GENERATING ELECTRIC POWER FROM OCEAN WAVES BY CONVERTING LINEAR MOVEMENT OF BUOYS TO ROTATIONAL MOVEMENT

摘要

An improved electric power generation apparatus using a wave force and a method thereof which are capable of protecting the system from waves having a predetermined height higher than the previously set height based on the climate condition at the construction site of the system, which includes the steps of lifting/lowering a plurality of buoys in response to waves applied thereto, each of said buoys being connected to each of a plurality of support members disposed at a lattice-type frame submerged within sea, converting the lifting/lowering movement of each buoy into a rotation force, a driving compressed liquid generation unit provided at each buoy in cooperation with the rotation force, transferring the compressed liquid generated in the operation of the compressed liquid generation unit to a main transferring tube, driving a turbine using the compressed liquid transferred thereto through the main transferring tube, and generating power by driving a power generator drivingly communicating with the turbine.