The diagram gives a illustration about two different ways to extract energy from ocean waves to collect electricity. The first method uses a pump system to generate electricity. The second one makes electricity with the help of an airflow that is caused by waves.
The first method makes use of the swell. The swell causes that a floating device goes up and down. This is connected to the piston, that pump the water out of the ocean up to a storage tank, via a intake pipe. This pipe has a valve system, so that the water can only go in one direction. From the storage tank the water drops down back in the ocean, with the help of gravity and during the dropdown it windup a turbine. This turbine is connected to the generator, that makes electricity.
With the second method the turbine is turned on by an airflow. This is done with the help of te waves, that pump air in and out of a cabin. This creates an airflow in the next room that turns on the turbine an with that the genrator to make electricity.
Overall, both methods use a turbine that is connected to a generator to make electricity. However by the first method the turbine is turned on by a water flow and the second method by airflow.
The diagram gives
a
illustration about two
different
ways to extract energy from ocean waves to collect
electricity
. The
first
method
uses
a pump system to generate
electricity
.
The
second one
makes
electricity
with the
help
of an
airflow
that
is caused
by waves.
The
first
method
makes
use
of the swell.
The
swell causes that a floating device goes up and down. This
is connected
to the piston, that pump the
water
out of the ocean up to a storage tank, via
a
intake pipe. This pipe has a valve system,
so
that the
water
can
only
go in one direction. From the storage tank the
water
drops down
back in the ocean, with the
help
of gravity and during the dropdown
it
windup a
turbine
. This
turbine
is connected
to the generator, that
makes
electricity.
With the second
method
the
turbine
is turned
on by an
airflow
. This
is done
with the
help
of
te
waves, that pump air in and out of a cabin. This creates an
airflow
in the
next
room that turns on the
turbine
an
with that the
genrator
to
make
electricity.
Overall
, both
methods
use
a
turbine
that
is connected
to a generator to
make
electricity
.
However
by the
first
method
the
turbine
is turned
on by a
water
flow and the second
method
by
airflow
.