A SEMINAR ON

UNDER WATER WINDMILL

PRESENTED BY:
AFAQUE UMER

ROLL NO:1400116012

ME-1(3rd YEAR)

INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY
 CONTENTS
o Introduction
o Main parts
o Working principle
o Types
o Advantages
o Disadvantages
o Global resources
o Conclusion
o References
 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.
VIEWS
 MAIN PARTS

Turbines
Gearbox
Generator
Cables
support
 PRINCIPLE OF OPERATION
o 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.
o The underwater current produced by the tides spins
blades arranged like an airplane propeller.
o These turbines are attached to a gear box, which is
connected to an electrical generator.
o The gearbox is used to convert the rotational speed of
the rotor shaft to the desired output speed of the
generator shaft.
o The hydrodynamic effect of the flowing water past the
blades thus turns the generator.
 CONTINUE
o The hydrodynamic effect of the flowing water past the
blades thus turns the generator.
o This produces the electricity that is carried by cable to
shore.
o Once it's plugged into an electrical grid, the electricity
can be distributed.
 TYPES :
There are two types of underwater windmill

1. Horizontal axis
2. Vertical axis

. In horizontal axis underwater windmill , the rotor

shaft is parallel to the direction of the flow of
water.
. In vertical axis underwater windmill , the rotor
shaft is perpendicular to the direction of the flow of
water.
 ABOUT TURBINES
o The turbines can convert kinetic hydro energy into
power ranging from 25 kW to 250 kW, depending on
turbine size and current.
o Kinetic energy is converted to mechanical power in a
nacelle within the turbine.
 WHAT MAKES IT SPECIAL

How it is special from others like

1.Watermill
2.Windmill

Lets Know
 WATERMILL
o A watermill is a structure that uses a water wheel or
turbine to drive a mechanical process such as flour,
lumber or textile production, or metal shaping (rolling,
grinding or wire drawing).
o There are two basic types of watermill, one powered by
a vertical waterwheel via a gearing mechanism, and
the other equipped with a horizontal waterwheel
without such a mechanism.
o The former type can be further divided, depending on
where the water hits the wheel paddles, into undershot,
overshot, breastshot and reverse shot waterwheel mills.
 View

Watermill of Braine-le-Chteau, Belgium (12th century)

CONCEPTICAL DIAGRAMS

Undershot water wheel, applied for Overshot water wheel, applied for
watermilling since the 1st century BC watermilling since the 1st century BC

Breastshot water wheel, applied for

watermilling since the 3rd century AD
WIND MILL
 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

o The initial cost is too high

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

o It is widely agreed that, tidal stream energy capacity

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

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