Now you can harness electricity even from a slow stream and rivers. A team of mechanical engineering students of SCMS School of Engineering and Technology, Kochi, Kerala have engineered a device that can utilise naturally flowing water to generate electricity. They have engineered a device called Hydro Vortex Power Generator (HVPG) that could generate electricity from the irrigation canal that runs near their college. HVPG is capable of generating around 5 watts of power on water currents flowing as slow as 0.5m/s. Such devices can be beneficial to bring electricity to the remote areas of the country. HVPG includes an elastically mounted horizontal cylinder that vibrates. The device works on the principle of vortex-induced vibration of bluff bodies. Computational Fluid Dynamics experts in SSET helped optimise this device. The source of energy can be regarded as a revolutionary step towards harnessing power through clean sources. Great. Join with me to congratulate the team of six students—Christo Varghese, Delo Devassy, D Achuth, Dion C Mathews, Anand Rajeev and Gijo George Netticadan

SCMS School of Engineering and Technology,

Kochi, Kerala,India