Harvesting electrical energy from rain by SPMS - Special pipe and micro-generator system

Author

Vitols, Aigars ; Rankis, Ivars

Author_Institution

Riga Tech. Univ., Riga, Latvia

fYear

2014

fDate

14-14 Oct. 2014

Firstpage

105

Lastpage

110

Abstract

This paper presents a methodology to find optimal height for pipe of special pipe and micro generator system - SPMS for harvesting electrical energy from potential energy of precipitations in form of rain. Theoretical calculations in order to obtain theoretical amount of energy for two-storey house in western slope of Vidzeme upland of Latvia are presented as well as calculations to obtain real amount of obtainable energy based on experimental data are presented. Virtual model of SPMS developed according experimental data in simulation program Lab VIEW 7.1 is described.

Keywords

buildings (structures); energy harvesting; hydroelectric power stations; rain; Lab VIEW 7.1 simulation program; Latvia; SPMS; Vidzeme upland; electrical energy; potential energy; special pipe and microgenerator system; two-storey house; Generators; Mathematical model; Rain; Resistors; Storage tanks; Transient analysis; Alternative energy source; electrical energy; micro hydro generator; precipitations; rain fall energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Electrical Engineering of Riga Technical University (RTUCON), 2014 55th International Scientific Conference on

Conference_Location

Riga

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-7460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/RTUCON.2014.6998179

Filename

6998179