PROCEDURES FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A WORLD ENERGY CHANGE DEVICE

摘要

This invention relates to a method for planning, designing and manufacturing a wave energy conversion apparatus to be used in relatively shallow water, the apparatus comprising at least: a base (1) arranged to be anchored to the sea bed; an upstanding fin (2) pivotally connected to said base (1), and arranged to oscillate in use back and forth about the vertical in response to wave motion acting on faces of the fin (2), and said fin (2) comprising a float part (2b) being sufficiently buoyant in water tending to assist the fin (2) to vertical; and power-take-off (PTO) means (7) for extracting energy from the motion of the fin (2). A wave energy conversion apparatus and particularly structure of the fin (2) and its components is planned, designed and dimensioned beforehand to be as efficient as possible exactly at its own installation site, so that the sea states of the installation site and a wanted energy production are taken as initial parameters.