Design, Develop And Techno-Economical Study of a Run-of-the-Weir Micro Hydro System for a Sensitive Site

This project aimed to harness mechanical energy of exhaust cooling water running continuously in a discharge weir of a base load power plant. However, three major problems were encountered: the site is an operating artificial site, the exhaust cooling water is heated sea water, and the custom syste...

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Main Author:	Tian, Chuan Min
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21009/1/Chuan.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.210092023-08-23T07:02:42Z Design, Develop And Techno-Economical Study of a Run-of-the-Weir Micro Hydro System for a Sensitive Site 2016 Tian, Chuan Min TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery This project aimed to harness mechanical energy of exhaust cooling water running continuously in a discharge weir of a base load power plant. However, three major problems were encountered: the site is an operating artificial site, the exhaust cooling water is heated sea water, and the custom system is required to be flexible. These problems necessitate a custom design. This custom system was developed from scratch; it was designed, fabricated and installed very differently compared to other micro hydros. As a novel system, it was evaluated in two aspects – through economic and performance study. Due to safety reasons, the system underwent proof run for a three-month period, without involving extensive on-site experimentation. Therefore, physical and mathematical modeling, as well as parametric study, were carried out to complement the evaluation. Results obtained showed that the hybrid turbine was indeed a reaction turbine, the custom system was capable of reaching 45% efficiency, and its payback period was estimated as 4.23 years. All in all, the system is feasible for the sensitive site application. unimas 2016 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21009/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/21009/1/Chuan.pdf text en validuser masters UNIMAS
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description	This project aimed to harness mechanical energy of exhaust cooling water running continuously in a discharge weir of a base load power plant. However, three major problems were encountered: the site is an operating artificial site, the exhaust cooling water is heated sea water, and the custom system is required to be flexible. These problems necessitate a custom design. This custom system was developed from scratch; it was designed, fabricated and installed very differently compared to other micro hydros. As a novel system, it was evaluated in two aspects – through economic and performance study. Due to safety reasons, the system underwent proof run for a three-month period, without involving extensive on-site experimentation. Therefore, physical and mathematical modeling, as well as parametric study, were carried out to complement the evaluation. Results obtained showed that the hybrid turbine was indeed a reaction turbine, the custom system was capable of reaching 45% efficiency, and its payback period was estimated as 4.23 years. All in all, the system is feasible for the sensitive site application.
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author	Tian, Chuan Min
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title	Design, Develop And Techno-Economical Study of a Run-of-the-Weir Micro Hydro System for a Sensitive Site
title_short	Design, Develop And Techno-Economical Study of a Run-of-the-Weir Micro Hydro System for a Sensitive Site
title_full	Design, Develop And Techno-Economical Study of a Run-of-the-Weir Micro Hydro System for a Sensitive Site
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Design, Develop And Techno-Economical Study of a Run-of-the-Weir Micro Hydro System for a Sensitive Site

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