AU736411B2 - A submerged hydro electric generating plant - Google Patents
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- AU736411B2 AU736411B2 AU18953/97A AU1895397A AU736411B2 AU 736411 B2 AU736411 B2 AU 736411B2 AU 18953/97 A AU18953/97 A AU 18953/97A AU 1895397 A AU1895397 A AU 1895397A AU 736411 B2 AU736411 B2 AU 736411B2
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- XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N water Substances O XLYOFNOQVPJJNP-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 48
- RLQJEEJISHYWON-UHFFFAOYSA-N flonicamid Chemical compound FC(F)(F)C1=CC=NC=C1C(=O)NCC#N RLQJEEJISHYWON-UHFFFAOYSA-N 0.000 claims description 12
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02B—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO BUILDINGS, e.g. HOUSING, HOUSE APPLIANCES OR RELATED END-USER APPLICATIONS
- Y02B10/00—Integration of renewable energy sources in buildings
- Y02B10/50—Hydropower in dwellings
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- Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
- Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
- Y02E—REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION
- Y02E10/00—Energy generation through renewable energy sources
- Y02E10/20—Hydro energy
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Description
AUSTRALIA
PATENT ACT 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT PATENT APPLICATION NO 18953/97 IN THE NAME OF LIONEL REX WILLOTT SUBMERGED HYDRO ELECTRICITY THE FOLLOWING STATMENT IS A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION INCLUDING THE BEST METHOD OF PERFORMING IT KNOWN TO ME THIS IS A FULL COPY OF THE INVENTION *0 LIONEL REX WILLOTT DATED Pages 1 -la,2 -2a 3- 3a. 4 drawing 1/1 TIS PATENT RELATES TO A SUBMERGED HYDRO-ELECTPJC
POWER
PLANT, BASED ON AN OCEAN HEADLAND WHERE AN ENLARGED DIVING BELL CHAMBER HOUSES A WATER TURBINE THAT DRIVES
AN
ELECTRICITY GENERATOR; FLUMES SUPPLYING WATER TO THE TURBINE EXTENDING INTO THE SUBMERGED BELL
CHAMBER
ALLOWING WATER STREAM TO FALL UNDER GRAVITY TO WHERE DAMED WATER IN THAT HEADLAND SUPPLYING THE FLUMES EXTENDS GRAVITATION FORCE OF AN UNPRODUCTIVE WATER
STREAM
TO A WORKABLE HYDRO-ELECTPJC POWER PLANT,
SUPPLYING
WATTAGE TO THIE NATIONAL
GRID.
SYPHONIG FROM SURFACE WATER WAVE AND TIDAL
FORCES
ADD BULK TO THE FLUMES: A VENTURIE SUCTION AT THE BASE OF THE FLUES UPPIESAIRTO THE AIR CHAMBER OF THE DIVINGBEL ulO ABOVE SEA LEVEL A PUMP HOUSE CONTROLS ALL FACETS OF THE PROJECT, EQUIPPED WITH AC CURRENT, WATER AND AIR PUMPS,
IT
DISTRI13UTES N.C. OR D C CURRENT TO THE NATIONAL GRID. OFF PEAK POWER IS USED TO PUMP WATER BACK TO THE HOLDING DAM
FOR
FURTHER USE IN WATER STREAM: AUXILIARY PLANTS CAN USE THE ADDED WATER
STREAM:
THIS IS A RENEWABLE NON POLUTING ENERGY PLANT
PRODUCING
EITHER A. C. OR D. C. CURRENT, SITUATED WHERE ELECTRIC POWER
IS
MOST NEEDED, OBVIATING EXTENSIVE, HEIGH VOLTAGE POWER
LINES,
1A NQT NEEDING SCARSE WATER OR FOSSIL FUELS
ASO
ENVIRONMENTALLY
ACCEPTABLE.
MY PATENT DIFFERS FROM U.S. 3970859 A. (RIEM) 21 ST JULY 1976 THAT USES EXPLODING GAS TO MAINTAIN THE TRAPPED BODY OF THE AIR CAMER. WHERE MY PATENT SUPPLIES ABOVE SURFACE AIR USING
A
VENTURI SUCTIpN ENTERING THE WATER TURBINE HQUSING
ALONG
WITH THE WATER STREAM, AS MENTIONED ABOVE THERE ARE A 30 NUMBER OF ADVANTAGES.
*ooooo *.oo ooo oo ooo «:oo I WILL NOW DESCRIBE THE INVENTION BY MEANS OF THE DRAWING 1/1 1. IS THE WATER RETURN PUMP, SUCKING OCEAN WATER FROM BELOW THE OCEAN SURFACE, DRIVING THAT WATER TO THE WATER HOLDING DAM IN THE HEADLAND.
2. THE WATER STORAGE DISTRIBUTING WATER TO THE FLUMES 4.
3. THE HEADLAND WHERE THE PROJECT IS SITUATED.
4. FLUMES GRAVITATING WATER FROM STORAGE 2. INTO WATER INJECTOR 13. WHERE THAT WATER DRIVES A WATER TURBINE BEFORE ENTERING WATER SUMP 16. AND FINDING IT'S OWN LEVEL.
10 5. PUMP HOUSE CONTROLLING ALL ASPECTS OF THE PROJECT, EQUIPED WITH AC, DC, ELECTRIC POWER, WATER PUMPS, AIR COMPRESSOR PUMPS, TRANSMITTING WATTAGE TO THE NATIONAL GRID ACCESSABLE TO THE DIVING BELL CHAMBER.
