Wave energy converter with a differential cylinder

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PATENT NO 10495053
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15574186

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A wave energy converter includes a buoyant body and an acceleration tube with a working cylinder and working piston movable therein, a mooring system, and at least one energy collecting device including a differential cylinder having an internal pump piston connected to the working piston via a piston rod. The differential cylinder includes a pumping chamber and an annular pumping chamber. When decreasing volume of the annular gap-shaped pumping chamber, the pump piston expels hydraulic fluid from the pumping chamber toward the pressure accumulator and draws hydraulic fluid from the fluid tank into the substantially cylindrical pumping chamber. During a working stroke causing a decrease in volume of the substantially cylindrical pumping chamber, the pump piston causes hydraulic fluid to bypass the pump piston through a fluid connection from the substantially cylindrical pumping chamber into the annular gap-shaped pumping chamber and further in a direction toward the pressure accumulator.

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W4P WAVES4POWER AB426 58 VÄSTRA FRÖLUNDA

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Alm, Filip Bohus, SE 17 64

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