The pinon drives the crown wheel like the wheels of a truck. Whether the truck rolls backwards or forwards is irellevant. The boyancy will push the ship up and gravity will pull it down. Each putting force on the crown wheel.
and the distance the tide is moving up and down is irrelevant. the degree of change on the pinon on the crown wheel is not hovever. it will be the same. up and down is the same distance.
You can still run the ship generator 24 hours except the 4 moments where the tide is at its absolute bottom or top. am i right? Gravity will take it down an boyancy will lift it up. 500 000 tonnes cranked into a gearbox must be able to do a lot more than a 0,5 Hp diesel generator...am i missing...
Thank you!
Ok to be more precise.
Ill give a better description:
A oil tanker is ankered to the bottom of the sea with a contraption connected to a pinon( that keeps constant pressure on the gears except when the tide turns) which is connected to a gearbox. The ship weights 500 000 Metric...
I am trying to calculate the output of a weight imposed on a electrical generator via a gearbox.
Can anyone please help me with this?
Let say the weight is 500 000 metric tonnes. How much electricity could this produce if putting a constant force on the gearbox?
This is a theoretical...