Many environmental concerns can be attributed to the bulge device, like most renewable energy devices.
There will be lower potential maintenance costs by lowering the possibility of aneurysms occurring. Environmental damage should be significantly lower due to the rubber that consists of most of the anaconda. Aneurysms in the tube could cause problems with both creation of energy and maintenance needs to fix the issue(Bucchi, 2013). Lowering chances of maintenance could help the bulge device become more economically favorable. Costs for energy are predicted to change from 38 cents per kW/h to 14 cents per kW/h (Renewable Energy Focus, 2009). Energy costs are expected to lower in the UK if these bulge devices are implemented into the power grid. The cost of building one unit of a bulge device would be 1.5 million dollars. It can only be speculated that this is because of a lack of funding/ interest in the project or the international patent process on the technology (more info: ). Much of the work on this project seems to be in a stand still. As the water moves through the tube, the kinetic energy is stored in the surface area of the converter and is passed along the device (more info: ).Īreas of sufficient wave power can be seen in this image. The bulge in the wave is moved or oscillated by the movement of the water for the wave passing by. It is a long tube made of rubber with a polymer coating that can help it stand up to the corrosive environment of the ocean(more info: ).Īt the end of the tube, there is a turbine, valve, and accumulator that all work to smooth out the flow of water to make the energy more consistent going through the turbine. The Anaconda wave converter technology is a relatively system. It can be best assumed that they are still looking for investors for the project 3.
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The group aimed at having a full prototype in the water in 2014, but the paper trail on the Anaconda goes cold in late 2008. The Chief Executive of Operations is Des Crampton. What is so novel about the Anaconda wave converter in respect to previous devices is that the predecessors did use flexible membranes or tubes oriented in the direction of the waves, but none completely depended on the distensibility of a tube made of a rubber-like material.
The licensed manufacturer of the wave converters is CheckMate SeaEnergy Limited. The Anaconda Wave Converter system was invented in 2005 in conjunction by Professor RCT Rainey (WS Atkins Oil and Gas) and Professor FJM Farley (Maritime Energy Development Limited).
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