An optimum operation and mathematical model of tidal energy system at Red Sea area

Hydropower is a renewable energy source that has had a greater influence on people´s life during the 20^th Century than at any other time. Hydropower played a major role in making the wonders of electricity a part of everyday life and has helped spur industrial development. Tidal power is one way to harness the energy in water. This paper presents a design of a tidal power plant to generate the hydropower from the Red Sea in Egypt as a large amount of energy is stored in tides. It is noticed that tidal technology is a new and improved system for harnessing the sea tides and that the economic and environmental problems. Also the remote locations offer an opportunity to build small tidal generators (1 to 10 MW) this work presents a new idea to generate limited electrical energy depending on the nature of the tide of the Red Sea. A design of a tidal system is presented to feed a limited DC load near to the beach. DC load is chosen as DC lighting beside the beach. Also, An optimization control problem is solved to operate the generating tidal system at the optimal values of the affected system parameters. The paper is very interested as it studies a renewable energy source that must be taken in consideration as it is an economic and friendly environment