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SEMINAR ON

UNDER WATER WINDMILL

Presented by:
Sandeep.L
USN:4SM09ME043
Mechanical Engineering

INTRODUCTION
What

is it ???

An Underwater windmill like a device that extracts power

from the tides.
Renewable energy technologies are
becoming an increasingly favourable alternative to
conventional energy sources to assuage fossil fuel related
issues. Tidal energy offers a vast and reliable energy source.
This technology is similar to wind energy technology, with
the rotor blades driven not by wind power but by tidal
currents. The gravitational pull of the moon produces a
swift tidal current, which spins the long blades of the
turbine . Which in turn produces electricity via different
parts of underwater windmill . This Energy derived from
the moon that now helps to power a small arctic village.

NAME JUSTIFICATION

Why it is called as underwater windmill ?

"Basically

it's like putting a windmill in the

water," said Bjorn Bekken, a project manager for
Hammerfest Strom.
Or as its looking like a wind mill & are installed
on the ocean floor and large river bed , that
means these are under the water.

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MAIN PARTS
Turbines
Gearbox

Generator
Cables

support

PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION

In simple a underwater windmill consists of a number of

blades mounted on a hub (together known as the rotor), a
gearbox, and a generator.
The hydrodynamic effect of the flowing water past the
blades causes the rotor to rotate, thus turning the
generator to which the rotor is connected via a gearbox.
The gearbox is used to convert the rotational speed of the
rotor shaft to the desired output speed of the generator
shaft.
The electricity generated is transmitted to land through
cables.

RELATED WORK
The first tidal power station was the Rance tidal power
plant built over a period of 6 years from 1960 to 1966
at La Rance, France. It has 240 MW installed capacity.
254 MW Sihwa Lake Tidal Power Plant in South Korea
is the largest tidal power installation in the world.
Construction was completed in 2011.
The first in-stream tidal current generator in North
America (Race Rocks Tidal Power Demonstration
Project) was installed at Race Rocks on southern
Vancouver Island in September 2006. The next phase
in the development of this tidal current generator will
be in Nova Scotia (Bay of Fundy).

IMPLIMENTATION
The

company Atlantis Resources is to install

a 50MW tidal farm in the Gulf of Kutch on
India's west coast, with construction starting
early in 2012.The facility could be expanded
to deliver more than 200MW.
Projections indicate that the cost of the
initial 50MW farm - to consist of 501MW
turbines - will come in at about $150m.
The current timescale has the project's final
engineering plans completed by the end of
this Year 2013.

FUTURE WORK
The contract for an 812 MW tidal barrage near Ganghwa
Island (South Korea) north-west of Incheon has been
signed by Daewoo. Completion is planned for 2015.
A 1,320 MW barrage built around islands west of Incheon
is proposed by the South Korean government, with
projected construction start in 2017.
In New York City, 30 tidal turbines will be installed by
Verdant Power in the East River by 2015 with a capacity
of 1.05MW. The contract for an 812 MW tidal barrage
near Ganghwa Island (South Korea) north-west of
Incheon has been signed by Daewoo. Completion is
planned for 2015.
A 1,320 MW barrage built around islands west of Incheon
is proposed by the South Korean government, with
projected construction start in 2017.

ADVANTAGES:
The advantages of under water windmill is
much more than the disadvantages: Uses Tidal energy ,which is a clean and
renewable source of energy
Have lesser impact on the environment
Low running cost
Long lifetime with little maintenance
Reduces the dependence upon fossil fuels

DISADVANTAGES:
The

initial cost is too high

Very difficult to install
The blade must be coated to avoid
corrosion
Special type material must have to be
used for blade

GLOBAL RESOURCES

It is widely agreed that, tidal stream energy capacity

could exceed 120GW globally .
The UK has one of the largest marine energy resources
in the world.

CONCLUSION

Tides play a very important role in the formation of global climate as

well as the ecosystems for ocean habitants. At the same time, tides are
a substantial potential source of clean renewable energy for future
human generations. Depleting oil reserves, the emission of greenhouse
gases by burning coal, oil and other fossil fuels, as well as the
accumulation of nuclear waste from nuclear reactors will inevitably
force people to replace most of our traditional energy sources with
renewable energy in the future . Tidal energy is one of the best
candidates for this approaching revolution. Development of new,
efficient, low-cost and environmentally friendly hydraulic energy
converters suited to free-flow waters. This type of machine, moreover
,can be used not only for multi-megawatt tidal power farms but also for
mini-power stations with turbines generating a few kilowatts. Such
power stations can provide clean energy to small communities or even
individual households located near continental shorelines, straits or on
remote islands with strong tidal currents.

REFERENCES

http://www.marineturbines.com/
http://www.renewable-solarenergy.com/tidal-ener
gy-power.html
International Energy Agency, World Energy
Outlook 2007.
Prandle, D., Simple theory for designing tidal
power schemes, Advances in Water Resources,
1984.
Sheth, S. and M. Shahidehpour, Tidal Energy in
Electric Power Systems, in Power Engineering
Society General Meeting, 2005.
http://www.tidalenergyltd.com/technology.htm

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