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This design is similar to that of US patent 7355298. It's not for profit. I've changed almost half of the equipment used. And the design.
A siphon refers to an inverted U-tube that allows liquid to flow uphill above the surface of the reservoir(a tank with the greater height of water) without the help of pumps, powered by the fall of the liquid as it flows down the tube under the pull of gravity, and is discharged at a level lower than the surface of the reservoir.
So in this Instructable, I'll be demonstrating the concepts behind Siphon Generation. And how to build your own Siphon Wave Generator at home using easily available hardware materials such as pipes.
Waves are a powerful source of solar power. The sun heats the earth causing the air near the ground to heat and rise creating wind. The air over the sea is cooler and therefore falls. This change in wind, causes wind to blow from land to sea. When the wind blows over a body of water the energy of the wind is exchanged to the waves it creates. The power of the waves is concentrated solar power. The power created in the waves is both the movement of the waves and the lifting of the water to the crest of the waves. And therefore these waves can be used to generate huge amounts of energy.
Wave power plants extract the energy from the waves and convert this energy into useful electric power.
The main advantages of extracting energy from waves are:
I made this project with a person I met in a science internship at the Foundation For Diffusion of Scientific Knowledge. (Saad Ahmed)
Please like this page:
http://www.facebook.com/FDSKtrust
And you can follow their website at : http://www.fdsk.org.pk/
This design is similar to that of US patent 7355298. It's not for profit. I've changed almost half of the equipment used. And the design.
A siphon refers to an inverted U-tube that allows liquid to flow uphill above the surface of the reservoir(a tank with the greater height of water) without the help of pumps, powered by the fall of the liquid as it flows down the tube under the pull of gravity, and is discharged at a level lower than the surface of the reservoir.
So in this Instructable, I'll be demonstrating the concepts behind Siphon Generation. And how to build your own Siphon Wave Generator at home using easily available hardware materials such as pipes.
Waves are a powerful source of solar power. The sun heats the earth causing the air near the ground to heat and rise creating wind. The air over the sea is cooler and therefore falls. This change in wind, causes wind to blow from land to sea. When the wind blows over a body of water the energy of the wind is exchanged to the waves it creates. The power of the waves is concentrated solar power. The power created in the waves is both the movement of the waves and the lifting of the water to the crest of the waves. And therefore these waves can be used to generate huge amounts of energy.
Wave power plants extract the energy from the waves and convert this energy into useful electric power.
The main advantages of extracting energy from waves are:
- The energy is solar with no pollution.
- Wave power is renewable and is a source of power great enough to power the world.
- Most are costly to build in relation to the amount of electricity extracted.
- Most generating devices are complex with numerous moving parts that experience great wear due to the salt and sand in the ocean often causing the cost of repair to exceed the value of the electricity extracted.
- Storms often destroy entire wave generating stations.
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Signing UpStep 1: Siphon Generation: The Concept
There are 3 main Physics Principles behind Siphon Generation:
When the crest of a wave is at the first vertical intake pipe the water level will be higher at that pipe than any other vertical intake pipe, thus the water will start flowing up the first vertical pipe at the crest of the wave. The one way valves in the other intake pipes would prevent the water from flowing out thus forcing the water to flow through the horizontal generating pipe turning the prop and generator, thus producing electricity. The water would then flow down any of the exhaust pipes in which the water height outside the exhaust pipe is below the height of the water outside the first intake pipe due to the siphon effect.
When the crest of the wave moves to the second intake pipe the water level is higher at the this pipe than any other intake pipe causing the water to flow up this pipe through the horizontal pipe turning the generator in the same direction, generating electricity and flowing down the exhaust pipe closest to the trough of the wave due to the siphon effect.
The valves in the intake and exhaust pipes would jointly cause the water to flow in only one direction through the horizontal pipe, from the intake side to the exhaust side. This would cause the generator to turn in only one direction.
After you pour a little water into each bucket you then get the air out of the tubing priming the system. Then, when you pour more water into one bucket it'll siphon over to the other bucket, spinning the turbine, until the levels equalize. Then you've got to pour more water into one bucket to get the siphon action started again. Once both buckets are filled up you've got to get rid of enough water to make more room in the buckets.
- Hydro Static Pressure
- Atmospheric Pressure
- Pull of Gravity
When the crest of a wave is at the first vertical intake pipe the water level will be higher at that pipe than any other vertical intake pipe, thus the water will start flowing up the first vertical pipe at the crest of the wave. The one way valves in the other intake pipes would prevent the water from flowing out thus forcing the water to flow through the horizontal generating pipe turning the prop and generator, thus producing electricity. The water would then flow down any of the exhaust pipes in which the water height outside the exhaust pipe is below the height of the water outside the first intake pipe due to the siphon effect.
When the crest of the wave moves to the second intake pipe the water level is higher at the this pipe than any other intake pipe causing the water to flow up this pipe through the horizontal pipe turning the generator in the same direction, generating electricity and flowing down the exhaust pipe closest to the trough of the wave due to the siphon effect.
