Energy Production by Means of Pumps As Turbines in Water Distribution Networks
This paper deals with the estimation of the energy production by means of pumps used as turbines to exploit residual hydraulic energy, as in the case of available head and flow rate in water distribution networks. To this aim, four pumps with different characteristics are investigated to estimate th...
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| author | Mauro Venturini Stefano Alvisi Silvio Simani Lucrezia Manservigi |
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| description | This paper deals with the estimation of the energy production by means of pumps used as turbines to exploit residual hydraulic energy, as in the case of available head and flow rate in water distribution networks. To this aim, four pumps with different characteristics are investigated to estimate the producible yearly electric energy. The performance curves of Pumps As Turbines (PATs), which relate head, power, and efficiency to the volume flow rate over the entire PAT operation range, were derived by using published experimental data. The four considered water distribution networks, for which experimental data taken during one year were available, are characterized by significantly different hydraulic features (average flow rate in the range 10–116 L/s; average pressure reduction in the range 12–53 m). Therefore, energy production accounts for actual flow rate and head variability over the year. The conversion efficiency is also estimated, for both the whole water distribution network and the PAT alone. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4d9bd585cd124d9298750c28792a7f432022-12-22T02:20:27ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732017-10-011010166610.3390/en10101666en10101666Energy Production by Means of Pumps As Turbines in Water Distribution NetworksMauro Venturini0Stefano Alvisi1Silvio Simani2Lucrezia Manservigi3Dipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, ItalyDipartimento di Ingegneria, Università degli Studi di Ferrara, 44122 Ferrara, ItalyThis paper deals with the estimation of the energy production by means of pumps used as turbines to exploit residual hydraulic energy, as in the case of available head and flow rate in water distribution networks. To this aim, four pumps with different characteristics are investigated to estimate the producible yearly electric energy. The performance curves of Pumps As Turbines (PATs), which relate head, power, and efficiency to the volume flow rate over the entire PAT operation range, were derived by using published experimental data. The four considered water distribution networks, for which experimental data taken during one year were available, are characterized by significantly different hydraulic features (average flow rate in the range 10–116 L/s; average pressure reduction in the range 12–53 m). Therefore, energy production accounts for actual flow rate and head variability over the year. The conversion efficiency is also estimated, for both the whole water distribution network and the PAT alone.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/10/1666pump as turbinepumpwater distribution networkhydraulic energyefficiency |
| spellingShingle | Mauro Venturini Stefano Alvisi Silvio Simani Lucrezia Manservigi Energy Production by Means of Pumps As Turbines in Water Distribution Networks Energies pump as turbine pump water distribution network hydraulic energy efficiency |
| title | Energy Production by Means of Pumps As Turbines in Water Distribution Networks |
| title_full | Energy Production by Means of Pumps As Turbines in Water Distribution Networks |
| title_fullStr | Energy Production by Means of Pumps As Turbines in Water Distribution Networks |
| title_full_unstemmed | Energy Production by Means of Pumps As Turbines in Water Distribution Networks |
| title_short | Energy Production by Means of Pumps As Turbines in Water Distribution Networks |
| title_sort | energy production by means of pumps as turbines in water distribution networks |
| topic | pump as turbine pump water distribution network hydraulic energy efficiency |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/10/10/1666 |
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