The use of tidal energy as a renewable energy source has yet to develop in the same rate as Solar and Wind energy technologies. Currently, most tidal energy applications are only focused on large scale installations and thus, with our project we wanted to explore the possibility of implementing a tidal energy monitoring system on a small-scale basis. In this project, we created a production design of a tidal energy monitoring system comprised of multiple underwater sensing devices. Our project, a proof of concept device for a potential production design, demonstrates the constraints in the tidal energy space and aims to encourage more research and development in the field.

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Creator

• Liang, Zheng
• Htet, Swan
• Nugent, Nicholas Sylvester

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042519-150749

Advisor

• Mahmoud, Yousef Abdelaziz
• Bitar, Stephen John

Year

• 2019

Date created

• 2019-04-25

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Electrical & Computer Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright