Diseño de un sistema de abastecimiento de energía eléctrica con el uso de energías alternativas como la hidráulica en viviendas unifamiliares en la parroquia de Montalvo del cantón Ambato, provincia de Tungurahua

Abstract

The main objective of the work is to provide an optimal and safe design of a totally sustainable and environmentally friendly hydraulic generation system, adjusting to the energy needs of the area under study, taking advantage of modern technology for the generation of clean electricity at a lower cost. In the first instance, the energy consumption of the houses located within the study area was determined, as well as the flow of the “Canal de Regadío Ambato-Huachi - Pelileo”, essential data to start the design of the hydraulic system. The hydraulic system to be implemented is by means of a pico-central of electricity generation based on a gravitational vortex, which generates a rotational movement and according to the input flow it is capable of driving the rotation of a vertical turbine, same as through a generator can be transformed into usable electricity for a home. The entire design is based on simulations and scale models, the simulation is by means of the free engineering software "Ansys Academic Student", both the tank and the turbine are modeled on a real scale to analyze the behavior of the fluid within it and observe the feasibility of formation of a gravitational vortex. The scale model starts from the data of the simulation carried out, but in this the main objective is to find the real efficiency of the energetic system with respect to the calculated theoretical power, thus it can be stated with great certainty the real power that the system will reach in its real size. Finally, the same plans of the structure designed with the corresponding measures and scales, appropriate to the place of implantation, are made, with price analysis and total budget of the hydraulic system.