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Fig. 8 Ocean Wave Energy 



Fig. 9 Cross Section 



The central core Is also continuously filled with water. A turbine wheel 

 Is located at the bottom of the central core, and a dlffuser section is designed 

 to aid the water flow of the relatively small amount of water flowing downward 

 in the core. 



The only structures above the surfaces of the water are the guide vanes 

 and the load device driven by the turbine wheel. 



I wish to emphasize that the main power source for the turbine wheel is 

 the rotating vortex within the core, and not a vertical fall or translation of 

 water as utilized by hydroelectric turbines in large dams. 



