Using all the resources at your disposal to generate energy is a subject of paramount importance that requires a lot of cleverness. Ricoh has just imagined a very clever generator that only needs a stream to produce electricity.
Ricoh, known for its printing solutions and office equipment, is also interested in technologies that have only a very distant relationship with its core business. The Japanese manufacturer has thus developed an electricity generator from a river or the drain of a factory.
One stream is enough!
the 3D-Pico Hydro Generator System is simply a very small pocket hydroelectric power station that generates a power of 5 kW. As its name suggests, part of the chassis of the device is printed in 3D, thus facilitating its construction as close as possible to the places to be equipped (which can be distant). The generator is also designed with sustainable materials, such as recycled plastic.
The Pico Hydro Generator is able to power all kinds of devices: light bulbs, video surveillance cameras, sensors of all kinds. Ricoh is working on smaller versions to generate powers from a few tens of watts to 1 kW, which will be used for IoT (internet of things) devices. The interest is to prevent certain disasters.
It is possible to couple this generator to solar panels and batteries storing excess energy to avoid untimely power cuts. Ricoh tested a model with the waste water drain from its Numazu plant, with success: the generator powered a lamp and a security camera for nine months.
The concept has visibly demonstrated all its interest, even if it is necessary to take into account hazards such as the available water flow. Ricoh will initially decline it in Japan, before considering international availability.
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