Offshore floater system
View Patent ↗The invention relates to an offshore floater system for a wave electricity generator (OFS) comprising one or more lever arms coupled with one or more floaters, wherein the lever arms can be rotatably coupled with a base floater and the system can be configured to follow contours of waves and to be able to change an effective length of the lever arm according to wave parameters. The floaters can be differently sized, can have defined forms. The OFS can be installed off shore, anchored to be able to react on a water level change, mounted to react on a wave direction. The lever arms can be coupled with an electric energy generator which can be homopolar and coupled with a defined electrocomponent. The lever arms can be coupled with a defined mechanocomponent. An offshore floater method for generating wave electricity is proposed based upon the proposed system.
1. An offshore floater system for a wave electricity generator, comprising: one or more lever arms coupled with one or more floaters, wherein said one or more lever arms are rotatably coupled with a base member, wherein said one or more floaters and/or said base member are configured to substantially follow contours of one or more waves; wherein said one or more floaters are configured to be able to increase or decrease an effective length of said one or more lever arms according to wave parameters, the system characterized in that adjusting a buoyancy of said one or more floaters can adjust said effective length of said one or more lever arms.
2. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one magnetic element being in a magnetic relation with at least one component of said offshore floater system.
3. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of said floaters are differently sized.
4. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , wherein said one or more floaters and/or said base member have a defined form, wherein at least one said defined form is selected from spheres, spherical dishes, cylinders, circular cross-sections, elliptical cross-sections, oval cross-sections, convex faces, double convex faces, disc shapes, pontoons, buoys, tapered forms, forms with depressions, hydrodynamic shapes, irregular forms, two dimensional modelled shapes, three dimensional modelled forms, polyhedrons, blades, panels, airfoils, hydrofoils, floats reducing drag, floats generating lift, continuous floaters, multilayer constructions, tubular floats, floats enabling throughflow, or combinations thereof.
5. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , installed off shore.
6. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , wherein said base member is configured to be able to react on a water level change.
7. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , wherein said base member is substantially horizontally rotatably mounted to a supporting construction to be able to react on a wave direction.
8. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , wherein said one or more lever arms are coupled with an electric energy generator.
9. The offshore floater system according to claim 8 , wherein said electric energy generator is a homopolar generator.
10. The offshore floater system according to claim 8 , wherein said electric energy generator is coupled with an electrocomponent, wherein at least one said electrocomponent is selected from the group consisting of power cables, marine cables, communication interfaces, electronic devices, power devices, sensors, targets, actuators, antennas, amplifiers, resonators, rectifiers, filters, thyristors, semiconductors, inverters, converters, frequency converters, modulators, comparators, encoders, decoders, transformers, voltage regulators, power factor corrections, compensations, power electronics, controllers, processors, integrated circuits, timers, inductors, capacitors, shunts, resistors, diodes, varactors, switches, rechargeable power sources, power sources, distribution systems, transmission systems, smart grids, power grids, data transmission systems, the Internet, navigation systems, satellite navigation systems, source management systems, solar energy systems, wind energy systems, hydrogen energy systems, electric motors, motor generators, driving units, distributed electrocomponents, electrocomponents arrays, switchable electrocomponents, controllable electrocomponents, electric energy generators, coil cores, coil backing plates, coil backing sheets, magnetic conductors, electrical conductors, conductive bearings, slip rings, commutators, or combinations thereof.
11. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , wherein said one or more lever arms are coupled with a mechanocomponent, wherein at least one said mechanocomponent is selected from the group consiting of freewheels, flywheels, variable flywheels, hydraulic pressure building systems, hydraulic motors, hydraulic brakes, pneumatic pressure building systems, pneumatic motors, pneumatic brakes, heat pumps, heating systems, cooling systems, pressure modulators, springs, shock absorbers, weights, counterweights, balance weights, ballasts, pendulums, gyro mechanisms, shafts, cams, joints, connections, clutches, ratchets, gears, gearboxes, gear locking mechanisms, lockable/unlockable couplings, variators, reducers, multipliers, pulleys, belts, chains, toothed wheels, sprockets, pinions, crown wheels, racks, pistons, cylinders, connecting rods, compressors, pumps, filters, gas storage elements, fluid storage elements, reverse osmosis desalination systems, valves, conduits, actuators, brakes, transmissions, flexible components, adjustable components, thermally controlled buoyancy components, concentric components, keels, rudders, stabilizing fins, floats, float movements controlling structures, anchoring systems, mooring systems, sinkers, hoists, wires, ropes, seals, gaskets, bushes, underwater sails, water vessels, onshore vehicles, marine architecture systems, marine engineering systems, marine facilities, or combinations thereof.
12. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , providing data transmissions in relation with at least one of electricity production, servicing, controlling, managing, or combinations thereof.
13. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , controlled by a computing system, wherein at least one said computing system is selected from the group consisting of cloud computing systems, fog computing systems, edge computing systems, or combinations thereof.
14. The offshore floater system according to claim 1 , designed to modularly scalable and/or exchangeable.
15. An offshore floater method for generating wave electricity, the method comprising the steps of:
deploying an offshore floater electricity generator including one or more lever arms coupled with one or more floaters and rotatably coupled with a base member including or coupled with an electricity generator, wherein said one or more floaters and/or said base member are configured to substantially follow contours of one or more waves, wherein said one or more floaters are configured to be able to increase or decrease an effective length of said one or more lever arms according to wave parameters, the system characterized in that adjusting a buoyancy of said one or more floaters can adjust said effective length of said one or more lever arms;
swinging or rotating said one or more lever arms with said one or more floaters by water waves while simultaneously substantially following contours of said waves by means of said one or more floaters and/or said base member;
generating electric energy by means of said electricity generator,
wherein the steps can be repeated and/or reversed.