Purpose: electricity generation.
Description: The structure be in the upper position (the first part of the cycle – the structure moves down). From reservoir #2 water is runnig out into the upper part of the buoy #1: this makes a variable mass for it. At the end of the cycle, the water will be runnig out into the GLASS. In parallel, through the valves #1 sequentially the water from the GLASS fills the reservoirs #4, from one of swith reservoirs #5 water enters the secondary pump (this increases the weight of buoy #2)
A decrease in water in the GLASS will lead to a decrease in the Archimedean forces and under the action of gravity, the buoy #1 will begin to lift the water into the reservoir #3. The volume of water remaining in the GLASS is equal to the volume of the reservoirs #2, the volume in the secondary pump and the volume of each of reservoirs #5. The water is running out from the GLASS into the empty reservoir #5.
The second part of the cycle – the structure moves up.
Water from reservoirs #4 is runnig out into the GLASS and there comes a moment when Archimedes’ forces will force buoys 1 and 2 to move upwards. The area between the outer wall of the GLASS and the buoy #1 is very small compared to the area under the buoys, so with a relatively fast movement of the structure upwards to fill the volume under the buoys, the speed of the water in the gap between the outer wall of the glass and the buoy #1 must be high.
According to Bernoulli’s principle, as the speed increases, the pressure will decrease. The pressure difference between the pressure in the reservoirs #4 and the pressure in this gap will allow water to leak from the lower parts of the reservoirs #4.
The main pump lifts water into reservoir #3, the secondary pump lifts water into reservoir #2.
At the end of the cycle, the water from the upper part of buoy #1 is running out into the GLASS. If water remains in reservoirs #4, it is drained into the river and the same volume of water is added to the GLASS from the reservoir.
The main idea of this process is to direct the work of gravity and Archimedes forces acting on buoy 2 to “restore” the potential energy of water – to make a re-circle.
Technical specifications:
Key components of the process:
Key elements:
- turbine can running out water into reservoir
- temporary reservoir #1 – for safety reasons
- temporary reservoir #3 – water accumulator for the turbine, i.e. the water supply will be uneven
- “GLASS” – cup-in-cap-shaped (ring-shaped) tank
- hydrostatic pump consists of two parts: the main hydrostatic pump – like a two-stroke engine: this will allow us to lift water not from the bottom, but from the level of the reservoir.
Specifications:
- the maximum efficiency can be about 60%.
- turbine efficiency is 80-95%.
- the efficiency of hydroelectric power plants is 48-57%
Theoretically, the process used by hydroelectric power plants can give mgH, m is mass, g is acceleration due to gravity, H is the height of the free surface of the water.
Advantages: environmental friendliness, renewable sources, the possibility of distributed generation.
Scope: energy.
Stage of readiness: at the stage of scientific research.
Proposals for cooperation: joint development to the industrial level.
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