| Project/Area Number |
07660309
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Irrigation, drainage and rural engineering/Rural planning
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| Research Institution | IWATE UNIVERSITY |
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Principal Investigator |
KOGA Yasumasa Iwate University, Fac.of Agri., Dept.of Agri.Eng., Professor, 農学部農業生産環境工学科, 教授 (40261458)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
KATAOKA Takashi Iwate University, Fac.of Agri., Dept.of Agri.Eng., Research Associate, 農学部農業生産環境工学科, 助手 (40231253)
MIWA Hajime Iwate University, Fac.of Agri., Dept.of Agri.Eng., Professor, 農学部農業生産環境工学科, 教授 (30107180)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1995 – 1996
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 1996)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥2,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,100,000)
Fiscal Year 1996: ¥900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 1995: ¥1,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,200,000)
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| Keywords | natural energy / water power generation / small hydraulic power / micro hydraulic power / irrigation canals / subsidy / power industry / power policy / 中山間地 / 水力 |
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| Research Abstract |
Current fossil fuel economy has to cease to exist due to its contamination to the human environment. It is an inseparable part of mass production system which encourages wastage and deteriorates the human living.
Trials are being made for use of natural energy. Among others, utilization of small-scale hydraulic power seems to be the most economical and practical way. It can be realized neither in large scale nor with heavy civil works.
I this research, we explored prospective mechanisms and constructions of the small-scale hydraulic power generation system to be used by non-expert farmers and the water utilization associations by installing it on the irrigation canals. Experiments showed that the concept is economically feasible and can be put into practice. With existing official subsidy, the feasibility can be improved further and it will contribute for improving rural living conditions, specifically those of mountainous areas.
If the cost of the system is lowered through mass production, the economic advantage will be improved prominently, as in the case of photo-voltaic cells, and the number of applicable sites increase.
Power generation industry is expected to purchase the generated power by the micro hydraulic systems with a reasonable price for promotion of natural energy use, in the similar manner as applied for the photo-voltaic cells used for housing.
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