REVISED Volta Prototype Application

伏特波能量转换器原型的研制。波浪能领域尚未实现商业化。Volta解决了大多数障碍：坚固简单，降低了系泊和PTO成本，易于扩展，半熟练劳动力，国际适用性，快速部署。Volta以一种新颖和可持续的方式将海浪的浪涌运动转化为有用的电能。波浪沿着水下的、半柔性的中央脊椎振荡多个扇形。这些水泵将海水泵入水力涡轮机，从而有效地将动力转化为电能。该项目专注于针对私人电力用户的小型设备，例如孤立的定居点，海洋设施和生态海滩度假村。

Development of a prototype Volta wave energy converter. Commercialisation has not yet been achieved in the wave energy sector. Volta addresses themajority of the barriers: rugged and simple, reduced mooring and PTO costs, easy to scale up, semi-skilled labour, international applicability, rapid deployment. Volta converts the surge motion of ocean waves into useful electrical energy in a novel and sustainable way. The waves oscillate multiple flaps along a submerged, semi-flexible, central spine. These pump seawater to a hydroelectric turbine which efficiently coverts the power to electricity.This project concentrates on a small scale device which is targeting private power users, such as isolated settlements, marine installations and eco beach resorts.