TY - JOUR ID - 72947 TI - Feasibility study of harnessing hydro power for electricity generation in water transmission pipelines of Kermanshah city JO - Iranian journal of Ecohydrology JA - IJE LA - en SN - 2423-6098 AU - Pourrajabian, Abolfazl AU - Hamehkhani, Alahbakhsh AU - Fattahi, Amir AU - Dehghan, Maziar AU - Rahgozar, Saeed AD - Assistant Professor, Department of Energy, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC), Karaj, Iran AD - Director of the Office of Utilities of the Water and Wastewater Company of Kermanshah Province, Kermanshah, Iran. AD - Department of Energy, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC), Karaj, Iran AD - Assistant Professor, ِDepartment of Energy, Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC), Karaj, Iran Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 6 IS - 3 SP - 781 EP - 792 KW - Hydroelectric power KW - Micro-turbines KW - Kermanshah KW - Gavoshan pipeline DO - 10.22059/ije.2019.275352.1046 N2 - The present study analyzes the main water pipelines of Kermanshah city in the western of Iran for the sake of power and electricity generation. Generally, pressure relief valves or break pressure tanks are used in water pipelines to regulate the water pressure. However, micro scales of hydro turbines could instead be used to generate green electricity without any side and harmful effects. For that purpose, the five main water pipelines in Kermanshah city were investigated numerically. With the help of hydraulic properties of the pipelines and also their topographic characteristics, the conservation laws were employed to find the pressure drop together with the energy potential along the pipelines. Of the transmission lines investigated in this study, the results revealed that the Gavoshan water transmission line is the best one based on the power generation potential. Moreover, the analyses show that 2.4 MW of electricity could be harnessed from that line. UR - https://ije.ut.ac.ir/article_72947.html L1 - https://ije.ut.ac.ir/article_72947_08a98415dac622d35fa2960db6cd650d.pdf ER -