I have come up with an idea for generating electricity from the rise and fall of the tidal river on my property rather than the flow (not much flow)
I have on average a 3.5m or 12feet of rise and fall.
By using a float with a specific buoyancy attached via a pulley, fixed to the bottom of the river, with a cable to a counter weight on the bank of equal weight as the buoyancy of the float could I turn a generator?
Obviously it would have to be geared up as the river rises and falls by only 1cm/half an inch per minute.
Also the generator would have to be able to work in both directions, rise and fall, so I’m guessing an AC system?
I can increase the buoyancy and counter weight to accommodate the power needed but I have no idea how to do the calculations.
I would like ideally to run a 30KVA generator.
Is there anyone that could help or at least tell me why it wouldn’t work before I start wasting my hard earned cash?
