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re: Wave energy generators
Posted on 5/7/24 at 10:51 pm to gmac8604
Posted on 5/7/24 at 10:51 pm to gmac8604
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This should have been discovered long ago. Why did it take this much time?
Because it is really effing hard to do in any economically practical way. You have:
1. Reversing flow direction, so you either discard 50% of the power or come up with a very complex drive system.
2. Incredibly hostile environment - sea water, critters, plants, storms, etc, all of which hate machinery.
3. Hard to service equipment, PM is through the roof because of the environment, and God help you if something breaks and you leak fluids into the sea, because the legion of government agencies and NGOs who will be on your case for fines, lawsuits, etc sure won't.
I could go on for a while. Worked on some engineering projects in this realm. We've been trying to do something practical for over half a century.
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