THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN O F A T I D A L POWER PLANT I N T H E BROUWERSDAM Author M.H. van Saase Date 12 January 2018 Status Final report 2 THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN OF A TIDAL POWER PLANT IN THE BROUWERSDAM Final Report Student M.H. van Saase Student ID: 4080319
[email protected] Tel. +316 51 92 41 14 Thesis committee: Prof. dr. ir. S.N. Jonkman, TU Delft Ir. W.F. Molenaar, TU Delft Dr. ir. Drs. C.R. Braam TU Delft Ir. B. Reedijk, BAM Infra TU Delft Faculty of Civil Engineering an Geosciences Date: 12-1-2018 3 4 PREFACE After more than seven years studying at the faculty of Civil Engineering at the TU Delft, this master thesis finalizes my master programme in Hydraulic Engineering at the Delft university of Technology. This master thesis represents a conceptual design of a Tidal Power Plant in the Brouwersdam, in the province Zeeland, the south-west of the Netherlands. In the search of a satisfying graduation topic, I found myself back at BAM, one of the largest contractor of The Netherlands. After completing an internship at BAM International in Dubai in 2015, I decided to elaborate my thesis at BAM Infraconsult. BAM provided me with a design topic, a Tidal Power Plant in the Brouwersdam. Special thanks for Bas Reedijk and Erik ten Oever for providing me with information and their knowledge of previous performed research to the Tidal Power Plant. Secondly, I would like to thank my daily supervisor from the Delft University of Technology: ir.