Patent ID: 8093743
Filing Date: 2012-01-10
Classification: F03B,F04B,F05B,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A plant for producing electrical power from the movement of waves, comprising: an offshore dam having a fixed generally vertical surface located in open water having wave movement and located vertically at the surface of the water where the waves would lap against it, a submerged part formed in and thus being an integral part of the dam and having an opening below the waves and in close proximity to the plane of the vertical surface for receiving the sea water and a one-way valve allowing the water entering the opening to pass through it, a force exerting structure also formed in and thus being an integral part of the dam for receiving the water entering the opening and forcing that water through the one-way valve, and a turbine in communication with the one-way valve for receiving the water which passes therethrough.