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• TITLE: New Pneumatic System for Tidal Energy Conversion

  AUTHORS: Mamdouh El Haj Assad, Ehab Bani-Hani, Ahmad Sedaghat, Ali Al-Muhaiteeb, Khalil Khanafer, Malathe Khalil

  KEYWORDS: Renewable Energy, Pneumatic, Power, Renewable, Tidal

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Power and Energy Engineering, Vol.4 No.12, December 19, 2016

  ABSTRACT: In this work, a new device for tidal energy conversion is presented. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the energy conversion of tidal energy into electrical one by building a small scale prototype using a pneumatic system representing the energy conversion device. The tidal energy conversion device consists of a concrete in cylindrical shape, a moving base that moves inside the concrete cylindrical body and two single acting pistons connected to a power turbine. The system specifications that mainly affect the amount of energy are the spring stiffness and hose diameter. It was found that there is a possibility to convert the tidal energy into electrical energy using the designed prototype. The maximum amount of electricity generated using the proposed prototype was about 5 Volts.