Talquin Water Tower Generator
EEL4911C Senior Design Project
Team 5
Team 5
For this project, Sponsored by Talquin Electric Cooperative, the team is developing a hybrid water tower energy storage system which will harness the unused energy from water towers, reducing the cost of storing water and supplying members. Talquin is investing in renewable resources and in need of a system to convert unused potential/kinetic energy to electrical energy from their water storage towers. Talquin is currently harnessing 0Wh of energy. The team has a 48V DC 220w solar panel which will be used to power a DC pump. The pump will drive the water into the tower until specific level is reached. As water fall, the kinetic energy will convert into electrical power. The electrical power will be stored into the battery bank, then used to power the DC water pump and excess power can be connected to the grid. The CPU will be the heart of the project, acting as a relay the CPU, depending on the water levels will turn the pump on and off.
To ensure success of this project, research is currently being conducted to obtain sufficient knowledge of the needs of water towers as well as efficient pumps, turbine and batteries. Once confident in our research the team will move forward onto calculations, coding for the CPU, as well as building the system. After numerous test, the team will see if the system can harness a percentage of the incoming power used to start the process. |