Design and analysis of in-pipe hydro-turbine for an optimized nearly zero energy building

Muhammad Shahbaz Aziz; Muhammad Adil Khan; Harun Jamil; Faisal Jamil; Alexander Chursin; Do Hyeun Kim

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Design and analysis of in-pipe hydro-turbine for an optimized nearly zero energy building

Muhammad Shahbaz Aziz, Muhammad Adil Khan, Harun Jamil, Faisal Jamil, Alexander Chursin, Do Hyeun Kim

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Pakistan receives Direct Normal Irradiation (DNI) exceeding 2000 kWh/m² /annum on approximately 83% of its land, which is very suitable for photovoltaic production. This energy can be easily utilized in conjunction with other renewable energy resources to meet the energy demands and reduce the carbon footprint of the country. In this research, a hybrid renewable energy solution based on a nearly Zero Energy Building (nZEB) model is proposed for a university facility. The building in consideration has a continuous flow of water through its water delivery vertical pipelinesA horizontal-axis spherical helical turbine is designed in SolidWorks and is analyzed through a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis in ANSYS Fluent 18.1 based on the K-epsilon turbulent model. Results obtained from ANSYS Fluent have shown that a 24 feet vertical channel with a water flow of 0.2309 m³ /s and velocity of 12.66 m/s can run the designed hydroelectric turbine, delivering 168 W of mechanical power at 250 r.p.m. Based on the turbine, a hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) comprising photovoltaic and hydroelectric power is modelled and analyzed in HOMER Pro software. Among different architectures, it was found that architecture with hydroelectric and photovoltaic energy provided the best COE of $0.09418.

Original language	English
Article number	8154
Number of pages	28
Journal	Sensors
Volume	21
Issue number	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3390/s21238154
Publication status	Published - 1 Dec 2021
Externally published	Yes

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