Method for operating a machine located in choppy waters

US8890344B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Robert Bosch GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Norbert Hoffmann · Winsen, DE
• Nicolas Houis · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Nik Scharmann · Bietigheim-Bissingen, DE
• Benjamin Hagemann · Gerlingen, DE
• Jasper Behrendt · Hamburg, DE
• Markus Perschall · Aschaffenburg, DE
• Alexander Poddey · Wiernsheim, DE
• Daniel Seiler-Thull · Stuttgart, DE
• Michael Hilsch · Pöttmes, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 10, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 18, 2014
• Expiry date: Dec 10, 2032

Classification

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

Abstract

A method for operating a machine located in choppy waters, in particular a wave energy converter, for converting energy from a wave movement of a fluid into another form of energy includes determining measurement variables at a first, relatively early time, and calculating a variable characterizing a wave movement expected at a second, later time on the basis of the determined measurement variables.