Masana kimiyya sun ce ikon igiyoyin teku shine. Ƙungiya ta masu bincike da injiniyoyi waɗanda suka kira kansu "masu basira a cikin rigar rigar da fins" sun ƙaddamar da wani kamfen na tara kuɗi don wani aiki mai suna Crowd Energy. Manufar su ita ce shigar da manyan injina na karkashin ruwa don samar da wutar lantarki daga magudanar ruwa mai zurfi, kamar kogin Gulf da ke gabar tekun Florida.
Duk da cewa shigar wadannan injinan injin ba zai maye gurbin man fetur gaba daya ba, kungiyar ta ce zai zama muhimmin mataki na nemo sabuwar hanyar samar da makamashi mai tsafta.
Todd Janka, wanda ya kafa Crowd Energy kuma wanda ya kafa injin turbin teku, ya yi ikirarin hakan
Tabbas, fatan yin amfani da injin turbin ruwa yana haifar da damuwa game da yiwuwar tasirin muhalli. Duk da yake tsarin gabaɗayan yana ɗaukar ƙarancin barazana ga rayuwar ruwa, yakamata a yi ƙoƙari don bincika haɗarin haɗari.
Domin tsaftar muhalli
Aikin Crowd Energy an haife shi ne saboda sha'awar samun amintacciyar hanyar samar da makamashi sabanin burbushin mai da makamashin nukiliya. Yawancin mutane sun ji game da amfani da rana da iska, amma a yau aikin yana juya sabon shafi a duniya. Janka ya ce duk da alkawarin samar da makamashin hasken rana da iska, tushensa ba shi da karfi da rashin kwanciyar hankali.
A baya Janka ya yi mu'amala da na'ura mai sarrafa ruwa kuma ya lura cewa ajiye na'urar a wuri ɗaya kusa da ƙasa yana da matuƙar wahala saboda igiyoyi masu ƙarfi. Don haka an haifi ra'ayin don amfani da wannan makamashi, samar da makamashi da kuma canza shi zuwa gaci.
Wasu kamfanoni, irin su General Electric, sun yi yunƙurin sanya injinan iskar gas a cikin teku, amma wannan aikin bai haifar da sakamakon da ake so ba. Crowd Energy ya yanke shawarar ci gaba. Janka da abokan aikinsa sun ɓullo da tsarin injin turbin teku wanda ke jujjuya a hankali fiye da injin turbin iska, amma yana da ƙarfi sosai. Wannan injin turbine ya ƙunshi nau'ikan ruwan wukake guda uku waɗanda suke kama da masu rufe taga. Ƙarfin ruwa yana jujjuya ruwan wukake, yana saita tuƙi a motsi, kuma janareta yana canza kuzarin motsi zuwa makamashin lantarki. Irin waɗannan injinan turbin suna da ikon biyan bukatun al'ummomin da ke bakin teku, da yuwuwar ma yankunan cikin ƙasa.
Janka bayanin kula.
БUnlimited makamashi?
Masu binciken sun yi shirin gina wani babban injin turbin mai tsawon mita 30, kuma a nan gaba za su yi manyan sifofi. Junk ya kiyasta cewa daya daga cikin irin wannan injin na iya samar da megawatts 13,5 na wutar lantarki, wanda ya isa ya yi amfani da gidaje 13500 na Amurka. Idan aka kwatanta, injin injin da ke da ruwan mita 47 yana samar da kilowatts 600, amma yana gudanar da matsakaicin sa'o'i 10 a rana kuma yana iko da gidaje 240 kawai. .
Duk da haka, Dzhanka ya nuna cewa an yi duk lissafin don , amma a halin yanzu babu bayanan da za a lissafta yadda turbine zai kasance a gaskiya. Don yin wannan, wajibi ne a tsara samfurin gwaji da kuma gudanar da gwaje-gwaje.
Amfani da makamashin teku ra'ayi ne mai ban sha'awa, amma ba zai maye gurbin burbushin mai gaba ɗaya ba. Don haka in ji Andrea Copping, wani mai binciken makamashin ruwa a Ma'aikatar Makamashi ta Amurka dakunan gwaje-gwaje na kasa na Pacific Northwest National Laboratories, Washington. A cikin hirarta da Live Science, ta lura cewa idan ya shafi Kudancin Florida ne kawai, amma irin wannan sabon abu ba zai warware bukatun ƙasar baki ɗaya ba.
Kada ku cutar
Ruwan ruwa na teku yana tasiri yanayin yanayin duniya, don haka alkaluma da dama sun nuna damuwa game da tsoma bakin injiniyoyi a cikin wannan tsari. Janka yana ganin wannan ba zai zama matsala ba. Ɗaya daga cikin injin turbin a cikin Tekun Gulf yana kama da "dutse da aka jefa a cikin Mississippi."
Copper yana tsoron cewa shigar da injin turbin zai iya shafar yanayin yanayin ruwa na kusa. An ɗauka cewa za a shigar da tsarin a zurfin mita 90 ko fiye, inda babu yawancin rayuwar ruwa, amma yana da daraja damuwa game da kunkuru da whale.
A gaskiya ma, tsarin jin daɗi a cikin waɗannan dabbobin sun haɓaka da kyau don ganowa da guje wa turbines. Wuraren da kansu suna motsawa a hankali kuma akwai isasshen tazara a tsakanin su don rayuwar ruwa ta iyo. Amma wannan tabbas za a san shi bayan shigar da tsarin a cikin teku.
Janka da abokan aikinsa na shirin gwada injinan injinansu a Jami'ar Florida Atlantic da ke Boca Raton. Sa'an nan kuma za su so su gina samfurin a bakin tekun Kudancin Florida.
Ikon Tekun har yanzu yana kan jariri a Amurka, amma Ocean Renewable Power ya riga ya shigar da injin turbin na farko a cikin 2012 kuma yana shirin saka wasu biyu.
Scotland kuma tana kan hanyar ci gaba a wannan fanni na makamashi. Ƙasar arewacin tsibirin Birtaniyya ta fara aikin haɓakar igiyar ruwa da makamashin ruwa, kuma yanzu tana la'akari da aikace-aikacen waɗannan tsarin akan sikelin masana'antu. Misali, wutar lantarki ta Scotland ta gwada injin turbin ruwa mai tsawon mita 2012 a cikin ruwan tsibirin Orkney a cikin 30, a cewar CNN. Katafaren injin din ya samar da megawatt 1 na wutar lantarki, wanda ya isa ya samar da wutar lantarkin gidaje 500 na Scotland. A karkashin yanayi mai kyau, kamfanin yana shirin gina wurin shakatawa na turbine a gabar tekun Scotland.