Design and optimization of a pico turbine for water disinfection systems

Formarum是一家总部位于多伦多的公司，专注于水消毒系统的开发。他们是 开发一种可在线安装的小型独立装置，用于对游泳池的水进行消毒和 饮用水应用。他们的创新和获奖技术不需要外部电源或 控制输入。因此，系统需要从流过的水中产生自己的电力 使用微微水轮机的装置。该公司将受益于改进后的涡轮机以提取能源 从水中更有效地流动。 多伦多大学水与能源研究实验室(WERL)在 反渗透海水淡化系统并联应用水轮机的开发与应用 优化方法。在这个研究项目中，Werl将与Formarum合作开发方法论 用于微型水轮机的设计，用于其水消毒应用。该项目将包括一个 行业-研究以确定适当的系统配置，使用以下工具分析配置 计算流体力学(CFD)工具，然后是系统的设计优化研究。设计研究 将用于配置原型，该原型将在多伦多大学进行测试，然后在 Formarum工厂位于安大略省里士满山庄。

Formarum is a Toronto-based company focused on the development of water disinfection systems. They are developing a small independent unit which can be mounted inline to disinfect water for swimming pools and drinking water applications. Their innovative and award winning technology requires no external power or control inputs. As such, the system is required to generate it's own power from the water flowing through the device using a pico-hydro turbine. The company would benefit from an improved turbine to extract energy from the water flow more efficiently. The Water and Energy Research Laboratory (WERL) at the University of Toronto has both expertise in the development of hydro turbines for the parallel application of reverse osmosis desalination systems and applied optimization methods. In this research project, the WERL will work with Formarum to develop methodology for the design of pico-hydro turbines for their water-disinfection application. The project will consist of a trade-study to determine the appropriate system configuration, analysis of the configuration using computational fluid dynamics (CFD) tools, then systematic design optimization studies. The design studies will be used to configure a prototype which will be tested at the University of Toronto and then at the Formarum facility in Richmond Hill, Ontario.