Automatic Pitch Turbine
Author: Israel Ortiz
Guayama, Puerto Rico, USA
Corresponding author: patent4700@aol.com
Introduction:
This is an invention designed to capture
the energy from sea waves and produce
electrical power. Using the Automatic Pitch
Turbine. The Automatic Pitch Turbine is a
turbine designed to work with the OWC or
oscillating water column. This turbine is very, if
not the most efficient power producing
turbine, from waves in an OWC or under water
bidirectional water flow. This turbine will
produce power in the megawatt power range.
Also it will produce power or electrical power
24/7. Something solar cells and wind turbines
will not be able to do. Also water is more than
800 times denser than air, so will produce more
power per volume than wind turbines. And
since it is used at the shore and not out at sea,
it is less costly to build and operate. This turbine
will rotate in one direction with an bidirectional
input flaw of air ( gas) or liquid. It will not
produce no contamination and will not use no
fuel. The only big cost will be the initial
construction. The energy will come from sea
waves which work 24/7. The OWC system is
being used in Europe, using the Wells Turbine.
How it functions:
An OWC is a tank or pressure chamber 15 in
Figure 8 and 9 that is open at the bottom and
has an opening at the top of the pressure
chamber 15. This opening at the top will have a
connecting pipe 16 in Figure 9 connected to it.
There is a space between this pipe and the
water that will enter this pressure chamber 15
in Figure 9 at the bottom. Therefore this
opening at the top will never be touched by this
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water or sea water. As the water rises in level,
inside the pressure chamber 15, it well create a
high pressure that will cause the air to escape
out the connecting pipe 16 in Figure 9. And as
the water inside the pressure chamber 15 in
Figure 9 moves to a lower level caused by the
water waves. This will create a vacuum inside
that will cause an input of air at the pressure
chamber 15 Figure 9. Therefore there will be a
bidirectional flow of air in this connecting pipe
16 Figure 9 . This pressure and vacuum
produce inside the pressure chamber 15 in
Figure 9 will be very high because the water
inside the tank will have a weight of thousand
of kilograms or tons. And the full mass of water
inside the pressure chamber 15 is being used,
all the way form the crest of the wave, to the
sea bottom. This is not like the floats that are
being used today that uses only the mass of
water that the floats displace and not the full
mass of water all the way to the bottom of the
sea floor . The output power will be much
greater in an OWC than with floats. This OWC
can be seen in Figure 8 and 9, also you can see
that the Automatic Pitch Turbine 1 will be
placed in pipe 16 1n Figure 9. Since the air in
the connecting pipe 16 is chaining direction by
180 degrees, a normal turbine will not work. It
would only oscillate, clockwise and counter
clockwise. And will not produce any output
power.
Here is where the Automatic Pitch Turbine will
comes into play. The Automatic Pitch Turbine
will rotate in one direction with this
bidirectional flow of air in the connecting pipe
16. And will extract the energy from the waves.
How does she do this? She does this by
changing the pitch angle automatically by using
the bidirectional flow of air that makes it spin,
and also change the pitch angle. As shown in
Figure 5 and 6.This will happen because the
Automatic Pitch Turbine's blades 2 are not
stationary but will or can rotate up to 90 Also the maximum pitch angle can be adjusted
degrees or 45 degrees from center position. As from 0 degrees to 45 degrees, by sliding the
you can see in Figure 5 and 6. The center pole adjusting collar 3 in Figure 6. This will limit the
or blade shaft 8, is not at the center of the maximum angle the turbine's blade will change
blade, but upset to one side of the blade, as to. The patent number for this turbine in the
shown Figure 5, 6 and 7B. As an example the USA is US 8,193,653.
Automatic Pitch Turbine's blade 2 is like a flag
on a pole, it will change direction because it has
a long tail. Just like the Automatic Pitch Turbine
as shown in Figure 5, 6 and 7. Also as shown in
Figure 7B the ratio of arc A to B will determent
how fast the blades change direction or pitch
angle.

Figures: Figure 6

Figure 5

Figure 7

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 Figure 9

Figure 8

Equations:
(1) A/B = Damping factor, is measured from
A= 0 to A=B. This will determine how sensitive
the blades will be to the changing flow of gas
(air) or fluid. As shown in Figure 7B.

Conclusions:
On torque tests run on the Wells turbine,
and Automatic Pitch Turbine. The results show

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that the Automatic Pitch Turbine's torque is 4
times greater than that of the Wells turbine.
This can be seen in the videos in Youtube and
who's url address is shown s in the References
section.

References:
1) Vomit Hydro wave Gen,Video of Wells
turbine being used at Scotland
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gcStpg3i5
V8

2) Ortiz, I, Video of the Automatic Pitch Turbine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkNqtdzg
dYU ) and torque test between the Wells
turbine and the Automatic Pitch Turbine.

3) USPTO, More information, in ( uspto.gov )

patent number: US 8,193,653

4) USPTO, Also a Sea Wave Turbine Speed

Control to control the speed of the Automatic
Pitch Turbine. Patent number: US 8,183,703