ALEXANDER M GORLOV
Engineering in Medford, MA
License number
Massachusetts 30204
Issued Date
Sep 12, 1980
Expiration Date
Jun 30, 1982
Type
Structural Engineer
Address
Address
Medford, MA 02155
Professional information
High Volume Tidal Or Current Flow Harnessing System
US Patent:
4464080, Aug 7, 1984
Filed:
Jan 11, 1982
Appl. No.:
6/338482
Inventors:
Alexander M. Gorlov - Medford MA
International Classification:
E02B 908, F03B 1312
US Classification:
405 76
Abstract:
Apparatus permitting the utilization of large volumes of water in the harnessing and extracting of a portion of the power generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides, ocean currents, or flowing rivers includes the provision of a dam, and a specialized single cavity chamber of limited size as compared wth the water head enclosed by the dam, and an extremely high volume gating system in which all or nearly all of the water between the high and low levels on either side of the dam is cyclically gated through the single chamber from one side of the dam to the other so as to alternately provide positive air pressure and a partial vacuum within the single chamber. In one embodiment, the specialized chamber has a barrier at the bottom which divides the bottom of the chamber in half, large ports at the bottom of the chamber to permit inflow and outflow of high volumes of water, and ganged structures having a higher total area than that of corresponding ports, in which the structures form sluice gates to selectively seal off and open different sets of ports. In another embodiment, a single chamber is used without a barrier. In this embodiment, vertical sluice gates are used which may be activated automatically by pressures acting on the sluice gates as a result of ingested and expelled water.
Apparatus For Harnessing Tidal Power
US Patent:
4095423, Jun 20, 1978
Filed:
May 5, 1977
Appl. No.:
5/794239
Inventors:
Alexander Moiseevich Gorlov - Medford MA
International Classification:
F15B 102, E02B 900
US Classification:
60398
Abstract:
An apparatus for harnessing and extracting a portion of the power generated by the rise and fall of ocean tides. A portion of a waterway is dammed and the difference in water levels across the dam provides a pressure differential which, through appropriate valving, feeds two sealed chambers which are used to contain air under positive pressure. The chambers are connected one each to alternate ends of a cylinder for driving a piston and rod assembly disposed therein, in reciprocating motion. The dam is comprised of a thin-walled structure which may be either rigid, conventional materials or flexible and flotationally supported.