Search Results - subject:"Pico hydropower"

The repowering of vertical axis water mills preserving their cultural heritage: techno-economic analysis with water wheels and Turgo turbines

Quaranta, Emanuele; Pujol, Toni; Grano, Maria Carmela - In: Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable … 13 (2021) 2, pp. 269-287

Purpose The paper presents a techno-economic analysis of the electromechanical equipment of traditional vertical axis water mills (VAWMs) to help investors, mill owners and engineers to preliminary estimate related benefits and costs of a VAWM repowering. Design/methodology/approach Two...

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Numerical and experimental study of using axial pump as turbine in Pico hydropower plants

Bozorgi, A.; Javidpour, E.; Riasi, A.; Nourbakhsh, A. - In: Renewable Energy 53 (2013) C, pp. 258-264

Low head Pico hydro resources have considerable potentials in many regions of the world and with increasing demand of energy, use of such capacities is quite necessary. Pico hydro plants are usually isolated and installed in remote areas. One of the main problems of utilizing these potentials...

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Flexible design of a pico-hydropower system for Laos communities

Vicente, Silvia; Bludszuweit, Hans - In: Renewable Energy 44 (2012) C, pp. 406-413

remote areas where the prevailing source of electricity consists of private pico-hydropower units (<5 kW). These systems face …

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A light left in the dark: The practice and politics of pico-hydropower in the Lao PDR

Smits, Mattijs; Bush, Simon R. - In: Energy Policy 38 (2010) 1, pp. 116-127

The article describes the widespread use of an estimated 60,000 low-head pico-hydropower turbines and well … sector which show an often simplified and overly negative attitude towards pico-hydropower. Based on empirical research … between policy and practice by placing pico-hydropower within the broader political context of rural electrification in the …

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