CA-3124958-C - MECHANICAL ENGINE FOR POWER GENERATION THROUGH WATER MOVEMENT

Abstract

The invention relates to a mechanical engine (1) to (41), with the auxiliary assemblies thereof, for the purpose of generating mechanical and electrical energy, or both, it being possible for power stations with this system to be built beside the sea or a river, or offshore, or on islands, where there is no cost benefit in producing energy using conventional methods, or in places that are practically inaccessible but where there are waves, tides or differences in water levels. As these water-based energy sources exist in abundance globally, potential future plants that use this system will be able to be more widely dispersed, and there can be more of them, thereby reducing the number of posts, towers, compensation equipment, components and transmission lines.

Inventors

• HAMILTON CORREA ANTUNES

Assignees

• HAMILTON CORREA ANTUNES

Dates

Publication Date

20260505

Application Date

20190129

Priority Date

20180621

Claims (7)

1. 1. A mechanical engine for use on a platform for generating mechanical energy, electrical energy, or both energies simultaneously, through water movement, said mechanical engine comprising: (a) a first floating element connected to a first counterweight by a first cable, and a second floating element connected to a second counterweight by a second cable, wherein the first counterweight is moved using a first pulley that is connected to the platform by a first rod, and the second counterweight is moved using a second pulley that is connected to the platform by a second rod; and wherein the first cable passes through a first hole on the platform and the second cable passes through a second hole on the platform, and moving in an upward direction or in a downward direction rotating a third pulley through a first turnstile and a fourth pulley through a second turnstile, wherein the first cable rotates the third pulley and the second cable rotates the fourth pulley; (b) a plurality of at least one of cables, containment rods, ropes and metal guides attached to the first floating element and the second floating element, wherein the first floating element and the second floating element slide vertically up or vertically down the plurality of at least one of cables, containment rods, ropes and metal guides; ( c) a rotation multiplier box that is activated by the rotation of the third and fourth pulley with an appropriate multiplication ratio for a generator, wherein the generator generates an output voltage; and (d) a flywheel that increases the stabilization of the rotation of the third and fourth pulley to generate the electrical energy or the mechanical energy.
2. 2. The mechanical engine according to claim 1, wherein the first and second floating elements contain weights such that about 90 percent of the first and second floating elements are submerged below water to maximally increase energy per mass times acceleration, inertia and gravity. 9 Date Re9ue/Date Received 2023-10-02
3. 3. The mechanical engine according to claim 1, wherein a fifth and sixth pulley connected by a third cable is situated between the flywheel and the generator, and the fifth pulley and the sixth pulley transmit rotation of the flywheel to the generator.
4. 4. A mechanical engine for use in a hull for generating mechanical energy, electrical energy, or both energies simultaneously, through water movement, said mechanical engme compnsmg: (a) a first floating element connected to a first counterweight by a first cable, and a second floating element connected to a second counterweight by a second cable, wherein the first counterweight is moved using a first pulley that is fixed to the hull, and the second counterweight is moved using a second pulley that is fixed to the hull;and wherein the first cable passes through a third pulley fixed to the hull and the second cable passes through a fourth pulley fixed to the hull, and moving in an upward direction or in a downward direction rotating a fifth pulley through a first turnstile and a sixth pulley through a second turnstile, wherein the first cable rotates the fifth pulley and the second cable rotates the sixth pulley;and (b) a plurality of at least one of cables, containment rods, ropes and metal guides attached to the first floating element and the second floating element, wherein the first floating element and the second floating element slide vertically up or vertically down the plurality of at least one of cables, containment rods, ropes and metal guides; ( c) a rotation multiplier box that is activated by the rotation of the third and fourth pulley with an appropriate multiplication ratio for a generator, wherein the generator generates an output voltage; and (d) a flywheel that increases the stabilization of the rotation of the fifth and sixth pulley to generate the electrical energy or the mechanical energy. Date Re9ue/Date Received 2023-10-02
5. 5. The mechanical engine according to claim 4, wherein the first and second floating elements contain weights such that about 90 percent of the first and second floating elements are submerged below water to maximally increase energy per mass times acceleration, inertia and gravity.
6. 6. The mechanical engine according to claim 4, further comprising a gearbox for changing the engine gear to neutral and reversing rotation.
7. 7. The mechanical engine according to claim 4, further comprising a propeller. 11 Date Re9ue/Date Received 2023-10-02

Description

MECHANICAL ENGINE FOR POWER GENERATION THROUGH WATER MOVEMENT Subject [001] The present invention relates to a mechanical motor, to generate mechanical, electrical energy, using tides, waves, level differentials, or any movement of water. State of the Art [002] Conventional wind farms work with the principles of using wind speed to generate mechanical and electrical energy. [003] Conventional solar energy generated by photovoltaic cells, has the characteristic of transforming light into electrical energy. [004] Conventional solar energy by heat uses equipment that has the characteristic of generating mechanical or electrical energy, using the heat of the sun as an energy source. [005] Conventional hydroelectric plants work with the principle of a large water deposit, which is emptied through the blades of an electric energy generator, making it rotate, thus producing electrical energy. [006] Conventional thermoelectric plants produce electrical energy by burning mineral or vegetable coal, transforming this heat energy into mechanical and electrical energy. [007] Nuclear plants also produce mechanical and electrical energy, through fission of the nucleus of radioactive atoms. [008] The plants or mini plants powered by liquid fuels, some called generator sets, which are normally large combustion engines, have a generator for the production of electric energy coupled to these. 1 Date Re9ue/Date Received 2023-02-13 [009] Conventional wind farms, although they seem simple, need a certain mechanical, electrical, and electronic complexity, for their good functioning, that is why their costs are still high, in relation to their production capacity. [01 0] Solar energy generated by photovoltaic cells, popularly known as solar energy panels, is normally not possible for continuous generation of energy, 24 hours a day, because it depends on sunlight, so at night, it is not possible to use it generation, in addition to having a high cost in relation to the generation capacity. Even using conventional batteries, to compensate for the moments without light or low light, the cost benefit is further impaired in relation to other ways of obtaining energy, except where the cost is not so important, and one of the few cases, are satellites artificial. [011] Solar heat energy, normally used in water heating, has also hindered its continuous use, as it is sporadic, that is, limiting its use only on sunny days, its cost benefit in generating mechanical energy and electrical. [012] Conventional hydroelectric power plants need a large area that must be flooded, causing a strong environmental impact, and are also subject to lowering their levels during the dry season, thus compromising the demands demanded, as well as the place to build one. hydroelectric plants are more critical, as are their works and high cost maintenance. [013] Thermoelectric plants, in addition to having a high cost, generate high levels of pollution and increase in dangerousness, in addition to having to be built in more specific places. And also coal-fired power plants, they don't work with any kind of coal. [014] Nuclear power plants have energy generation efficiency, but a very high risk to the health of living beings, especially human beings, so much so that some cities have been abandoned, due to these radioactive contaminations. 2 Date Re9ue/Date Received 2023-02-13 [015] Plants or mini-plants powered by liquid fuels, also called generator sets, in addition to polluting the environment by burning them, generate high costs, making their use in many cases unfeasible, or due to high costs, including fuel, or high levels of pollution. Description of the Invention [016] The invention has the basic task of drastically reducing costs in the production of mechanical and/or electrical energy on land. It can also be used to move vessels in waters. This drastically reduces the consumption of fuels for vessels' full operation. The use of the invention requires that the buoy or buoys be slid through ducts or containment rails, and must have changes in their physical forms to follow the aerodynamics of the vessels. [017] Mechanical or electrical energy is generated by the invention using tides, waves, water level differences, or any water movement, and also includes the use of earth's gravity, inertia. The mass times acceleration ratio principle is used to stabilize rotation and force multiplication. [018] The invention has the advantage of allowing power plants with this system to be built on the banks of seas, rivers, or on islands, where the cost of generating energy in the conventional ways summarized above makes them not worthwhile. Power plants with this system can also be built in inaccessible places, but where said places have waves or tides of liquids, thereby forming differences in water levels that enable the functioning of the invention. Since there are many places on the planet with different water levels, possible future plants using this system may be