Patent ID: 8097150

Claim:
A wave energy conversion system, comprising: a barge support frame having a frame superstructure and a plurality of frame support legs selectively extendable from the frame superstructure; a barge carried by the barge support frame; and a plurality of wave energy conversion pumps each comprising: a water transfer conduit carried by the barge support frame and having a filter port; a central pump support shaft extending through the water transfer conduit; an inner water transfer space defined between the central pump support shaft and the water transfer conduit and disposed in fluid communication with the filter port; a pressure conduit mounted for displacement on the water transfer conduit and having an outer barrel, an inner barrel provided in the outer barrel and surrounding the water transfer conduit and an outer water transfer space defined between the inner barrel and the water transfer conduit and disposed in fluid communication with the inner water transfer space; an annular ballast space defined between the outer and the inner barrel of the pressure conduit; ballast provided in the ballast space; and a buoyancy vessel carried by the pressure conduit.