Status of micro-hydrokinetic river technology turbines application for rural electrification in Africa

W Awandu, R Ruff, JU Wiesemann, B Lehmann - Energies, 2022 - mdpi.com
Energy accessibility, reliability and availability are key components of improved quality of life
and human development in all spheres. As the United Nations' SDG 7 calls for access to …

Comparative life cycle assessment of micro water Turbines: Evaluating potential for remote power generation

V Uniyal, A Karn, VP Singh - Sustainable Energy Technologies and …, 2025 - Elsevier
The growing interest in sustainable energy solutions, coupled with recent technological
advancements, has led to increased exploration of ultra-low-head hydropower systems. This …

[HTML][HTML] Design and economic analysis of a hydrokinetic turbine for household applications

CM Puertas-Frías, CS Willson, PA García-Salaberri - Renewable Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Social and political concerns on climate change have made renewable energy an essential
component of government's work plans. Grid-connected horizontal-axis hydrokinetic …

Experimental and numerical investigation of a three-blade horizontal axis hydrokinetic water turbine (HAHWT) in high blockage conditions

R Ferraiuolo, F Pugliese, EÁ Álvarez, AG Yosry… - Renewable Energy, 2024 - Elsevier
Horizontal-axis hydrokinetic water turbines (HAHWT) represent a cost-effective and low-
maintenance opportunity for hydropower generation in low-velocity channels. To enhance …

[HTML][HTML] Hydrokinetic energy applications within hydropower tailrace channels: Implications, siting, and US potential

CY Tseng, M Musa - Renewable Energy, 2025 - Elsevier
Hydropower tailrace channels are unique and attractive locations for hydrokinetic energy
harvesting due to fast currents, scheduled flow releases, proximity to existing structural and …

Acoustic characteristics of a horizontal axis micro hydrokinetic turbine

X Wang, ZP Hu, Y Yan, J Pei, WQ Wang - Ocean Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A micro hydrokinetic turbine is a device for extracting energy from rivers or tides, and this
device represents one of the frontiers for renewable energy technology. A detailed analysis …

[HTML][HTML] Towards more cost-effective river hydrokinetic turbines

B Kirke - Energy for Sustainable Development, 2024 - Elsevier
There are thousands of rivers across the world where hydrokinetic turbines (HKTs) could be
generating constant small but useful amounts of power for remote off-grid communities, but …

Assessment of a prototype of gravitational water vortex turbine: experimental validation of efficiency

MÁ Zamora-Juárez, VH Guerra-Cobián… - Clean Technologies and …, 2024 - Springer
The present work focuses on the evaluation, by best efficient point (BEP), Nash–Sutcliffe
efficiency (NSE), mean square relative error (MSRE), relative mean error (RME) and …

[PDF][PDF] Analysis of Wake Turbulence for a Savonius Turbine for Malaysia's Slow-Moving Current Flow.

AA Rahman, K Rajendran… - International …, 2022 - pdfs.semanticscholar.org
With Malaysia being surrounded by water bodies, tidal energy could be used for energy
extraction. While several turbine designs and technologies have been used for tidal energy …

Village-level hydropower for developing economies: Accelerating access to electricity using low-cost hydrokinetic technology for remote community: 1. Laboratory …

W Awandu, JU Wiesemann… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
This article presents the feasibility of a low-cost hydrokinetic turbine technology developed
and experimentally tested in the laboratory for enhancing electricity access in isolated off …