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OCEAN WAVE
POWERED COMPRESSED
AIR STATIONS
BLUE ENERGY FOR THE BLUE PLANET
Compressed
Air Economy is the only viable technology by comparison
Sea water is 832 times as dense as air, providing a six mile per hour ocean
current with more kinetic energy than a 217 mile per hour wind, say experts. It
is a very powerful driver to compress air. We all live inside the ocean of
compressed air even without feeling the atmospheric pressure. Air is highly
elastic by nature and capable of storing large amounts of energy that is
extremely light weight, non explosive, and non corrosive storage medium. Until
now this source has been expensive because the energy used to compress air was
enormous. Thanks to the new “full wave curve energy extraction” technology that
now air can be compressed most economically and safely stored by the nature’s gifted
free driver, “the ocean waves”.
We all live in the ocean of
compressed air approximately 14.7 lb. per square inch at sea level which is
highly elastic. Example: If 8 sq ft air is compressed into 1 sq ft, its
compression would be 100 psi. We have the technology to compress air up to
70,000.psi & up. Its like;
GENI
IN A BOTTLE
Vision
Statement
We have the ultimate “power source” to
electrify our cities & around the globe with a never ending supply of energy at
a fraction of the cost that we are spending right now. With this invention it
has become possible to produce 700 times cheaper Electric power than the most
advanced windmills of the same size. I envision the future of this technology to
access endless supply of very low cost energy for all mankind without
boundaries.
Our Mission
A low budget low cost zero
pollution non explosive clean fuel production and delivery system within the
reach of common people that can be modulated to tailor the needs of few
individuals to large scale utility multi- functional platform of compressed air
stations powered by ocean waves as our free driver, We call it “
FUEL
OF THE FUTURE
Goals and
Objective
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Provide energy for domestic
and commercial applications comparable @ many times less than the
conventional energy sources worldwide. |
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To establish an
infrastructure of compressed air stations all over, like current gas
stations or power houses along the coastline making every inch of it equal
to an oil field with a never ending supply ever. |
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License/ venture the
technology based on population and geographical parameters. |
Company Profile
Wave Power Plant, Inc. was founded
in 2006 to develop and operate very low-cost, patent pending, coastal waves
energy-generated power plants based on patent pending double action
bi-directional first true full wave curve energy extraction, multi medium
technology. For the first time ever, renewable energy can compete directly with
all other means of fuel in a major way! The company plans to License this very
low cost technology to coastal communities to major utilities around the globe
based on population and coastal areas.
How this project can help to
coastal communities?
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Introduction
of a New Cottage Industry. |
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Creation of thousands of New
Jobs. |
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A boom in Tourism Industry
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Rejuvenation
of local economy |
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Transition to Energy Freedom
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Coastal communities as a hub of
Infinite Power Source |
Contained Energy
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Energy can be stored in a
variety of ways. Energy production and energy storage are two different
subjects. |
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Example:
Solar energy is stored in heavy chemical batteries for later use on demand
however these batteries are not only very costly and heavy but also an
environmental disaster. |
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Utility
companies store energy by lifting water uphill by large pumps, using
valuable energy in the first place during peak production cycles and then
get back some portion of it by dropping the water down hill through turbines
to convert it back into electrical power. |
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There losses are huge. We can
save their losses by supplying them with non turbulent, spike free, non
toxic, unpolluted, non explosive and un-interrupted smooth supply of
controlled pressure to fuel their specific applications at a very low
budget. |
Energy pipeline to all
cities
Like natural gas pipeline @ 500 PSI pressure, compressed air can be supplied to
towns and cities for plug in and plug out. Local power producers can make
compressed air by solar by using wind, river, tidal, biomass, boats movement,
automobile shock pumps or heat energy and plug in the main pipeline to make
money and end users can get energy for all their applications at a much cheep
rate for all their utility needs.
SEA GATE-1
There are no many miles long
underground pipe lines, only few short feet is enough. Ocean waves lifts the
float which lifts the piston that compresses the upper chamber and compressed
air is forced through a one way valve and cannot go back into the cylinder. At
the same time the upper valve shuts down by air pressure. As the wave passes
float drops down dropping the attached piston also. The upper chamber deflates
and the upper air inlet valve opens to fill up the expanding space. At the same
time dropping piston creates compression in the lower chamber which shuts down
the lower air intake valve and the compressed air is forced out through one way
valve again in a single wave cycle. The beauty of this simple technology is that
all valves action is fully automatic & synchronized with the waves as they are
the power source and no manual calibration is required.
