Depth: 700 m · HDSSKE zone · 70 atm hydrostatic

Cable: 0.2 m dia · current-aligned non-linear routing

Turbines: 20 m dia · 1.74 MW each (Pentland Firth)

MHD modules: 437 W each · NdFeB 0.3 T · no moving parts

Meissner stabilisers: YBCO 77 K · 7.93 mT · 5 kW total cooling

Tether spacing: 500 m · synthetic fibre mooring · gravity anchors

HVDC Tidal V4.0 — Verma, 2026

V1 Current-aligned routing · V2 MHD hybrid · V3 Corrected MHD 437W
V4 Meissner YBCO stabilisation · Five-layer AI architecture

HVDC neutrally buoyant cable (0.2 m dia)

Tidal turbines (20 m dia · 1.74 MW · 30D spacing)

HVDC conductor core

NdFeB MHD electrode modules (437 W)

Meissner YBCO superconductor stabilisers

Syntactic foam buoyancy modules

Synthetic fibre tether cables

Gravity anchor blocks (seabed)

HDSSKE ocean current direction