Leading on Climate
Benjamin Sommerkorn
CNI Fellow — Class of 2016
Graduate Student
UC Riverside
Project
Conduit Hydrokinetic Turbine
Description
Benjamin will prepare a feasibility study and model for capturing kinetic energy from water movement via pipes, irrigations ditches, aqueducts and canals on campus. After mapping campus water flows and measuring campus water use, a CAD prototype will be design for in-conduit hydrokinetic turbines that could be deployed across UCR.