Facts Sheet
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Everything that
operates on electric power can be operated by compressed air. In the
United States we had compressed air locomotives and trams as preferred
means of transportation in the year 1800-1930. We still have some of them
in our museums today. The word compressed air engine mysteriously
disappeared from engineering text books in 1930. Petroleum based engines
were perfected and since oil was cheaper than water therefore everyone
jumped in the oil band wagon and compressed air technology patents were
left in the history archives.
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The facts on the ground are now very different today. There is a need to
re-strategize our future planning for our energy requirements. We have
caused enough damage to our environment beyond critical point and now it
is time for damage control. It should be now or never. |
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The economics of compressed air economy makes perfect sense as we can use
ocean waves as a free driver to compress air for us at a price that beats
every other technology known to man. There is a need to gradually shift
our infrastructure based on compressed air. The beauty of this technology
is that unlike relying on explosion, compressed air applies the principle
of expansion that is environment friendly. |
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The question why ocean waves are the preferred choice of compressed air
source is the fact that the density of ocean wave power ratio is 800 times
that of air. It is estimated by experts that one square meter ocean wave
has the energy equal to 36 kilowatt of electricity. When this mighty power
is available as a free driver, all other costs involved are establishment
of air pumping stations, their maintenance and delivery expenses. Since
air stations are based on coastline instead of Deep Ocean, therefore the
expenses involved are significantly minimal. This low budget startup and
on going cost will create thousand of new jobs in coastal communities and
will encourage them to invest in this new cottage industry. |
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Once we upload compressed air the next step is delivery. We can use the
same or similar delivery system that is used for the delivery of natural
gas. We can set the pressure at 500 psi like natural gas delivery lines
for plug in and plug out. Individual power providers can generate
compressed air by solar, wind heat, river or ocean wave and plug it in to
sell and the consumer can plug out this power at a very economical rate
for their utility needs. This kind of pipe line will become a substitute
of oil and natural gas line giving us true freedom from fossil fuel
without any threat of depletion ever. |
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Producing electrical power will be an option at site without transmission
lines and line losses which will take off the load from existing
electrical cables and will reduce the cost significantly in the absence of
ugly looking network of transmission lines and their poles. |
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Compressed air economy will make “harmful emissions” a thing of the past.
It costs lot less, it is non-explosive, it is non-deplete able, and sync
with nature in perfectly harmony. We have to act fast and now is the time.
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New applications may include but not limited to compressed air
transportation systems, mechanical applications, feeding compressed air
directly in the jet engines as hybrids with current power plants,
refrigeration systems, heating systems, military applications, aviation,
even making electricity on demand at will any time any where with
compressed air. |
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Flotation based pumps are perfectly safe to marine life and since only the
support frame is underneath the water which is stationary and the only
moving part is above the surface of the sea therefore it does not and
cannot harm marine life not does it endangers entanglement of marine life
in the air stations because they are based at shoreline. |
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Wave Power Plant Inc. is testing its prototype compressed air station with
a bi-directional pump called SEA GATE-1 to double its production than
conventional technology, to set up the basic infrastructure of compressed
air availability for other application builders to build their
applications in a viable and most economical way. |
Today’s Situation
The oil prices will continue
to rise due to wars, natural disasters, politics, greed & depleting oil
reserves.
Auto industry is
considering options towards hydrogen economy or electric hybrids in the US
whereas Europe is considering adapting compressed air as a substitute as well.
Electricity is
expensive and we can make it many hundred times more economical.
Choices to-date.
Coal produces
greenhouse gases; nuclear energy is expensive and endangers lives by radiation
leaks as in the past.
Solar energy is
limited by day light and weather conditions.
Hydropower is
based on weather and water reserves which are limited and again based on
weather.
Limitations on Energy Sources
Oil has limited
reserves and cannot sustain for more than half a century. Year(2050)
Hydrogen fuel is
not cost effective with current technology and hybrids need gas or electricity.
Sea waves are
24/7 and unlimited. 2/3rd of the earth surface is ocean however this device is
primarily focused only in coastal areas.
The present day
analogy is like the early days of windows and apple computers. Only that company
will prevail in global energy market who can establish a transitional
infrastructure followed by a permanent one, based on pure economic viability to
set the hallmark for future global energy.
Energy Industry is
in disarray
All major
players in oil industry are investing in solar and wind farms and looking for
options.
Every energy
source has its own plus and minus characteristics.
Wind power is
24/7 but unpredictable in most parts of the globe. Most areas are not suitable
enough for commercial energy production being located in the normal wind range
of 2 to 4 class winds.
Do we really have free energy?
· Yes,
Wind is free energy but a weak driver, unpredictable and its feasibility is
limited to
certain areas only.
· Solar
energy is free energy but during the day hours only.
