A Feasibility Study of Power Generation from Sewage Using a Hollowed Pico-Hydraulic Turbine

This study is concerned with the feasibility of power generation using a pico-hydraulic turbine from sewage flowing in pipes. First, the sewage flow rate at two connection points to the Toyogawa River-Basin Sewerage, Japan, was explored for over a year to elucidate the hydraulic energy potential of...

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Published inEngineering (Beijing, China) Vol. 2; no. 4; pp. 510 - 517
Main Authors Uchiyama, Tomomi, Honda, Satoshi, Okayama, Tomoko, Degawa, Tomohiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2016
Institute of Materials and Systems for Sustainability, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8603, Japan%Graduate School of Information Science, Nagoya University, Nagoya 464-8601, Japan%Faculty of Human Studies, Taisho University, Tokyo 170-8470, Japan
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Connection point
Hydraulic potential
Pico-hydraulic turbine
Power generation
Sewage
发电
实验室实验
微型水轮机
水力能源
水采
污水流量
连接点
镂空
Pico-hydraulic turbine
Sewage
Hydraulic potential
Connection point
Power generation
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Summary:This study is concerned with the feasibility of power generation using a pico-hydraulic turbine from sewage flowing in pipes. First, the sewage flow rate at two connection points to the Toyogawa River-Basin Sewerage, Japan, was explored for over a year to elucidate the hydraulic energy potential of the sewage. Second, the performance of the pico-hydraulic turbine was investigated via laboratory experiments that supposed the turbine to be installed in the sewage pipe at the connection points. This study indicates that the connection points have hydraulic potential that can be used for power generation throughout the year. It also demonstrates that the pico-hydraulic turbine can be usefully employed for power generation from sewage flowing in the pipe at the connection points.
Bibliography:This study is concerned with the feasibility of power generation using a pico-hydraulic turbine from sewage flowing in pipes. First, the sewage flow rate at two connection points to the Toyogawa River-Basin Sewerage, Japan, was explored for over a year to elucidate the hydraulic energy potential of the sewage. Second, the performance of the pico-hydraulic turbine was investigated via laboratory experiments that supposed the turbine to be installed in the sewage pipe at the connection points. This study indicates that the connection points have hydraulic potential that can be used for power generation throughout the year. It also demonstrates that the pico-hydraulic turbine can be usefully employed for power generation from sewage flowing in the pipe at the connection points.
Pico-hydraulic turbineSewagePower generationConnection pointHydraulic potential
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ISSN:2095-8099
DOI:10.1016/J.ENG.2016.04.007