Micro In-Pipe Hydro Power Plant For Rural Electrification Using Labview

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IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Green Energy and Healthcare Technologies(ICIGEHT’17)
MICRO IN-PIPE HYDRO POWER PLANT FOR

RURAL ELECTRIFICATION USING LabVIEW
Dr.Porkumaran K, Principal, Dr.N.G.P IT, Coimbatore, India
Rinoy Paul Tharu, Final Year B.E-EEE, Dr.N.G.P IT, Coimbatore, India
Sukanya S, Final Year B.E-EEE, Dr.N.G.P IT, Coimbatore, India
Vini.V.I.Elezabeth, Final Year B.E-EEE, Dr.N.G.P IT, Coimbatore, India
Gowtham N, Final Year B.E-EEE, Dr.N.G.P IT, Coimbatore, India
ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:
The micro in-pipe hydro power Hydropower is a mature and cost-

generation system is a novel method for competitive renewable energy source that
the integration of renewable resources plays a strategic essential role in XXI
with the water supply systems at rural as century electricity mix, contributing to more
well as urban landscape because of its
than 16% of electricity generation
immense potential to harness clean
energy from the surplus overhead and worldwide (more than 3500 TWh) and about
flow pressure of the water in the domestic 85% of global renewable electricity[2],[3].In
tanks and pipelines [1]. This can be use in over 160 countries, hydropower
deployed in municipalities and capacity is on the rise, reaching 1.31 TW
agricultural irrigation districts generating worldwide at the end of 2011[4] against 369
consistently clean energy without the GW of wind [5] and 177 GW of photovoltaic
surrounding physical hindrance as in
at the end of 2014 [6].The first commercial
wind and solar power and simultaneously
maintaining and managing the water use of hydroelectric power to produce
supply system and pipelines, even under electricity was a waterwheel on the Fox
varying overhead and flow conditions. River in Wisconsin in 1882 that supplied
The pipelines are fitted with compatible power for lighting to two paper mills and a
3D printed micro turbines which converts house[7].Its suitability for decentralized
the potential and kinetic energy of water development, fully using local materials and
to mechanical energy which the generator
appropriate technology with the
utilizes to produce the much cleaner [8]
electrical energy. The generated power is participation of the local people .
stored in the battery which can be used The hydropower systems help in stabilizing
by the locality. The entire system is the fluctuating harmonics between the
managed with a anti-leakage system to supply and the utilization demand. The
shut down the water flow from tank on unused kinetic energy as well as potential
account of pipeline leakage. energy of the water is converted to electrical
Keywords: Micro in-pipe turbine, electric energy by using the preferable in pipe micro
generator, leakage detection system, battery 3D printed turbine. During shutdowns or
storage. low flow of voltage in the grid, it is
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preferable to use the stored energy from the components to be employed are the in-pipe
water system instead of diesel or petrol 3D printed micro turbines, micro hydro
engines. Thereby reducing the cost of generator, lithium ion battery, voltage
stabilizer and leakage detection system. The
generation and harnessing a clean energy.
system hence harnesses energy from the
otherwise futile potential and kinetic energy
Small hydro power can make a substantial of the overhead and flow water of the
impact on developing countries where domestic water pipeline system.
significant water power resources exist and
where economically viable alternatives are TURBINE:
few[10].Water flowing through the penstock
from the tank or the underground water
pipelines is used to run multiple turbines,
spaced sufficiently, which is coupled to a
generator. The power produced in the
generator is stepped up using a step up
transformer and given to street lights, and
during off load condition it is preferably
Fig 1: Lucid’s in-pipe turbine system [10]
stored in batteries for further utilization.
Designed for the gravity fed and pressurized The 3D-printed turbine is superior to other
transmission and distribution lines as well as water wheels because of its non corrosive,
effluent outfalls and other pipe conveyance low weight, friction less nature. Turbine is
systems, these particular micro hydro deployed inside the 6 inch pipelines located
systems may be located in municipal water with optimal intervals.
or waste water systems, industrial water GENERATOR:
systems, or irrigation systems [1].
The G1/2 micro hydro generator is
PROBLEM: employed in this micro hydro power system.
The generator has a regulator circuit
The rural landscape of India is devoid of this harnessing a stable power of 3.6 V and a
century’s technological assests owning built-in battery of 300-700 mAh.Its unique
mainly to the unavailability of electricity. features supporting our requirements include
The Government’s initiatives yield to be a built-in Lithium battery, lipo charging
futile because of the low maintenance and circuit, stabilized voltage output and high
management. Hydro power plants are not a battery capacity.
perennial source of power because of the
availability of stream water only in down SPECIFICATION RANGE
pouring season. The solar and wind power Working pressure < 2 KGF
generation system owing to their bulk Pressure Drop 0.4 Bar (3.0 L/Min)
component requirement and capital Peak Current 1.4 A
investment have conistant requirements Stand-by Current Max. 1.4 A
especially based on the zone of the location. Voltage output 3.6 V DC ---
700mAh
This system proposes the utilization Power Output 125mW(4LPM)
of the existing water supply system which Battery Capacity 300mAh
minimizes its capital Investment. The

