Under bottom dam wave energy converter

Abstract

Disclosed is a double wall dam with a reservoir between the walls with opening doors mounted on the front wall to allow oncoming waves to open the doors and fill the reservoir. A hole with a turbine and generator is mounted in the bottom of the front wall to allow the water in the reservoir to flow out and spin the turbine and generator to create electricity. The dam can collect the entire wave and stack the water in a column that can be higher than the wave. This dam can produce many times the power than other over the top wave energy converters.

1 . An Under the bottom dam wave energy converter comprising:
 a. a back wall or dam near parallel to the oncoming waves extending from the ocean floor or shoreline upward above the crest of a high wave at high tide with a space between the said walls,   b. a front wall or dam on the ocean side of said back wall extending upward to a height about equal to the said back wall,   c. one or more buoyant doors hinged at the bottom to open and swing inward towards the said back wall mounted in the said front wall between the height of the trough and the crest of oncoming waves,   d. a side wall on each end of said front and said back wall extending from the said back wall to the said front wall and extending from the bottom of said back wall to the top of said back wall to form a reservoir within the four said walls,   e. one or more openings near the bottom of said walls with a turbine mounted in said openings connected to a generator or pump,   f. a bottom connecting the four said walls mounted at the bottom end of said walls.   
     
     
         2 . An Under the bottom dam wave energy converter comprising:
 a. a back wall or dam built on or near the ocean shore from the ocean bottom, extending upward to a height above the highest wave crest at high tide, slanted at an angle with the top end slanted away from the oncoming waves,   b. a front wall about the same size as the said back wall mounted parallel to the said back wall on the ocean side of the said back wall with space between said back wall and said front wall,   c. two side walls connecting said back wall and said front wall at each end of said back wall and said front wall extending upward from the bottom of said walls to the top of said walls,   d. doors mounted on said front wall to allow water from oncoming waves to enter then close to trap the water between the said walls,   e. one or more turbines mounted in said front wall below the said doors,   f. a generator connected to said turbines.   
     
     
         3 . An Under the bottom dam wave energy converter comprising:
 a. a back wall or dam built on or near the ocean shore from the ocean bottom, extending upward to a height above the highest wave crest at high tide, slanted at an angle with the top end slanted away from the oncoming waves,   b. a front wall about the same size as the said back wall mounted parallel to the said back wall on the ocean side of the said back wall with space between said back wall and said front wall,   c. two side walls connecting said back wall and said front wall at each end of said back wall and said front wall extending upward from the bottom of said walls to the top of said walls,   d. doors mounted on said front wall to allow water from oncoming waves to enter then close to trap the water between the said walls,   e. one or more turbines mounted in said front wall below the said doors,   g. a generator or pump connected to said turbines,   h. a false bottom connecting said walls and said sides below said generators and above the sea floor.