Evaluating the Possibility to Implement Autonomous Power Supply from a Hydrogenerator as Applied to Dispatching Systems for Housing and Utility Services
Currently, we are witnessing active development of urban building construction, which dictates new requirements for the infrastructure of water supply and sanitation. These requirements are aimed at improving the reliability and compliance with stringent environmental standards. Dispatch supervision and control of water supply networks are among the key tasks that have to be solved under such conditions. The problem of implementing such systems lies in difficulty of setting up power supply to the equipment used in these systems. The power supply of such systems is as a rule provided by using storage batteries, which entails the need for periodic maintenance of these systems and thereby increases the cost of their operation. The problem can be solved by using an autonomous source of electricity. The energy of the water flow in the pipeline is proposed to be used as such source. The possibility of setting up an autonomous dispatch control system for housing and utility services based on a hydrogenerator is estimated. The study is carried out by analyzing the hydraulic parameters of a bypass pipeline installed on a large-diameter pipeline. To determine the flow velocity and pressure in the bypass pipeline, the fluid flow is modeled in it. The modeling results and their subsequent analysis made it possible to calculate the range of power produced by the hydrogenerator and estimate the possibility of setting up an autonomous dispatch control system.