Energy harvesting from water distribution systems

Journal of Energy Engineering

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 7-17

  Ye, Guoliang ^a   Soga, Kenichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy harvesting; Hydraulic energy; Optimization; Pressure fluctuation; Thermal energy; Water distribution systems

Indexed keywords

BATTERY REPLACEMENTS; ELECTRIC POWER SUPPLY; ENERGY HARVESTING SYSTEMS; HYDRAULIC ENERGY; HYDROTHERMAL ENERGIES; PRESSURE FLUCTUATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; WATER SUPPLY INDUSTRY;

ENERGY HARVESTING; KINETICS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSORS; THERMAL ENERGY; WATER PIPELINES; WATER SUPPLY;

WATER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84878349993     PISSN: 07339402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)EY.1943-7897.0000057     Document Type: Article

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