TIDAL ENERGY

STUDENT NAME : AKHIL ALLE

STUDENT NUMBER : W19049340
MODULE CODE : KD7068
MODULE TUTOR : DR. MOUSA MARZBAND
Contents

 Introduction
 Tides
 Types of Tidal plants
 Tidal plants in various places
 Advantages and Disadvantages
 Conclusion
Introduction

Tidal energy is also known as Tidal power, is a form of hydropower that converts the energy
of tides into useful forms of power – mainly electricity. This is the only form of energy whose
source is moon.
What is Tide?

 Tides are the waves caused due to gravitational pull of the moon and sun.
 The pull of the centrifugal forces of rotation of the earth – moon system.
 There are two high tides and low tides during ach period of rotation of the earth.
Types of Tides

Spring Tide or High Tide:

During the full moon and new moon phases, the moon and the sun are aligned and
there effects combined, producing the “Spring ” Tides or “High” Tides.
Neap tides or Low tides:

 During waxing and waning moons, they are positioned in from each other, their
gravitational attraction each pulls in different directions, causing “Neap” Tides or
“Low” Tides.
ELECTRICITY GENERATION THROUGH TIDAL
ENERGY

Three types of tidal plant facilities.

 Tidal barrages
 Tidal currents turbine
 Tidal fences
1. Tidal barrages

  A tidal barrage is a dam-like structure used to capture the energy from masses of water moving in
and out of a bay or river due to tidal forces.
  Barrages make use of the potential energy in the difference in height – or head – between high
and low tides.
Pros and Cons of Tidal barrages

Pros Cons

 Mature technology that has been  High costs of construction

around for nearly 50 years  Needs a wide area.
 Reliable energy source.  Environmental impacts on marine life
 Low maintains cost.
2. Tidal current turbines
 Tidal stream generators are very similar to wind turbines except their below the
water surface instead of above or on land.
 The turbine and generator converts the movement of water coming from change in
tide, the kinetic energy, into electricity.
 Water is 830 times denser than air and therefore can generate electricity at lower
speeds than wind turbines.
Pros and Cons of tidal current turbines
Pros
 Able to utilize both ebb and flood
tides.
 Tidal current turbines are not large
massive dam structure.
Cons
 Tidal current turbine technology is
young in its development
 Installation and maintenance
challenges
 Environmental impacts are still being
tested
3. Tidal Fence
  It is an man-made device used to harvest kinetic energy from the sea.
 They are entwined together like a fence.
 They are submerged in the sea.
 Tidal fence is a series mounted in a row across a estuary.
 Each turbine has a vertical shaft attached and shaft is mounted in the fence.
Pros and Cons of Fence Turbine

Pros Cons
 Able to utilize both ebb and flood  High Initial Cost
tides.  Maintenance is high.
 It is more suitable in fast flowing  Limited locations to put them.
areas such as channels between two
land masses.
 All the electrical generators,
machinery and cabling can be kept
high and dry above the water.
Tidal power plants
Tidal plants in India

 West Bengal Renewable Energy Development Agency in Sunderbans.

 The Indian state of Gujarat is planning to host South Asia's first commercial-scale
tidal power station. 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. later on it is decided to increase the capacity up to 250MW plants
Advantages and Disadvantages
 Advantages:
 It is an inexhaustible source of energy.
 Tidal energy is environment friendly energy and doesn't produce greenhouse gases.
 Efficiency of tidal power is far greater as compared to coal, solar or wind energy. Its efficiency is around 80%.
 The life of tidal energy power plant is very long.
 The large density of water, almost 1000 times greater than in air, results in very large amounts of energy to
get out of the tidal currents even if the speed is low.
 Disadvantages:
 Cost of construction of tidal power plant is high.
 There are very few ideal locations for construction of plant and they too are localized to coastal regions only. 
 The actual generation is for a short period of time. The tides only happen twice a day so electricity can be
produced only for that time.
 This transmission is expensive and difficult.
Conclusion

 Tidal power is a proven technology and has the potential to generate significant amounts of
electricity at certain sites of electricity at certain sites around the world.

 Although, our entire electricity needs could never be met by tidal power alone, it can be invaluable
source of renewable energy.