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It is the largest exhibition for the process, drinking and waste water sector in Mexico and Latin America. As such, the event offers a prominent platform for the creation of partnerships and the sharing of best practices between local and international businesses.
Easy Hydro on behalf of a large mining company has investigated the possibility of generating hydro power from the wastewater of a mineral processing plant which flows by gravity into a clarifier. The fluid is heavily loaded with fine quartz particles which have the potential to quickly erode mild metal components.
The water flow laden with fine quartz sand where an Easy Hydro energy recovery turbine will be installed
In order to guarantee a satisfactory life span for the equipment, Easy Hydro has specifically designed an energy recovery turbine capable of withstanding these harsh operating conditions due to a combination of a slow-moving impeller and an erosion-resistant polymer coating.
The Easy Hydro team visited an active landfill in southern Europe. Due to its location on a mountain top and in order not to contaminate the nearby aquifers, the site must continuously capture and treat the leachate. Produced by the organic waste decomposition process as well as the rainwater, which falls within the perimeter of the landfill.
To accomplish this, a treatment plant has recently been built to perform an onsite preliminary water treatment. The partially treated water then flows by gravity to a nearby urban wastewater treatment plant via a 6 km pipeline.
A view from the top of the landfill
The existing leachate pumping station, which can be entirely fed by the Easy Hydro turbine
Easy Hydro is collaborating with the landfill operator to assess the feasibility of installing multiple turbines along the outfall pipeline which could help the site reduce the amount of electricity currently being imported from the grid.
A few weeks ago, a delegation from Easy Hydro visited a large Spanish city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The purpose of the visit was to identify the locations around the site where it is possible to generate hydroelectricity utilizing it’s small water falls.
One of the investigated small water falls
An overall view of the WWTP
Several locations were found to be suitable for hydro energy recovery, with flow rates varying from 0.5 to 2.5 m3/s. In the coming months, Easy Hydro will assist the end customer with the design and selection of a suitable turbine type according to the site characteristics.
Euro Mine Expo is a mining trade show and conference. It provides a platform for professionals from the mining industry to gather, exchange knowledge, and showcase the latest technologies and innovations in mining.
This year, Easy Hydro will be jointly exhibiting with our partner SAER Elettropompe.
Spread over ten halls and with tens of thousands of delegates visiting during the course of the week, the IFAT fair is a worldwide reference point for the water and environment sectors. The 2024 edition will take place in Munich on 13-17 May 2024.
This year, Easy Hydro’s turbines will be on show at the booths of our partners SAER Elettropompe (B1.447/546) and Tecnidro (C2.509). For more information: https://ifat.de/en/trade-fair
Located in dry Southern Spain, this hydropower scheme was built in the 1960s and features a 650 kW Francis turbine. Even if the design capacity was adequate to the amount of water flow available at the time, the effects of climate change have caused a drastic reduction in water availability. As a result of this, the turbine has only been operated sporadically over the last decade since on most days there wasn’t a sufficient water flow to start the unit.
View of the Easy Hydro turbine (left) being lowered by crane into the turbine hall
The installed turbine and relative valves
After diagnosing the situation and assessing the historical flow records, the Easy Hydro team recommended adding a low-cost Pump As Turbine (PAT) in parallel to the existing 650 kW unit. The new equipment was recently installed and will soon be commissioned, thus providing a stable 90-100 kW power generation and utilizing the water that otherwise bypasses the main turbine.
A water utility in Northern Spain is set to reduce its electricity bill thanks to an Easy Hydro energy recovery solution. A 50 kW turbine now sits at the inlet of a treatment plant, supplied by a gravity-fed water source.
For this project, Easy Hydro provided the design expertise and the equipment (turbine, valves, electrical and control panels) required to complete the project.
Alongside its industrial energy recovery projects, Easy Hydro also provides services to “traditional” hydro sites.
This estate in Ireland had a small hydro system which had fallen into dis-use. The Easy Hydro team conducted a full audit and tested each part of the system (intake, storage pond, penstock, turbine house) which allowed our engineers to identify the key steps needed to bring the site back into full operation.
With the first of those steps already completed, the site is well on its way back to generating almost 20 kW of green energy from the water flowing through it!
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