Ramos, H.M., Dadfar, A., Besharat, M. orcid.org/0000-0001-5222-0679 et al. (1 more author) (2020) Inline Pumped Storage Hydropower towards Smart and Flexible Energy Recovery in Water Networks. Water, 12 (8). 2224. ISSN 2073-4441
Abstract
Energy and climate change are thoroughly linked since fossil energy generation highly affects the environment, and climate change influences the renewable energy generation capacity. Hence, this study gives a new contribution to the energy generation in water infrastructures by means of an inline pumped-storage hydro (IPSH) solution. The selection of the equipment is the first step towards good results. The energy generation through decentralized micro-hydropower facilities can offer a good solution since they are independent of the hydrologic cycle associated with climate change. The current study presents the methodology and analyses to use water level difference between water tanks or reservoirs in a base pumping system (BPS) to transform it into the concept of a pump-storage hydropower solution. The investigation was developed based on an experimental facility and numerical simulations using WaterGEMS in the optimization of the system operation and for the selection of the characteristic curves, both for the pump and turbine modes. The model simulation of the integrated system was calibrated, and the conceptual IPSH that can be installed was then investigated. The achieved energy for different technical scale systems was estimated using proper dimensional analysis applied to different scaled hydraulic circuits, as well as for hydropower response.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2020 by the authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Keywords: | pumped-storage; micro-hydropower; water networks; dimensional analysis; pumping system |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Civil Engineering (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 20 Feb 2025 11:34 |
Last Modified: | 20 Feb 2025 11:34 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | MDPI |
Identification Number: | 10.3390/w12082224 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:223583 |