Cost effective portable energy scavenging using sewage water stream flow system: An experimental model for Urban Karachi, Pakistan.

A persistent, interminable, and affordable energy generation is an important precondition for boosting viable growth in the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. The profuse availability of renewable energy also includes waste-to-energy, and sewage. This paper proposes a workable model of the Pico-hydropower plant based on industrial/domestic wastewater by investigating the feasibility of power generation from sewage flow system. The sewage flow system should be a closed loop to prevent debris. However, in Karachi, as few of the main holes are open, the sludge with solid waste can affect the flow rate, which has an ultimate impact on generated power. An indigenous, low-cost, portable Pico-hydropower electro-mechanical model is tailored to the variable flow which does not require debris guard and slope of steam flow. This innovative, COTS designed model is used to generate electrical power from the velocity of sewage flow at different times by installing it at the sewage channel in Karachi city. The average power of 507 Watts is generated through the practical implementation of this innovative mechanical design without debris guard at the depth of 4′ on the average 0.0351 m3/s of flow rate. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]