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High-head power plants are the main pillar of Swiss peak electricity production. With the 2050 Energy Strategy approved by Swiss voters, the annual production of hydroelectricity should increase by 4%, while 90% of the technically feasible potential is alr ...

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Experimental characterization of a five blade tubular propeller turbine for pipe inline installation

Anton Schleiss, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Vlad Hasmatuchi, Cécile Münch-Alligné, Irene Almeida Samora

The interest in micro-hydropower in existing infrastructure is increasing since this is a technology with low environmental impacts and potential for energy recovery in different types of installation. The technologies available for these schemes are still ...

Elsevier2016

Feasibility assessment of micro-hydropower for energy recovery in the water supply network of the city of Fribourg

Anton Schleiss, Pedro Filipe De Almeida Manso, Mário Jorge Rodrigues Pereira Da Franca, Irene Almeida Samora

In water supply systems there is potential for hydropower production at several scales, from small hydro to micro. The energy recovery within the urban water supply networks is a type of micro-hydro that may be useful for the control of excessive pressures ...

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Optimization of low-head hydropower recovery in water supply networks

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Small scale hydropower is emerging as a decentralized source to satisfy local demand for electricity. The interest in micro-hydropower, which refers to installed power below 100 kW, is increasing since this is a solution with low environmental impact. Wate ...

EPFL2016