Patent ID: 7906865

Claim:
Installation for harnessing wave energy, comprising: a floating structure that comprises at least one gyroscopic device, which in turn comprises a flywheel disposed so that it can turn driven by a motor placed on a shaft of said flywheel, and a generator placed on a shaft orthogonal to the aforementioned shaft of said flywheel, the generator being configured so that when the gyroscopic device is in use, said flywheel is subjected to a pitching torque caused by the motion of the waves that can feed said generator, said installation further comprising: a floating device for capturing data that can capture data on the waves; means for controlling the motor; means for controlling the generator; wherein said captured data on the waves are a significant wave height (Hs), a wave peak period (Tp) and a direction of travel of the waves (β), said installation further comprising: means for transmitting the data captured by the data-capturing floating device and for receiving said data in the floating structure; a control unit configured for, based on the data captured by the data-capturing floating device: calculating an optimum rotation velocity ({dot over (φ)}) of the gyroscopic device applicable to said motor; obtaining an optimum resistance torque constant (K); from said optimum resistance torque constant (K), calculating a resistance torque (Mr, N ψ ) applicable to the generator at each rolling cycle of a bidirectional oscillating rolling motion, said resistance torque (Mr, N ψ ) being proportional to the rolling velocity ({dot over (ψ)}) at each time instant; applying said resistance torque (Mr, N ψ ) to the generator and in turn to the shaft orthogonal to the aforementioned shaft.