Jacob S. Ibrahim

Performance Evaluation of a Pump as Turbine in a Simplified Pico Hydropower System with Provision for Water Recycling

Alex Okibe Edeoja, Daniel Tertsegha Ipilakyaa, Paul Udom, Aondoyila Kuhe & Jacob S. Ibrahim · International Journal of Environment and Climate Change · 2023

The performance of a pump used as a turbine (PAT) in a simplified Pico hydropower system with the provision for recycling water to an overhead reservoir (OHR) 7.2 m high was investigated. A vertical PVC pipe of diameter 0.0762 m reduced into four replaceable nozzles of diameters...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ijecc/2023/v13i102617

Influence of Number of Flat Locally-Fabricated Turbine Blades on the Performance of a Simplified Pico Hydropower System

Alex Okibe Edeoja, Gertrude Enekole Aboje, Samuel Lawal, Kenneth Ede Ode & Jacob S. Ibrahim · Journal of Energy Research and Reviews · 2022

Five locally fabricated turbines with 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 flat blades were locally fabricated and tested in conjunction with a vertical penstock of diameter 0.0762 m and nozzles of diameters 0.0158, 0.0212, 0.0266, 0.0343 and 0.042 m in a simplified Pico hydropower system. This stu...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jenrr/2022/v12i230297

Effect of the Number of Splined Blades of a Locally-Fabricated Turbine on the Performance of a Simplified Pico Hydropower System

Alex Okibe Edeoja, Samuel Lawal, Gertrude Enekole Aboje, Kenneth Ede Ode & Jacob S. Ibrahim · Journal of Engineering Research and Reports · 2022

The basic operational parameters of a simplified Pico hydropower system were investigated using five locally fabricated turbines with 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 splined blades in conjunction with a vertical penstock of diameter 0.0762 m and nozzle of diameters 0.0158, 0.0212, 0.0266, 0.03...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/jerr/2022/v23i417607