Over half of Earth’s 7.6 billion people live within two miles of a freshwater source. The human race has always settle and developed in to great cities and small villages,almost all which, are next to water. Humans use water to hydrate, to irrigate crops, and lately, to harness clean energy. Harnessing water power is not new, in the first industrial revolution mills were built along a river for grinding power, later on dams were built to create large scale production of renewable electricity. But what if the technology used in dams were to be used sewage systems, water mains, and water pipes? Water is flowing in all sorts of systems and utilities used by every home in and every city. All these systems and utilities have the same energy as dams take advantage of but currently, …show more content…
But what would water gain energy from in a flat geography? There is a solution, cities. Cities have a code to keep water mains at a constant pressure of 150 psi, and to accomplish that, there are plants that pump water at high pressure into the pipes. On the other hand, residences in the suburbs only need 50 psi for their less industrial needs. The water is slowed down from city level pressures through a series of valves to make the water usable to homes. The energy taken away from 150 psi to 50 psi is all wasted. However, by using Poseidon as both a valve and a generator to slow down and harness the lost energy is the best alternative. For example, in an eight inch pipe at 150 psi the flow is about 12000 gallons per minute. Reducing to 50 psi in an eight inch pipe gets to flow down to 6500 gallons per minute. Poseidon in an eight inch pipe would generate, by converting the lost flow, 5400 kilowatt hours, or around 540 dollars of electricity per hour. Poseidon would create enough electricity within less than a week to become profitable to companies and affordable to