(cest2017_01146) Educational Renewable Energy Screw Wheel Technologies for Pico Hydropower Generation and Sustainability

摘要

Various laboratory-scale inclined axis Screw Wheel Technological Systems simulating pico hydroelectric generation and sustainability have been constructed in ASPETE, under the supervision of the Austrian B.O.K.U. University and used in the educational curriculum of Renewable Energy and Sustainability Programme at the M.Sc. in “Management Technologies of Waters, Soft Energy Systems and Environmental Mechanics (M.T.W.- S.E.S.E.M.)”. The mainlines of the small screw turbine systems construction, simulating pico hydropower generation and the measurement procedures are described. The small hydraulic screw turbine is simple to make and use inexpensive components, most of which can be found in standard science laboratories. From the “M.T.W. - S.E.S.E.M.” M.Sc. courses experimental results, the small-scale screw turbine was found to have good hydrodynamic performances for small water flow rates. The educational renewable energy screw wheel technological system simulating pico hydroelectric generation demonstrates the principles of hydropower and sustainability and is well suited for education in hydraulic renewable energy and sustainability.