SHEOPP Converter
SHEOPP Converter, which is a submarine hydroelectric power plant anchored to the sea floor It uses the potential energy in the water to drive a turbine and gain electricity.
As you can see on the picture fresh water, from a river mouth or an aqueduct, is transported trough a pipe down to the turbine. When the water has passed trough the turbine it flows into a tank. Finally the water diffuses out in the sea by osmosis.
SHEOPP Converter Working
The advantage to use this kind of power plant is that you don't need a very big difference in height to make it work satisfactory. For example where a river enters the sea. If the fresh water was totally clean and the membranes were good, this plant would work well too. But like the other power plant the water contains many particles of sand, salt and other bad stuff. There for it would be necessary to pre treat the water and a flushing pump would be required to prevent accumulation of unwanted solutes and contamination on the fresh water side of the membranes.
The efficiency for the SHEOPP will reach its maximum at a depth of 110 meters.
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