Energy saving by using an axial flow deep well pump: An application in the net frames in Lake Karacaören -2

Abstract

Turkey is home to a large number of lakes, dam lakes and small lakes which have a great potential for growing fishery products. Growing trout in net frame systems manufactured in dam lakes is very common and economically very promising application. For growing trout, certain conditions such as certain water temperature range and minimum dissolved oxygen (DO) level must be satisfied. The water temperature required should be at 17-20 °C to grow trout. Also, the amount of dissolved oxygen (DO) should never fall below 6-7 mg/L. As the temperature rises during the months of June-September, water temperature rises above the acceptable limits to grow trout. Producers usually use different types of internal combustion engine-pump (ICE-P) systems to provide the circulation of the colder water in the deeper parts of the lake to lake surface to grow trout in these months. But, this method is not economically feasible. In this study, as an alternative to ICE-P system, an axial flow deep well pump has been proposed for energy saving purposes. To validate the feasibility of the system, total of 40 net frame systems each has dimensions of 5×5×8 meters have been installed to grow trout in net frames in Lake Karacaören 2 in Burdur, Turkey. To grow trout in the hot seasons, it is necessary to circulate the colder water in the deeper parts of the lake to lake surface economically. For this aim, total of 10 an axial flow deep well pumps (AFDWPs) having a capacity of 300 m3/h, head of 4 m and running at 2850 rpm which is driven by 5.5 kW deep well motor (DWM) have been specially designed and manufactured. To compare the classical water circulation method with ICE-P and newly proposed AFDWP, after every two pumps (ICE/AFDWP) are installed, mean water temperatures were measured along the water column in net frame with the depth of 8 meters and also energy consumptions have been compared during the months of June to September. AFDWP and ICE-P were used only in these months where the water has to be circulated. According to the results energy consumption by using AFDWP was about 90 MWh/year, on the other hand, energy consumed by ICE-P was about 1949 MWh/year during the months of June-September. As a result, significant energy saving of 95.3 % (1906.8 MWh/year) can be obtained by using proposed AFDWP instead of the classical ICE-P during these months for total of 40 net frames. © 2012 TIBTD Printed in Turkey.