METHOD FOR PRODUCING ELECTRICAL ENERGY FROM SURFACE WAVES
A method and a device for producing electrical energy from surface waves can be used for creating wave power stations. The kinetic and potential energy of a surface wave is converted into rotation of a turbine and of a rotor of an electrical energy generator as a result of the acceleration of the flow of water by an annular vertical symmetrical nozzle and by blades of a symmetrical guide apparatus. The body of the nozzle is mounted in the direction of travel of a wave at a given height from the level of the crest and trough of the wave and at a given angle to the plane of the surface of the wave. The position of the body of the nozzle along the vertical direction is adjusted and its tilt angle is selected by means of a computer program. The diameter of the body of the nozzle is not greater than half the annual mean wavelength, and the height of the body of the nozzle is not greater than the annual mean wave amplitude.