Abstract

The objective of this study endeavor is to describe the design of an environment friendly captive micro hydel power plant at the sewerage treatment plant outlet fall at Lai Nallah located in I-9 Islamabad. It will use sewerage water of CDA as discharge water to run the turbine of the micro hydel power plant to generate electricity. The important phases of the project are to carry out survey for collection of data about hydrology, quantity of flow of water, fall head, geology and design of an efficient turbine. Complete design calculations of turbine have been performed along with static and model analysis of the turbine. Key parameters to increase efficiency of cross-flow turbine are discussed.

Keywords:

Analysis , CDA , cross-flow turbine , efficiency,

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