Publication Type : Conference Proceedings
Publisher : International Conference for Energy and Environment
Source : International Conference for Energy and Environment, JNTU Hyderabad (2014)
Campus : Coimbatore
School : School of Engineering
Department : Mechanical Engineering
Year : 2014
Abstract : Demand for green energy production is arising all over the world. A lot of emphasis is laid in making the buildings green. Even a small amount of energy savings made contribute to saving the environment. In this study, an idea is proposed and studied to extract power from the high head water in the pipelines of a building. A building of height 15 m is considered for this study. Water flowing in the pipe has sufficient energy to run a micro hydro turbine. The feasibility of producing electrical energy from the energy of pipe water is found. The motivation is to find the feasibility of generating power using a low-cost turbine. The experimental setup consists of micro turbine of 135 mm diameter coupled to a 12-V DC generator; LEDs and resistors are employed to validate the results. The theoretical calculations were presented using the fundamental equations of fluid mechanics. The theoretical results are validated using experimental and numerical results using CFD simulation. In addition, exergy analysis has been carried out to quantify the irreversibilities during the process in the system. © 2015 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Cite this Research Publication : B. M. M. S. R. S., Dr. Ratna Kishore V., Dr. Anbuudayasankar S. P., and Balaji K., “Power Generation by High Head Water in a Building using Micro Hydro Turbine”, International Conference for Energy and Environment. JNTU Hyderabad, 2014.