{"id":343,"date":"2015-02-11T08:07:35","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T08:07:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/?page_id=343"},"modified":"2015-02-11T08:13:36","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T08:13:36","slug":"renewable-low-cost-electricity-from-gravity-fed-water-pipes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/archive\/renewable-low-cost-electricity-from-gravity-fed-water-pipes\/","title":{"rendered":"Renewable, low-cost electricity from gravity-fed water pipes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The LucidPipe<sup>TM <\/sup>Power System from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucidenergy.com\/\">Lucid Energy<\/a> is a new, water-to-wire energy recov\u00adery solution that enables water-intensive in\u00addustrial, municipal and agricultural facilities to produce clean, reliable, low-cost electricity from their gravity-fed water pipelines and effluent streams.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>LucidPipe utilizes a patented, in-pipe turbine that captures energy from fast-moving water inside of large diameter, gravity-fed pipe\u00adlines, with no impact on flow or operation. Depending on head pressure, flow and pipe diameter, each LucidPipe turbine produces up to 100 kilowatts of renewable, zero-emissions electricity by extracting excess head pressure. To maximize power genera\u00adtion, multiple LucidPipe units can be rapidly and easily installed into a single pipeline for a system that can produce more than a megawatt of electricity.<\/p>\n<p>LucidPipe utilizes a unique, lift-based, verti\u00adcal axis spherical turbine that fits inside of large diameter (24\u201d-96\u201d) water pipes. Water flows through the hydrodynamic turbine, generating power as the turbine spins.<\/p>\n<p>LucidPipe extracts very little head pressure per turbine, just 1\u20136 PSI (1-4 meters). This allows the modular LucidPipe system to be placed in series, while allowing for uninter\u00adrupted water flow. LucidPipe does not need to be placed in a pressure transient zone or where extreme differential pressures are needed. The modular nature of the LucidPipe Power System and the operational flexibility it affords make it truly unique.<\/p>\n<p>Lucid Energy successfully piloted LucidPipe in a water pipeline at Western Municipal Water District in Riverside, California. This pilot fed more than 20 megawatt hours of renewable electricity to the grid. As a result of the successful pilot, Riverside Public Utili\u00adties decided to install a permanent system.<\/p>\n<p><em>Advantages of LucidPipe<\/em>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Clean, baseload energy without the intermittency of wind and solar<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Virtually no impact on water flow<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>No environmental effect<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Quick installation<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Recovers process-based energy<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Operates across a wide range of head and flow conditions<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>LucidPipe<sup>TM <\/sup>Power Systems video:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"584\" height=\"329\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1z-N2iel-sI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lucidenergy.com\/\">http:\/\/www.lucidenergy.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The LucidPipeTM Power System from Lucid Energy is a new, water-to-wire energy recov\u00adery solution that enables water-intensive in\u00addustrial, municipal and agricultural facilities to produce clean, reliable, low-cost electricity from their gravity-fed water pipelines and effluent streams. LucidPipe utilizes a patented, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/archive\/renewable-low-cost-electricity-from-gravity-fed-water-pipes\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"parent":23,"menu_order":52,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=343"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/343\/revisions\/347"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/zoldenergiablog.hu\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}