6. A MEASUREMENT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 AND 18. WHERE THE PROJECT O0 15 DESCRIBES THE GRAVITATIONAL EXTENSION.
7. AIR ABOVE OCEAN LEVEL 8. OCEAN LEVEL 9. SYPHON LEADING TO FLUMES 4. ADDING BULK TO WATER STREAM. 10 ENLARGED DIVING BELL CHAMBER HOUSING A HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT, SITUATED AT A WORKING DEPTH. 11. ELECTRICITY GENERATOR, DRIVEN FROM THE WATER TURBINE 14. 12. THE VENTURIE SUCTION SUPPLYING AIR TO THE DIVING BELL CHAMBER, 13. THE WATER INJECTOR COMING FROM THE FLUMES, 14. WATER TURBINE, DRIVEN BY GRAVITATING WATER FROM THE FLUMES. 15 TRAPPED AIR IN THE DIVING BELL CHAMBER 10. REPLENISHED FROM ABOVE THE SURFACE, THROUGH THE VENTURIE SUCTION 12. 16. WATER SUMP. OPEN TO THE WATER BODY, RECEIVING DISCHARGED WATER FROM THE WATER TURBINE.
17. FOUNDATIONS FOR THE PEOJECT.
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Claims (4)
1. A METHOD OF GENERATING HYDRO-ELECTRICITY FROM STORED WATER IN AN OCEAN HEADLAND AND SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY TO A POWER GRID, THE METHOD COMPRISING: DIRECTING WATER INTO FLUMES ALLOWING THE WATER TO FALL UNDER GRAVITY: DIRECTING WATER FROM THE FLUMES AT THEIR LOWER ENDS SITUATED AT A WORKING DEPTH OF WATER TO A WATER TURBINE OF A SUBMERGED HYDRO-ELECTRICITY GENERATOR HOUSED IN AN ENLARGED DIVING .BELL CHAMBER. SUPPLYING AIR TO THE WATER NEAR TO THE LOWER END OF 10 FLUMES BY VENTURIE SUCTION, LETTING THE USED WATER TO FALL o.
TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BELL CHAMBER TO RETURN TO THE BODY OF STORED WATER, AND SUPPLYING THE GENERATED ELECTRICITY TO THE POWER GRID. S2. A SUBMERGED HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT FOR GENERATING HYDRO-ELECTRICITY FROM STORED WATER IN AN OCEAN HEADLAND AND SUPPLYING ELECTRICITY TO A POWER GRID, THE PLANT INCLUDING A WATER TURBINE AT A WORKING DEPTH OF WATER, FLUMES AND INJECTIN AlE -S RNJECTING WATER TO THE TURBINE THROUGH THE FLUMES UNDER GRAVITY, A VENTIRIE SUCTION MEANS .A eT WATER INJECTING MEANS TO ENABLE THE SUPPLY OF AIR TO THE INJECTING WATER, AN ELICTRICITY GENERATOR DRIVEN BY THE WATER TURBINE, AN ENLARGED DIVING BELL CHAMBER RETAINING AIR AND HOUSING THE 'WATER TURBINE AND THE ELECTRICITY GENERATOR.
3. A SUBMERGED HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT FOR GENERATING HYDRO-ELECTRICITY, AS CLAIMED IN CLAIM 2. WHERE AUXILLIARY PLANTS CAN BE INTRODUCED USING OFFPEAK POWER, TIDAL AND WAVE FORCES TO BE SYPHONED TO WATER FLUMES TO ADD BULK TO WATER STREAM. 30
4. A SUBMERGED HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT FOR GENERATING .i RENEWABLE NONPOLUTING ENERGY, AS CLAIMED IN ANY ONE OF CLAIMS CLAIMS 2, OR 3,WHEREIN THE PLANT GENERATES RENEWABLE NON POLUTING ENERGY THUS PRODUCING EITHER AC OR DC CURRENT. *o *o
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| AU18953/97A AU736411B2 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1997-04-18 | A submerged hydro electric generating plant |
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| Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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| AU18953/97A AU736411B2 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1997-04-18 | A submerged hydro electric generating plant |
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| AU1895397A AU1895397A (en) | 1998-10-22 |
| AU736411B2 true AU736411B2 (en) | 2001-07-26 |
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| AU18953/97A Ceased AU736411B2 (en) | 1997-04-18 | 1997-04-18 | A submerged hydro electric generating plant |
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Citations (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3970859A (en) * | 1975-01-09 | 1976-07-20 | George Riem | Hydro-electric generation of power from small bodies of water |
| AU5351379A (en) * | 1978-12-06 | 1980-06-12 | Finsbury Engineers Pty. Ltd. | Floating well pump |
| US5592816A (en) * | 1995-02-03 | 1997-01-14 | Williams; Herbert L. | Hydroelectric powerplant |
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Patent Citations (3)
| Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US3970859A (en) * | 1975-01-09 | 1976-07-20 | George Riem | Hydro-electric generation of power from small bodies of water |
| AU5351379A (en) * | 1978-12-06 | 1980-06-12 | Finsbury Engineers Pty. Ltd. | Floating well pump |
| US5592816A (en) * | 1995-02-03 | 1997-01-14 | Williams; Herbert L. | Hydroelectric powerplant |
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