Patent ID: 8388301

Claim:
A turbine system for utilizing energy of a plurality of ocean waves, said turbine system comprising: a chamber including a lower end with an opening and an upper end with an opening; a channel including two ends, said channel being open at both said ends and configured for guiding a stream of air, said lower end of said chamber configured for being submerged in ocean water, said opening of said upper end being connected to one of said ends of said channel; a coaxially mounted energy unit that is at least partially contained by said channel and includes a first plurality of rotor blades, a second plurality of rotor blades, and a duct surrounding said first plurality of rotor blades and said second plurality of rotor blades, said duct including a circumferential wall surrounding said first plurality of rotor blades and said second plurality of rotor blades, said circumferential wall defining an interior space in which said first plurality of rotor blades and said second plurality of rotor blades are positioned and defining a first through-hole and a second through-hole; and a spraying unit configured for being connected to a source of one of a liquid medium, a gaseous medium, and a steam medium that dissolves salt, said spraying unit including a first spray nozzle positioned adjacent said first through-hole and a second spray nozzle positioned adjacent said second through-hole, said first spray nozzle and said second spray nozzle being and configured for applying one of said liquid medium, said gaseous medium, and said steam medium as a spray medium of said spraying unit respectively to said first plurality of rotor blades and said second plurality of rotor blades respectively by way of said first through-hole and said second through-hole, said first spray nozzle and said second spray nozzle being directly attached to said duct, said first spray nozzle being positioned to apply said spray medium upstream in said duct onto said first plurality of rotor blades, said second spray nozzle being positioned downstream of said first spray nozzle to apply said spray medium downstream in said duct onto said second plurality of rotor blades, said spray medium being sea water.