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Wave buoy power plant system - #MakeItFloat
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This is my idea of a cheap and sustainable power plant to be anchored somewhere in the open ocean and exposed to the waves there.
## Principle
The three satellites form a tripod system which oscillates against the center body as waves travel through the arrangement. The center body is guided passively by the linkage to roll into a position where the piston can freely oscillate within the hydraulic cylinder. This forces are comparatively small.
A pelton or francis turbine placed within the center body (where there is lots of space for all sorts of equipment) will convert the hydraulic pressure into electric energy.
In practice each of the bodies will be fabricated to have a density of 0.5, so that it is half submerged. The mass of the main body should be equivalent to the sum of the masses of the satellite bodies.
## Energy harvest
To give you some idea about the amount of energy the system can produce with a main body radius of, say, 10 meters:
1. A radius o
## Principle
The three satellites form a tripod system which oscillates against the center body as waves travel through the arrangement. The center body is guided passively by the linkage to roll into a position where the piston can freely oscillate within the hydraulic cylinder. This forces are comparatively small.
A pelton or francis turbine placed within the center body (where there is lots of space for all sorts of equipment) will convert the hydraulic pressure into electric energy.
In practice each of the bodies will be fabricated to have a density of 0.5, so that it is half submerged. The mass of the main body should be equivalent to the sum of the masses of the satellite bodies.
## Energy harvest
To give you some idea about the amount of energy the system can produce with a main body radius of, say, 10 meters:
1. A radius o
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