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Hydrodynamic Analysis of “Persian Gulf” Bridge and Feasibility Study of Using Energy Production Systems on the Bridge Structure

Seifollahi, Ali | 2013

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  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 45136 (08)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Mechanical Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Abbaspour, Majid
  7. Abstract:
  8. Nowadays, because high global demand for energy has led to the extensive use of fossil fuels with numerous unintended consequences such as air pollution and greenhouse effect, research and development around optimization of energy infrastructure has become much more important. Consequently, many scientific approaches have been applied to replace fossil fuels with renewable natural energy resources. One of the renewable energy types that fewer papers have been published about it, is the enormous energy of Marine currents. The origin of this energy is mostly tidal effect, or ocean currents that are available in most of oceans and seas around the planet earth. The most important criteria for securing this type of energy is being close to the seasides, energy transmission grids or resource consumptions. In our country due to high tidal range on the southern coastline, there is good potential for this kind of energy. One of the most vulnerable areas for marine current power plants, is the Qeshm strait, which is located in the northern part of the island. Regarding to the start of the "Persian Gulf" Bridge construction in the middle of this channel, where there is the minimum distance between two lands (High speed currents are also available here through the Strait), the idea of the feasibility study of a pilot project for the plant's construction making use of bridge piers is economically practical. While the producing power can be used for bridge consumption or transmition along the bridge. This article presents the study of Sea currents and hydrodynamic simulations of Qeshm strait and Persian Gulf bridge to obtain the flow pattern time series (before and after bridge construction), and based on the past experiences of constructed marine turbines, proposes a plant to capture the tidal current energy of the region
  9. Keywords:
  10. Renewable Energy Resources ; Sea Currents ; Hydrodynamic Analysis ; Marine Current Turbine ; Persiam Gulf Bridge

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