the second location;
means for converting energy of water flowing into the interior of the tank into electrical energy;
wherein the tank is submerged in a said body of water at said first location so that the water inlet is located below the water surface at said first location such that water flows through said inlet into the interior of the tank; and
evacuating means for evacuating water from the tank through the outlet and said conduit to maintain in the interior of the tank a space for flowing water through the inlet into the interior of the tank and then through the outlet of the tank to said second location. - View Dependent Claims (7)
- a conduit with a first end and a second end portion positioned at a second location remote from said first end, said first end being in fluidic communication with said tank outlet, said second end being positioned at a lower elevation that said outlet and at elevation higher than the surface of a body of water at the second location;
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