{"id":4990,"date":"2016-03-29T17:17:38","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T12:17:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=4990"},"modified":"2016-03-29T17:18:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T12:18:15","slug":"4990","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cawater-info.net\/all_about_water\/en\/?p=4990","title":{"rendered":"Rainwater used to generate electricity"},"content":{"rendered":"

When we complain about the rain, other people will often say “Yeah, but it’s good for the plants.” Well, thanks to a microturbine-based system created by three students from the Technological University of Mexico, it’s now also being used to generate electricity for use in low-income homes.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The three young inventors of the Pluvia system, which uses rainwater runoff to generate electricity.<\/p><\/div>\n

In a nutshell, the Pluvia system \u2013 developed by Omar Enrique Leyva Coca, Romel Brown and Gustavo Rivero Vel\u00e1zquez \u2013 uses the stream of rainwater runoff from houses’ rooftop rain gutters to spin a microturbine in a cylindrical housing. Electricity generated by that turbine is used to charge 12-volt batteries, which can in turn be used to power LED lamps or other small household appliances.<\/p>\n

The generator measures about 2 inches wide by 10 inches high (51 x 254 mm), and receives the water through a half-inch (13 mm) pipe. Once the water has flowed through the microturbine, it proceeds to pass through a charcoal filter and into a storage tank, leaving it “equal to or cleaner than the water in the network supply system of Mexico City,” according to the students.<\/p>\n

The Pluvia system has already been tested in Mexico City’s Iztapalapa community. The university now hopes to increase the power of the system, allowing it to generate a greater amount of electricity.<\/p>\n

Source: http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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