Development and Analysis of Pico-hydro Electrical Turbine with Aerofoil Profiled Vertical Axis Blades in Water Supply Pipes for High Rise Buildings

In this work, the pico-hydroelectric power turbines developed for applications in rivers and canal are modified and minimized for applications in water supply pipes in high-rise buildings. This work is to design, develop drawings and study the functionality of a vertical axis turbine with Aerofoil profiled blades for pico-hydroelectric power generation in high-rise buildings. The object is to design a pico-hydroelectric turbine which will be placed in water supply pipes risers. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) analysis on single blade is done on ANSYS by varying the striking angle of water on blade. The results are used for 3 and 5 blades arrangement turbine. The output of turbines in terms of power is calculated. Although the power output of single turbine is small but the same can be modified by arranging number of turbines in series in pipes.