• Zarghaam Rizvi
• Yasir Karim Katrin Sembdner Ravindra Gautam

Conventional Energy production techniques consume fossil fuels and thus contributes to anthropogenic climate change. Migration from conventional and centralized energy production centers to green energy have generated the demand to look for alternate sources i.e. tidal and wind and location (ocean) for energy production. Ocean energy with vast potential and varying methods of generation has emerged as an alternate to fulfil the energy demand. However, transportation of this generated energy and distribution of energy across the marine environment require a new incite to the existing methods of calculation for sea floor temperature rise due to buried power cables. These methods neglect the effect of natural convection which is a significant factor for high permeable North and Baltic Sea surface composition. These seafloor are largely composed of Gravel and coarse sand. This study encompasses two scenarios of heating of ocean floor 1) Energy production (Wind Power Station) 2) energy transmission across the seas connecting neighboring landmasses. The simulation results show that neglecting natural convection underestimate the seafloor temperature rise which could be disastrous to the flora and fauna in cable vicinity and can cause permanent change to the sea bed.

Submarine power cable, Natural convection, FEM, Heat transfer, Power transmission

"Thermal Analysis of Submarine Power Cable Considering Natural Convection", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no.47-54, June 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDH06007.pdf

"Thermal Analysis of Submarine Power Cable Considering Natural Convection", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 6, page no. pp47-54, June 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRDH06007.pdf