· Sea waves
and tidal currents are free energy source, unlimited, reliable 24/7, though
limited to costal areas but due to its enormous length, it is a viable and
dependable
energy source to fulfill our needs in the foreseeable future.
· Water
currents are more than 800 Times stronger than wind power, meaning that the
power generated by 800 windmills of the same size equals the power of a single
Air
station. We can do the math.
According to the US Department
of Energy, the total power of waves breaking on the world's
coastlines is estimated at 2 to 3 million megawatts. In favorable locations,
wave energy density
can average 65 megawatts per mile of coastline.
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The
driver of this technology is the same free power of the ocean waves that is
unlimited
and available 24/7
· SEA GATE-1
power wave machine is fully automatic and needs no manual calibration.
Wave Energy Devices:
Two Basic Families
· WAVE POWER
SYSTEMS
· OSCILLATING WATER
COLUMNS (OWC)
Tidal Energy Devices:
Four Basic Families
·
AXIAL-FLOW TURBINES
· CROSS-AXIS
TURBINES
· LIFT OR FLUTTER
VANES
· HYDRAULIC TAPPED
DUCTED SYSTEMS
Has anyone tried
this method before?
Currently only few
companies have established power plants by using wave energy by using
the raising water column in a closed chamber creating air pressure to run
turbines.
The disadvantage in their system is that wave action has a variable frequency
and these
fluctuations cause serious hindrance in a continuous operation at a uniform
speed and pace.
Whereas in my invention more fluctuation translates into more energy production.
Secondly in their closed loop system the bouncing energy cancels out a large
amount of
incoming wave energy thus reducing its efficiency whereas in my device, both
incoming or
retreating wave add up the productivity.
WAVE ENERGY
ASSESSMENT FOR USA
Available U.S. Wave
Energy Resource Base:
2,300 Terra watt per hour/year
At 24% of available base at 50 % conversion efficiency
All conventional U.S. Hydro-power = 270 TWh/yr
Major Differences
from Prior Art in Wave energy Category
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Prior art of harnessing sea wave energy has been focused to use the same volume
of
air that originally was trapped in their respective devices, resulting in major
reduction of
force in its working medium due to the same volume dividing the pressure based
on the
size of the exit hole.
· Like 20
Ton force may generate less than 25 psi based at the exit size where the turbine
is set to work.
· In this
invention the same 20 tone force generated by the float is transmitted and
applied
to the piston which has a small area as compared to the float area, resulting in
tremendous buildup pressure against the trapped air which transforms into useful
energy and when accumulated with multiple bi-directional pumps using both wave
curve energy (bouncy as well as kinetic energy) by earth gravity makes my
invention a
very low cost clean and viable option for commercial energy production.
· That the
preferred embodiment embraces a new technology to absorb sea wave energy
which is for more efficient than the prior art.
New Technology
features
Full Wave Curve Extraction (FWCE)
Technology
· We
have the simplest, most economical and reliable technology to establish
compressed air stations, like gas stations today.
· Air is
compressed by using bi-directional pumping action in each wave curve, simply
powered by sea waves & gravity as its sole driver.
· The only
costs involved are construction & Maintenance. The energy is a never ending
supply 24/7.
· The air is
collected in the holding cylinders and compressed further by its own force with
air powered boosters into transportable units for various applications or can be
used to
generate very low cost electricity preferably at site.
Energy Source Comparison (Estimate)
Fuel
Source Cost/kWh Market Share
Coal 4.0¢
50%
Nuclear 15.0¢ 20%
Natural Gas 3.5¢ 10%
Petroleum 5.0¢ 3%
Hydroelectric 4.5¢ (1) 12%
Wind 4.5¢ (2) 0.25%
Solar 10¢
0.5%±
Diesel 7¢ - 40¢ (3) 0.5%±
Biomass 8¢
0.5%±
Wave power plant 1¢-1.5¢ 0.01%±
(1) 2¢ at
good hydroelectric sites
(2) in 15 mph average wind speed conditions
(3) depending on size and location of facility, with smaller more remote
locations having higher
costs.
Market Analysis
The
United States electric power industry is valued at $215 billion and growing. The
Company's primary targeted market is California, the first state to deregulate
and open up the
electric industry to competition. This market is currently worth $22 billion
with annual growth at
2% or $440 million. Wave power plant Inc.' initial sea wave module will produce
less than 0.5%
of California's annual power needs.
Within the next 15 years, costal wave modules could generate $900 billion
worldwide. The sites we have selected are proven to provide sufficient wave
power to enable wave power plant inc. to produce electricity, at a cost lower
than any other fuel source and sell it profitably on the California Power
Exchange.
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