A Word From Our Patent Attorney

"I've been a patent attorney since 2006, and I've dealt with hundreds of inventors over the course of my career.  I have found that the overwhelming majority of patent applications are for inventions that are merely trivial improvements over pre-existing technologies.  Most of these inventions move the ball forward a little, but these improvements are far from groundbreaking...

By stark contrast, [the HydrOcean team] is the first to pioneer in what I would describe as a wholly untapped technological domain. Their innovative processes and technologies have the potential to completely revolutionize the way we generate both energy and fresh water all across the world, as well as eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels altogether--the possibilities here are boundless."

Click the link to read Patrick's bio.

Renewable energy was the original aspect that motivated our design. We looked to the Hoover Dam for the inspiration of what is possible to achieve within their given parameters. The power generation is a linear function of the available resources. Those numbers were used to calculate the overall size and functionality to fit within the environment we have chosen. The freshwater generation is an added benefit of the system operation. By increasing the overall physics, adding freshwater generation becomes a secondary aspect of our process, and thus increases the value for business and the environment.

Oceanic coastline was chosen for our design for the ability to solve many of the existing problems with current power generation.  Hydroelectric power is better than many other renewable sources because there is no down time; it can generate all day every day.  Solar only works during daylight hours and wind only works when the wind blows.  A typical drawback to hydropower is that damming a river changes the local ecology, blocking the path of wildlife.  Another issue is that although hydropower can generate continuously, it is dependent on rainfall or snow melting to fill the reservoir behind the dam, so in a drought less power is produced.  Having our devices located in the ocean means that other than taking up some space, they won't block any wildlife and regardless of droughts, the ocean will not run out of water.  Tides will not affect the operation of our devices and this is not a wave or current generation method.

At the benchmark engineering, each device for our proprietary technology is designed to create enough power for about 14,000 homes, and generate between 900,000 to 3,600,000 gallons of freshwater per year on US coastlines (area specific).  For example, based on these calculations, it would take 32 units to power Miami FL and generate about 115M gallons of freshwater, 98 units to power San Diego CA and generate about 209M gallons of freshwater, or 63 units to power Honolulu HI and generate about 192M gallons of freshwater.  

We've run calculations for the potential in all 23 U.S. states with oceanic coastline, using at least 1 city in each state, as well as the county each of those cities are located to show the ability to scale up.  More on these calculations with the specifics have been provided for our patrons.

Physicist S. Ghaleb PhD has validated the concept, calculations, and subsequent design.  Dr. Ghaleb has worked closely with our engineers from the concept and is validating this technology from a physics and engineering standpoint. 

Dr. Ghaleb received his Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering in 1968, he then obtained a Master of Science degree in Applied Electro-Physics from Northrop University in 1976, which was sponsored by Teledyne Telemetry Co./Teledyne Aerospace Group.  He also obtained a Master of Science Degree in Physics from Oregon State University in 1979, and his PhD in 1981.   Currently, Dr. Ghaleb is an Adjunct Professor of Physics.