Wave energy converter, and associated operating method and control device

US8884455B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Stefan Reimer · Markgröningen, DE
• Nicolas Houis · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Nik Scharmann · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Benjamin Hagemann · Gerlingen, DE
• Markus Perschall · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Alexander Poddey · Wiernsheim, DE
• Yukio Kamizuru · Aachen, DE
• Michael Hilsch · Pöttmes, DE
• Johannes Nitzsche · Hamburg, DE
• Jasper Behrendt · Hamburg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 14, 2013
• Grant date: Nov 11, 2014
• Expiry date: Jun 14, 2033

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02E10/30
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A wave energy converter comprises a rotor, which is designed to convert a wave movement of a body of water, in which the wave energy converter is arranged, into a rotational movement of the rotor, wherein a mean density of at least one rotating component of the rotor can be adjusted and/or is lower than the mean density of the fluid surrounding the rotor in the body of water. The disclosure likewise relates to a corresponding control device and an operating method.