THE STANDARD OF THE HUMAN MODERN LIVING REQUIRES A GROWING NEED OF ENERGY WHICH, IN LARGE PART, COMES FROM THE CONSUMPTIONS OF OIL, COAL, GAS, URANIUM, ETC. THESE CONSUMPTIONS INVOLVE THE GRADUAL REDUCTION OF THE EXISTING STOCKS AND THE INCREASE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION IN CONSEQUENCE OF THE PRODUCTION OF CARBONIC ANHYDRIDE (CO2) AND RADIOACTIVE SCORIAE.
VICTOR HUGO IN HIS NOVEL “QUATRE-VINGT-TREIZE” (1873, VII, 5) INVITES WE ALL TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE RESOURCES OF OUR PLANET EXPLOITING ITS POTENTIAL ENERGIES: ENDOGENOUS (PETROLIFEROUS AND GEOTHERMAL), EXOGENOUS OR RENEWABLE (WIND, HYDRAULIC AND OTHERS). HE ADDS WITH REGARD TO THE EXPLOITABLE POTENTIAL ENERGY FROM THE OCEAN: ”… IMAGINE THE MOVEMENT OF THE SEA WAVES, THE EBB AND THE FLOW, THE COMING AND GOING OF THE TIDES. WHAT IS THE OCEAN? A HUGE WASTED FORCE. HOW STUPID THE EARTH IS! TO NOT USE THE OCEAN!”
(Réflechisséz au mouvement des vagues, au flux et reflux, au va-et-vient des marées. Qu’est-ce que l’océan? une énorme force perdue. Comme la terre est bète! ne pas employer l’océan!)
ONE OF THE DIFFICULTIES IN THE EXPLOITATION OF THE ENERGY PRODUCED BY THE SEA WAVES CONSISTS IN ITS PULSATION. IT MEANS THE TIME INTERVAL (PERIOD) WHICH ELAPSES BETWEEN TWO CONSECUTIVE WAVES. SOME SYSTEMS WERE REALIZED (RESULT OF A NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS IN ADVANCED ENGINEERING) USING BATTERIES OF SINGLE ELECTRIC GENERATORS WHICH WORK IN AN ASYNCHRONOUS WAY. THE FRACTIONS OF THE PRODUCED ELECTRIC ENERGIES, WITH THE AID OF SUITABLE CONVERTERS, ARE SYNCRONIZED AND FORCED INTO THE POWER GRID.
THE MODULE “GIRONDE” CONVERTS THE ACTION OF THE WAVE OSCILLATING MOTION, VARIABLE IN HEIGHT AND FREQUENCY, INTO A CIRCULAR, UNIDIRECTIONAL AND PULSATING ONE .
THE MODULE WAS MANUFACTURED IN THREE MODELS.
THE FIRST ONE. HISTORICAL;
THE SECOND ONE. OF TRANSITION;
THE THIRD ONE. IN A PRE-INDUSTRIAL MODEL BECAUSE ALL THE MECHANICAL PARTS WHICH COMPOSE IT, WITH THE EXCLUSION OF THE FLOAT, ARE AVAILABLE ON THE MARKET.
THIS MODULE IS PART OF A REALITY, DOCUMENTED IN ITS DYNAMIC ACTION, IN THE “MOVIE CLIPS” SECTION OF THIS WEB SITE.
I AM A RETIRED DIPLOMED ELECTRIC ENGINEER AND HAVE WORKED, FOR ABOUT THIRTY YEARS, AT THE PETROCHEMICAL FACTORY PLANT IN PRIOLO (SIRACUSE, ITALY). AT THE STARTING OF MY WORKING, DURING MY TRAINING, I HAVE FOLLOWED THE ASSEMBLING OF A STEAM PLANT: TWO 64 MEGAWATT TURBINES COUPLED TO 94,5 MEGAVOLTAMPERES, 10 KILOVOLTS GENERATORS. AFTER THE STARTING, I HAVE WORKED IN SHIFTS. SOME MONTHS BEFORE MY RETIREMENT (ON MARCH 1992), FOR WORKING REASONS, I WAS IN THE PORT OF SYRACUSE AND I WAS HIT BY THE OSCILLATIONS OF THE BOW OF A SHIP UNDER LOAD. FROM THIS HAPPENING IT IS BORN THE IDEA TO FIND A SIMPLE SYSTEM ABLE TO EXPLOIT THE DOUBLE TIME ENERGY (FROM BOTTOM UP AND TOP DOWN) OF ANY FLOAT.
MY PURPOSE IS TO REDUCE THE ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION (USING A RENEWABLE, CLEAN AND FREE ENERGY SOURCE) AND TO CREATE JOBS. |