Energía mareomotriz generada a partir del control de inundaciones con presas inflables en Guayaquil.

Abstract

The present research based the use of 4 successive rubber dams, installed in the two branches of the Estero Salado that surround Urdesa so that, by keeping those two branches dry during the rainy season, they can store a total volume of one million cubic meters, and hold a rainfall between 104 and 110 mm, without flooding Urdesa’s streets during a high tide. The 4 reservoirs that are formed will only occupy the areas of the two branches of the Estero that get wet daily, which means, there will be no flooding from areas other than those mentioned during the formation of the reservoirs. In the dry season, the second rubber dam of each branch will send the stored tidal water, through a forced conduct set at the bottom of each branch, towards a low drop height turbine, for the generation of tidal energy.