Perspectives of Small-scale Hydropower Generation Using Irrigation Water in Japan

JARQ : Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly
ISSN 00213551
書誌レコードID(総合目録DB) AA0068709X
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This study aims to review previous studies and projects on hydropower generation using irrigation canals in Japan, and discusses their future perspectives. The Japanese agricultural sector uses around two thirds of the total water abstracted, which is channeled through dams, headworks, as well as 40,000 km of canal networks. Although such infrastructure would collectively have significant hydropower generation potential, it has attracted scant attention, due to the relatively low individual potential at each site. To effectively utilize such small and diffuse potentials, we would need to: (1) develop small waterwheels operable with small water heads and low flow rates; (2) develop techniques to identify suitable waterwheel sites within an existing canal system taking channel slopes and sidewall heights and seasonal variations in flow rates into consideration; (3) investigate the possibility of locally utilizing electricity on a micro-scale of a few kW, rather than selling it to the grid; and (4) modify the water management scheme where possible by, for instance, smoothing out flow rates across seasons and thus increasing the cost-effectiveness of power generation.

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作成者 UEDA Tatsuki GOTO Masahiro NAMIHIRA Atsushi HIROSE Yuichi
著者キーワード

irrigation canal

paddy field

water management

waterwheel

公開者 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
オンライン掲載日
国立情報学研究所メタデータ主題語彙集(資源タイプ) Journal Article
47
2
開始ページ 135
終了ページ 140
DOI 10.6090/jarq.47.135
権利 Japan International Research Center for Agricultural Sciences
言語 eng

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