The valves in the intake and exhaust pipes would jointly cause the water to flow in only one direction through the horizontal pipe, from the intake side to the exhaust side. This would cause the generator to turn in only one direction.
After you pour a little water into each bucket you then get the air out of the tubing priming the system. Then, when you pour more water into one bucket it'll siphon over to the other bucket, spinning the turbine, until the levels equalize. Then you've got to pour more water into one bucket to get the siphon action started again. Once both buckets are filled up you've got to get rid of enough water to make more room in the buckets.
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BTW there seems to be much adu about patent law going on here instead of the proper attention to your work... to this I say, (and I'm sure I'll get spammed for it, although if you pay attention to what I'm about to quote, you'll realized I don't care and please restrain yourselves).
âI am free, no matter what rules surround me. If I find them tolerable, I tolerate them; if I find them too obnoxious, I break them. I am free because I know that I alone am morally responsible for everything I do.â
â Robert A. Heinlein
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This has, of course, caused issues in chemistry research since the courts have decided that the numerical limit on quantity produced applies per-molecule if you're synthesizing patented chemicals... So be careful in that area.
Practically speaking, he could probably even make and sell these to a few individuals as long as the profit is minimal or not for profit. Patents, like laws, are passive documents. They don't actually do anything by themselves, they have to be enforced. Unlike laws, which have a public agent (police and justice) to enforce them, patent enforcement is up to the IP holder. For individual hobbyists, it's just not remotely financially beneficial to go after them legally.
If one were to actually try to turn a decent profit off of selling them, then one would be looking at trouble.
I used a similar thing to the English researchers in around 1990 in a stream in Ireland to generate suction.
I very much doubt that the patent has merit. Many wave power systems have been tried off the coast of Scotland since the 70's. You are very likely to find something far more advanced there if anyone from the US patents office bothers to look.
The US is a trigger happy at granting patents in the hope that the USA can then claim ALL innovation.
And see how it stifles SCHOOLKIDS half way across the world!?
Is that a good thing?
For instance, immigrants from eastern Europe got US patents on mechanical processing of natural rubber (from plants other than trees). But wait a minute, isn't Russia the world leader in processing natural rubber (from plants with milky fluid)? So. perhaps in their infinite wisdom, the us patent office could check with the Russian patent office before stifling the ENTIRE natural rubber production capability of the dry sections of the USA. Because just maybe the Russians have patented the idea years ago and the patents may have RUN OUT. Meaning a guy with a machine shop could make machines to process the plant material.
Let the kid in Pakistan do his work, lots of good can come of it.
Patents are doing immense damage to creativity. We should replace them with something that works and allows sharing of information without fear that someone will "steal" your idea.
I will not disagree with your assessment of the US PO issuing frivolous patents but this is not unique to the US. The US may do more of it, but to be honest there is some evidence that this began in Europe in the 1800's, the US, as with most things, took it to the next level, unfortunately dropping Thomas Jefferson's strict patent laws in 1836 in part to compete with Europe.
The US received nearly 7 million patents requests with 54% issued. 3.5 million patenets does seem to be a bit excessive but consideration should be given to the fact most companies file only in the US to limit the patent fees associated with filling in all countries.
And the US patent office SHOULD contact the russian patents office and they should consider something called prior art. If it has been done before, and published (anywhere in the world) it is prior art. and prior art cannot be patented.
The situation is beyond stupid at this stage.
Why should someone be allowed to patent something that has been done in another country for over 50 years? It helps only one person and holds back everybody else.
Your point about stifling innovation is well taken but what would happen to all the US based inventors if suddenly getting a patent takes 10 or 15 years instead of the 1 to 2 years it takes now. This may sound exaggerated but think how much work it would take to call all the countries around the world, ask them to search their patent system (many are not computerized) and let the US PO know the results. I doubt they would even do the search because of the trouble and time it would take.
In the US, utility and plant patents last 20 years (an obvious prize given big agricultural business for their campaign donations) Design patents last 14 years. After that they move into the public domain.
One huge problem right now with patents is patent trolls like Apple, Microsoft and Google. They purchase patents then use their money to register the patents in every country in the world and prohibit anyone from using the idea. In effect they have used their money to put in place the very systems you are advocating.
There is a simple solution. Advocate for all UN member countries to join the World Intellectual Property Organization. All patents are registered through them and there could be one set of rules for patents worldwide. Put rules in place that prevent people from sitting on patents and not doing anything with them. If a utility patent goes unused a petition can be made to WIPO to move it into the public domain for the benefit of everyone.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reasonable_and_non-discriminatory_licensing
Nothing prevents people from posting articles like this young mans. If anywhere that would fall under copyright but his alteration and disclosure of where he got the idea from clearly covers that.
From inventor Anvar U. Buranov
". The process of claim 1, wherein said rubber-bearing plant material is selected from the group consisting of Russian dandelions, Guayule shrub, and mixtures thereof.
10. The process of claim 9, wherein said Russian dandelions are selected from the group consisting of Taraxacum kok-saghyz, Taraxacum krim-saghyz, Scorzonera tau-saghyz, Scorzonera Uzbekistanica, Scorzonera taka-saghyz, and mixtures thereof."
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