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 Ocean Submerged Hydroelectric Powerplant
Nadeem Nafis FIEB
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Abstract— Almost all of the hydroelectric powerplant requires twilight exist and has steady slop. The author is thinking
water head which actually can rotate water turbine. Whatever may about to setup an Underwater Hydroelectric Powerplant
be the technology is, impulse or reaction turbine, it obviously (UHP) here.
requires water head. Water head creation requires man made
infrastructure on a particular god gifted area or landscape. But in
this paper the author gives an idea about producing electricity, with
a fully submerged Hydroelectric Powerplant, underneath the ocean
within continental shelf area so that no dam or other man-made
obstacle need to build to produce water head. This can also be
implemented in a pool or pond having same structure like ocean or
by processing like that.

Keywords—Hydropower, Underwater, Hydroelectricity,

Powerplant, Turbine, Ocean energy, Power, Renewable energy.

I. INTRODUCTION
Hydroelectric powerplant actually constructed in a place
where water energy or water head can be obtained by giving
an obstacle on the flow and that hinderance, usually refers as
dam. This arrested water gained much potential energy
which is called head due to its level from the sea level. The
more the height of the water level from ground or from sea Fig. 1. Ocean Structure [7]
level the more energy exists, in the water. Whenever the
water allows to flow through a conduit this water moves Schematic diagram of the author’s brainchild idea of
turbine and as a consequence electricity is produced UHP is given below:
[1][3][4].
The main thing is that hydroelectric power plant can’t be
build where-ever you like. There must be a water flow or
source at a sufficient high position which is actually
Almighty god (Allah SWT) gifted. Moreover, dam must be
built to hold water to produce more head and there must be
another water way or body in which discharge will occur.
Huge cost involves in making such said infrastructure
beside that mammoth environmental impacts causes
ecosystem disorder. Despite of all sorts of demerits still
hydroelectric power plant gives low cost electricity with
minimum maintenance & operation cost and that’s why it is
still the best way to produce electricity. But without the gift
of Almighty god (Allah SWT) or surroundings situation such
as elevated water source or path it is not possible at all. [3][4]
Fig. 2. Line Diagram of UHP in two design.
Pumped hydropower plant is now a solution but there
still those above said negative environmental impacts Within 660 feet the whole powerplant may be build at a
persists. But if an underwater powerplant can be build all suitable depth and place which should be leak proof.
sorts of disadvantages can be eradicated. [1] Practically it seems impossible but author thinks that even
Ocean has current and the structure is uniform. There are small capacity UHP can be build.
few parts like continental shelf, continental slope etc. [5] In the diagram tank-A refers to a conical shaped tank
The author generated an rough idea to build a powerplant connected with tank-B which is the largest tank and this
in the continental shelf or in the middle of a ocean or on the tank-B actually responsible for creating water head. Tank-A
bank of the ocean, same as other hydroelectric powerplant. opening will depend on tank-B water level. If water level in
tank-B falls below specified level than tank-A gate or valve
will open & intake water from ocean automatically.
II. IDEA Automatically means due to ocean own head itself and for
Refer to the figure-1 [7] it is vivid that continental shelf the setup beneath the sea level, water will flow inside the
area depth is approximately 660 feet. In this oceanic region tank-B.

Research Proposal
 From tank-B water will flow through the conduit and
finally to the turbine region which may be either propeller or
reaction type turbine. However, there are two sought of
design proposed by the author design-A and design-B.
Design-A is similar to conventional powerplant and design-B
is an idea only.
Then water will flow out to the draft tube and in the draft
tube area one valve should be placed for prevention of
entering sea water.
III. PROPOSAL
The following proposals are deemed:
1. Checking theoretical feasibility and viability
2. Feasibility study through computer program (if
possible)
3. Prototyping/Simulation
4. Validation of the project.
References
[1] https://www.usbr.gov/power/edu/pamphlet.pdf, acessed on 23rd
Sptemebr, 2018.
[2] https://auislandora.wrlc.org/islandora/object/1213capstones%3A7/dat
astream/PDF/view, acessed on 23rd Sptemebr, 2018.
[3] https://water.usgs.gov/edu/hyhowworks.html, acessed on 23rd
Sptemebr, 2018.
[4] Vineet Kumar Singh, Neha Singh Chauhan and Deepti Kushwaha,
AN OVERVIEW OF HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER PLANT: ISST
Journal of Mechanical Engineering, Vol. 6 No. 1, (January - June
2015), p.p. 59-62
[5] https://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/unit/text.php?unit=3&secNum
=2, acessed on 23rd Sptemebr, 2018.
[6] P. Hoagland, J. Jacoby and M. E. Schumacher, Law of the Sea, 1st
edition of Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, volume 3, pp 1481–
1492,& 2001, Elsevier Ltd.
[7] http://www.iupui.edu/~g115/mod15/lecture06.html

IV. CONCLUSION
This is merely an idea and author doesn’t know that
weather it will work or not. Extensive research activity by
prototyping, simulating, modelling etc. need to carry out to
see its feasibility and output. If Almighty (Allah SWT) give
his blessings then it will obviously change the whole
scenario with a new innovative hydropower engineering
sector.
The author thinks that if underwater or under sea tunnel
for vehicle or train movement, nuclear submarine is possible
to make then it is also possible by deeply refining this
concept.

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