Patent ID: 8602682
Filing Date: 2013-12-10
Classification: E02B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for mixing layers of an ocean comprising: a main duct comprising a vertically elongated wall, an interior space being defined within said main duct, an upper open end of said main duct terminating below a surface of the ocean, a lower open end of said main duct terminating below said upper open end of said main duct, and a plurality of orifices at the lower end of said main duct; a plurality of elongated conduits extending vertically within said interior space of said main duct, wherein the upper end of each plurality of elongated conduits extends vertically above said upper end of said main duct, wherein each said upper end of said plurality of elongated conduits terminates in an area of the ocean experiencing increased pressure due to ocean surface waves, the lower end of each plurality of elongated conduits terminates at one of said orifice in said lower end of said main duct; said plurality of elongated conduits each being composed of a heat insulating material at the upper portion of said conduits and said plurality of elongated conduits each being composed of a heat conducting material at the lower portion of said conduits, wherein the heat insulating material and the heat conducting material are different materials; and wherein said plurality of elongated conduits provides a plurality a down-flow passages of ocean water from the surface of said ocean to said orifices of said main duct and said main duct provides an up-flow passage of ocean water from said lower end of said main duct to said upper end of said main duct.