The PROPEL Hydro System (Final Report)
- Rickly Hydrological Company, Inc., Columbus, OH (United States)
This paper summarizes research, development and outcome of a modular system for powering non-powered dams. There are approximately 77,000 non-powered dams in the US, a non-trivial fraction of which could be used to generate power. Development in this area has been slow because building projects costs too much and takes too long. The PROPEL-Hydro system combines modular components for the intake and foundation, an ai driven project design and evaluation tool, and a turbine optimized for performance on small and low head sites. Work included a combination of site evaluation, refinement of power electronics, value analysis supported by computational fluid mechanics and software development to support a project evaluation tool. The result is a reduction in installed cost/kW and resulting LCOE.
- Research Organization:
- Rickly Hydrological Company, Inc., Columbus, OH (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Renewable Power Office. Water Power Technologies Office
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0008012
- OSTI ID:
- 1562498
- Report Number(s):
- DOE-RICKHYD-0008012
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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