TIDAL ENERGY

COMPREHENSION AND TECHNICAL PRESENTATION

TECHNICAL REPORT

Submitted by

VASUDEVAN.J

in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ANNA UNIVERSITY
CHENNAI 600 025

APRIL 2019

ANNA UNIVERSITY
CHENNAI 600 025
 CERTIFICATE

The report work embodied in the present re entitled “TIDAL

ENERGY” has been carried out in the mechanical department, k,s,r

college engineering, tiruchengode. The work reported herein is original

and does not form part of any other report or dissertation on the basis of

which a degree or award was conferred on an earlier occasion or to any

other student.

I understand the University’s policy on plagiarism and declare that

the report are my own work, except where specifically acknowledged and

has not been copied from other sources or been previously submitted for

award or assessment.

VASUDEVAN.J MR.P.MANUNEETHI
ARASU
STUDENT
Internal Examiner External Examiner
 ABSTRACT

Thephenomenon of rise and fall in the ocean waters, called tides, is due to
the attractive forces between the celestial bodies; Sun, Earth and the Moon.
When the ocean water rises to a maximum extent, it is called spring tide
and when they fall off to the lowest possible extent, it is called neap tide.
With progress in technology, the usage of electric and electronic devices is
exponentially increasing and there is a need to produce extra power other
than the existing, in order to meet the future demands. Tidal energy can be
considered as one of the best existing source of renewable energies Unlike
the wind, solar, thermal energy etc., tidal energy is something that has a
long term perspective and it can be forecasted more accurately. Tidal
energy is clean and not depleting. Because of these features it is unique and
suitable to use it as a power generating source in the future. There are
various types of tidal power plants across the world with varying tidal
elevation. Also, the method of conversion of tidal energy into electrical
energy is site specific. But generally, the method followed for extracting
energy from tides is similar to the conventional hydroelectric power plants.
In this paper, the tides at some locations across the world and along the
Indian coast, tidal power plants across the world, resource allocation of
tidal power plants, advantages and disadvantages of tidal.

The study consists of measuring theoretical energy creation if a

mechanism were to be placed in the sea flow below tidal areas. Tidal
loading causes fluid to move within the sea floor, this theoretically can be
made into electricity, by means of turbines. They considered the gas flow
as well as simple fluid flow, and give expressions to find calculated
energy creations. Though this energy may not be able to be obtained all
of the time, only favorable conditions will be able to create enough
electricity. Base on current understandings, tidally induced flow in subsea
formations appears to make little.
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

I wish to record my deep sense of gratitude and profound thanks to

my faculty Mr.P.Manuneethi Arasu, assistant professor, mechanical
engineering, k.s.r college of engineering, tiruchengode, for his keen
interest, inspiring guidance, constant encouragement with my work during
all stages, to bring this thesis into fruition.

I am extremely indebted to Dr. Sivashankaran, head of the

department, mechanical engineering, k.s.r college of engineering,
tiruchengode, for their valuable suggestions and support during the course
of my research work.

I also thank the faculty and non-teaching staff members of the

mechanical engineering, k.s.r college of engineering, tiruchengode, for
their valuable support throughout the course of my report work.
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