The main features of a wave-energy machine
A wave-energy is a machine which uses the force of wave as a resource of energy to generate electric power. As the picture shows, the machine is like a bawl, on the lower side of the machine, there is an opening which allows sea water to get into the lower chamber of the machine, (note: the opening must face the direction where the wave comes) after the water level inside the machine raises, the air will flow up into the upper chamber of the machine, at the same time, the air from the out side will flow in because of the perssure, as the two forces join together, the turbine, which was located in the upper chamber will spin, and that force will become electric energy since the turbine was connected with a electricity generator, so as the turbine spins, the electric enegry will be produced.
It is also necessary to know where to put these wave-energy machines. There are basically two options for the location choosing: 1, Put the machines near the land, in this case, there will be small waves that comes into the machine which well obviously perduce less enegry or low output, but at the same time, there will be a low installation costs; 2, Put the machines further from the land, in this case there will be larger waves that comes into the machine and there will be high output as well, but the installation costs will be high because it is more difficult to install them in a deep water level.
The main features of a wave-energy machine
A wave-energy is a
machine
which
uses
the force of
wave
as a resource of energy to generate electric power. As the picture
shows
, the
machine
is like a bawl, on the lower side of the
machine
, there is an opening which
allows
sea water to
get
into the lower chamber of the
machine
, (note: the opening
must
face the direction where the
wave
comes
) after the water level inside the
machine
raises, the air will flow up into the upper chamber of the
machine
, at the same time, the air from the
out side
will flow in
because
of the
perssure
, as the two forces
join
together, the turbine, which
was located
in the upper chamber will spin, and that force will become electric energy since the turbine
was connected
with
a
electricity generator,
so
as the turbine spins, the electric
enegry
will
be produced
.
It is
also
necessary to know where to put these wave-energy
machines
. There are
basically
two options for the location choosing: 1, Put the
machines
near the land,
in this case
, there will be
small
waves
that
comes
into the
machine
which well
obviously
perduce
less
enegry
or low output,
but
at the same time, there will be a low installation costs; 2, Put the
machines
further
from the land,
in this case
there will be larger
waves
that
comes
into the
machine
and there will be high output
as well
,
but
the installation costs will be high
because
it is more difficult to install them in a deep water level.