GENERADOR FLEXIBLE DE POTENCIA A PARTIR DE LA ENERGIA DE LAS OLAS

Flexible power generator based on wave energy. The generator object of the invention is constituted by a floating buoy that follows the movement of the waves and a hollow column, filled with liquid, flexible and deformable, that unites it with the seabed. This column is composed of two layers or skins of materials and different operation. The outer layer are helical fibers of flexible elements and practically non-extensible, while the interior is impermeable and extensible. The variation of the length of the cylinder, forced by the rise of the buoy in the wave, decreases the interior volume of the column. This transfers the liquid from the chamber to the hydropneumatic accumulator located in the upper float. The reduction of mechanical tension in the outer skin of the column, by compression of the column when the buoy is lowered into the wave, allows the return of the liquid to the chamber of the column, forced by the pressure of the compressed air in the float. The cyclic flow of the fluid between both chambers originated by the movement of the waves circulates through a hydraulic motor capable of collecting the generated energy. The adjustment of the operation to the waves, to the tides and to the depth is done by the number of chambers in the column, the amount of liquid in each of them or the pressure of the compressed air in the float. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)