Energy Productivity of the High Velocity Algae Raceway Integrated Design (ARID-HV)
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Dept.; University of Arizona
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering Dept.
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States). Arizona Agricultural Experiment Station
The ARID raceway is an effective method to maintain temperature in the optimal growing range. However, the energy input is excessive. Thus, the ARID-HV raceway was developed in order to reduce energy input requirements. This was accomplished by improving pumping efficiency and using a serpentine flow pattern in which the water flows through channels instead of over barriers. A prototype ARID-HV raceway was installed in Tucson, Arizona in order to evaluate the flow and energy requirements of the raceway. Preliminary results show continued high energy usage, but this paper explores the possible energy reductions with the new ARID-HV design with efficient propeller pumps and properly engineered channel lengths. Channel lengths are evaluated with Manning’s equation in order to determine the maximum channel length that could be implemented with the current pumping configuration
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Bioenergy Technologies Office (EE-3B)
- DOE Contract Number:
- EE0006269
- OSTI ID:
- 1592759
- Journal Information:
- Applied Engineering in Agriculture, Journal Name: Applied Engineering in Agriculture; ISSN 0883-8542
- Publisher:
- American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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