dennis123g Posted July 7, 2008 Report Share Posted July 7, 2008 I am not an engineer but have done some research on different idea's for plausible new means of generating our power needs, ...I believe tidal generation is the way to go, .... I have been wondering if it would be feasible to use the tidal lift upon a floating object perhaps even mothballed or out of service ocean liners to generate power taking advantage of the waters tremendous lifting ability and the great weight of the vessel on the drop, suppose a cradle was built to accomodate the vessel in a dug or deeper channel near a land mass or built structure and by linkage through a fulcrum and lever or gearing it is connected to a heavy mass flywheel for steady momentum characteristics and then to generators, .. or series of generators rotors to work both on the rise and fall of the tide ... the U.S. has thousands of miles of coastline which could accomodate small footprint plants all connected to the power grid and since the tidal rise and fall occurs at different periods geographically it would tend to average out a steady power potential. Is this plausible or just a crazy idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeztar Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 The wiki is quite descriptive on this subject:Tidal power - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia According to the wiki, the first tidal power station was completed in France in 1966. So yes, they are quite plausible. :hihi: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dennis123g Posted July 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 I have seen the wiki synopsis prior, .. but these are all dependent on overcoming many more obstacles and very expensive and limited on where they may be placed to derive a cost effective output and power distribution system, .... not to mention what a hurricane can do to them .....a ship or lifting barge could be constructed to be detached and moved from the path of any major predicted storms and moved from the location and very low in maintenance and operational costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 they already are building a few power plants in the mouth of some rivers to utilize tidal energy and convert it into electricity. Being facilitated by installing a series of water turbines that actually work bidirectionally with tide coming in and going out. If the design works, many more stations like the one in New York harbor will be installed (btw as far as i know the one in NY is not yet finished) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeztar Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 they already are building a few power plants in the mouth of some rivers to utilize tidal energy and convert it into electricity.According to the wiki, several have been in operation for quite some time (though not in the US, yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexander Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 yes, so they must have not finished the one in NY harbor.... yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeztar Posted July 8, 2008 Report Share Posted July 8, 2008 yes, so they must have not finished the one in NY harbor.... yet The list below the one I linked to shows future projects and New York is not on the list. But lo and behold, it was finished and put to use in 2006. New York Tidal Power Project - Tidal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.