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Archimedes Screw Design: An Analytical Model for Rapid Estimation of Archimedes Screw Geometry

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  • Arash YoosefDoost

    (School of Engineering, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada)

  • William David Lubitz

    (School of Engineering, University of Guelph, 50 Stone Rd E, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, Canada)

Abstract

In designing Archimedes screws, determination of the geometry is among the fundamental questions that may affect many aspects of the Archimedes screw powerplant. Most plants are run-of-river and highly depend on local flow duration curves that vary from river to river. An ability to rapidly produce realistic estimations for the initial design of a site-specific Archimedes screw plant helps to facilitate and accelerate the optimization of the powerplant design. An analytical method in the form of a single equation was developed to rapidly and easily estimate the Archimedes screw geometry for a specific site. This analytical equation was developed based on the accepted, proved or reported common designs characteristics of Archimedes screws. It was then evaluated by comparison of equation predictions to existing Archimedes screw hydropower plant installations. The evaluation results indicate a high correlation and reasonable relative difference. Use of the equation eliminates or simplifies several design steps and loops and accelerates the development of initial design estimations of Archimedes screw generators dramatically. Moreover, it helps to dramatically reduce one of the most significant burdens of small projects: the nonscalable initial investigation costs and enables rapid estimation of the feasibility of Archimedes screw powerplants at many potential sites.

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  • Arash YoosefDoost & William David Lubitz, 2021. "Archimedes Screw Design: An Analytical Model for Rapid Estimation of Archimedes Screw Geometry," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(22), pages 1-14, November.
  • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:22:p:7812-:d:685243
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