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WORKING:
The water supply system is a
source of potential and kinetic energy which
exploited for the production of clean
electrical energy. The pipelines are
incorporated with 3D-printed micro
turbines, spaced sufficiently to harness the
optimum power, in demand of the remote
area with this system as its sole power
supply. The tank stores water for the
domestic utility of the population. The
system has a water level sensor to intimate
the municipality to refill the tank. The water
is stored at a height owing to its overhead
pressure; this potential energy leads to the
surplus in the kinetic energy while it flows
in the pipeline. The in-pipe turbines are the
converters of this energy to mechanical
energy which rotates the shaft of the micro
hydro generator to harness the electrical
energy which is then stored on to the lithium
ion battery and utilized for the operation of
the street lights, domestic utilization or the
agricultural irrigation requirements.
BLOCK DIAGRAM:
Fig 3: Micro hydropower plant deployed in water supply system

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Fig 4: Block Diagram of the LabVIEW Simulation of Micro hydro power plant in water supply
system
Fig 5: Front Panel of the LabVIEW Simulation of Micro hydro power plant in water supply
system

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CONCLUSION: 2. World Energy Council. World Energy

Resources, 2013 Survey. 2013:1-468.
The LabVIEW based rural micro hydro
power generation system was successfully
3. OECD/IEA. Key World Energy
Statistics. Paris: IEA Publications;
simulated and tested with a prototype part 2014:1-80.
by part. The implementation and practical
4. OECD/IEA. World Energy Outlook.
testing was done in the workbench Paris: IEA Publications; 2014:1-748
effectively.
5. Global Wind Energy Council. Global
The proposed rural Wind Statistics. 2014. 2015:1-5.
electrification system using LabVIEW can
act as a standalone unit to electrification of 6. IEA PVPS. Snapshot of Global PV
remote landscape of the country. There is Markets 2014, 2015:1-16.
substantial potential for supplying off-grid 7. Dilip Singh: "Micro-hydro-power",
communities with electricity from small Resource Assessment Handbook, An
hydro schemes. The technology can be made Initiative of the Asian and Pacific Centre
compatible with the national grid, so that an for Transfer of Technology, September,
off-grid hydro scheme could subsequently 2009.
be connected to the grid.This provides
lighting, TV and communications for 8. T.P. Tung y otros, “Evaluation of
homes, schools, clinics and community Alternative Intake Configuration for
buildings. The electrical power generated Small Hydro”, Actas de
can be enough to run machinery and HIDROENERGIA 93. Munich
refrigerators, thus supporting small
businesses.
The current power scenario of the
country urges us to develop a novel system
like these to electrify and digitize the rural
community.
Additionally this proposal can be a back up

for the existing systems. Pipeline leakage or
breach in power production can also be
performed by LabVIEW .Thus this system
ensures reliable and optimum power
production from the existing water supply
system.
REFERENCES:
1. Marco Casini,“Harvesting energy from

in-pipe hydro systems at urban and
building scales”, International Journal of
Smart and Clean Energy

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IEEE International Conference on Innovations in Green Energy and Healthcare Technologies(ICIGEHT’17)

MICRO IN-PIPE HYDRO POWER PLANT FOR

The micro in-pipe hydro power Hydropower is a mature and cost-

Department of BME & EEE, Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology

Department of BME & EEE, Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology

Fig 3: Micro hydropower plant deployed in water supply system

Department of BME & EEE, Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology

Department of BME & EEE, Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology

CONCLUSION: 2. World Energy Council. World Energy

Additionally this proposal can be a back up

1. Marco Casini,“Harvesting energy from

Department of BME & EEE, Dr.N.G.P. Institute of Technology

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