Title :
A micro hydro power plant for distributed generation using municipal water waste with archimedes screw
Author :
Raza, Arif ; Mian, Muhammad Saleem ; Dianguo Xu ; Ahmed, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of Eng. & Technol., Lahore, Pakistan
Abstract :
Electrical power is stipulation of human life. Now-a-days electricity is produced from number of sources like hydraulic energy, coal, steam, wind stream and nuclear power etc. Electricity generated by hydraulic power is cheapest and environment friendly. A large dam is mandatory to generate power in megawatt (MW), to build enormous dams need of large capital cost and hefty land reforms but renewable resources can be used for generation of electricity on small scale. Distribution generation (GD) can be produced by using municipal water waste after giving some chemical treatment or otherwise. A most suitable turbine for such a low head hydro power plant is Archimedes turbine. In this research a model of Archimedes Turbines designed in Simulink MATLAB while keep in mind all geometrical parameters. A detailed scrutiny has been made on theoretical model of Archimedes turbine while considering minimal different flow rate of water and keeping drop head constant which will make easiness and robustness for design engineer. During this work we will use Archimedes turbine first time in Pakistan with municipal water for generating power and a feasibility report of Nala Tamrahi (canal) is presented while its designing different parameters will kept in mind like weather effects, operation and maintenance of installed system, how its ease to install the system, wear and tears. Second part of work consist of modeling of micro hydro power plant system (MHPPS) using an Archimedes turbine and interconnecting the output power of MHPPS to existing national grid distribution network in such a way that extra energy of MHPPS is transferred to national grid consumer´s.
Keywords :
distributed power generation; distribution networks; fasteners; geometry; hydraulic turbines; hydroelectric power stations; maintenance engineering; mechanical engineering computing; power engineering computing; wastewater treatment; Archimedes screw; Archimedes turbine; MHPPS; Nala Tamrahi; Pakistan; Simulink MATLAB; chemical treatment; coal; constant drop head; distributed generation; electrical power; electricity generation; geometrical parameters; hydraulic energy; low head hydro power plant; micro hydro power plant system; municipal water waste; national grid distribution network; nuclear power; power generation; renewable resources; steam; water flow rate; wind stream; Blades; Electricity; Fasteners; Generators; Mathematical model; Turbines;
Conference_Titel :
Multi Topic Conference (INMIC), 2013 16th International
Conference_Location :
Lahore
DOI :
10.1109/INMIC.2013.6731326