WAVE ENERGY AND SOLAR ENERGY CONVERTER WITH DESALINATION PLANT

摘要

A power-generating device (10, 150) located on an ocean=s surface coupled to a deeply-submerged tray structure (40) suspended from its underside, which is used to produce desalinated water by the process of reverse osmosis driven by hydrostatic pressure at depth and augmented by power from the device that is delivered to pumps (60) on the tray (40). A traveling hoist (65, 70) services and populates the tray (40) with reverse osmosis (RO) cartridges (50) lowered to the tray (40) from the ocean surface. In one embodiment, the power-generating device (10) is moored to incoming ocean waves, with a yawing capability to adjust to changes in wave direction. Rotary torque is produced when pods (30) move up and down according to wave motion, and the torque is transmitted to a generator to generate power, in another embodiment, a solar photovoltaic array (150) disposed on the ocean surface is the power-generating device for the desalination system (20), using a storage tank (158) for excess power.