No tethering needed. The foot of the pump will seat on the sea floor. My
pumps have a narrow depth that it can be deployed on.
No swimmers near the pumps. The pump will be deployed at least a 100 feet from
the shore where depths are at least 18'. Even if they do stray close by,
there is very minimal danger. The pumps are just a bunch of floaters bobbing
up and down in the waves. In fact, if the pumps are deployed as a curtain
around the swim area beach, it would make the swimming experience more pleasant
because the pumps will act as sort of a break water making waves milder for the
beach swimmers.
The pumps will not make surfing possible for obvious reasons, but swimming in
the shallow areas should be OK.
Jojo
----- Original Message -----
From: Eric Walker
To: vortex-l@eskimo.com
Sent: Sunday, July 27, 2014 5:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Vo]:Wave Powered Design for less than $200/kw
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Jojo Iznart <jojoiznar...@gmail.com> wrote:
My design consists of deploying wave powered small pumps. Each pump cost
less than $15.. I plan to deploy around 10,800 such pumps to generate between
1.4MW to 5MW of electricity depending on the intensity of the waves.
I'm guessing there will need to be tethering to anchor all of the pumps.
What measures will be needed to ensure safety of swimmers in the area?
Eric
