
Project:
Assessment of a Micro-Hydropower System in a Drainage System
Location
UK
Client
Network Rail Ltd
Expertise
CFD
Keywords
Micro hydropower
Renewable energy
Urban drainage
Water for energy at the urban scale means harnessing the potential energy of water for recovery/saving, generation, and storage. Electricity generation using the kinetic energy of different sources of running water in urban areas triggers the Incorporation of micro-hydropower turbines (MHP) to produce energy from sustainable energy resources. In this project, our team conducted a feasibility study to assess the effectiveness of a suitable hydropower design/technique for the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) project using CFD to generate energy from this renewable source. TRU is a multi-billion pound project for railway improvement and this CFD project included simulating different scenarios for downpipes and drainage system and calculating the potential power output from an MHP turbines.


