Inertial hydrodynamic recirculation pump and wave motor

Abstract

The embodiments described herein include a floating wave energy transformer. In one embodiment, the wave energy transformer comprises an upper chamber having a first fluid receptacle and a first gas pocket, and a lower chamber having a second fluid receptacle and a second gas pocket. In one embodiment, an injection tube is between and fluidly coupled to the upper and lower chambers, wherein the injection tube is to propel a fluid from the second fluid receptacle to the first fluid receptacle when the upper chamber, lower chamber, and injection tube oscillate about the waterline, with the upper chamber adjacent to the waterline and the lower chamber submerged below the waterline and vertically below the upper chamber.In one embodiment, an effluent tube is fluidly coupled to the upper chamber and the lower chamber, where the effluent tube is for returning fluid from the first fluid receptacle to the second fluid receptacle.