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I served as the project leader for Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering’s hydropower project. I managed a team that designed and installed pico-hydorelectic systems in rural Rwandan villages, and twice worked on-site in Rwanda. I oversaw all aspects of the operation including budgeting, communicating with partners, hydroelectric system design, system installation and assessment of socioeconomic impact.
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This pelton turbine was designed, built and successfully installed at Nyragacigo, Rwanda by the Dartmouth Humanitarian Engineering hydroelectric team. I helped prepare the mold for sand casting the turbine buckets and machined the flanges, shaft and several of the buckets. While in Rwanda I helped assemble, install and test the system.
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I was the lead engineer for the civil works at Nyragacigo and Kigogo, Rwanda. I designed the intakes, channels and spillways so that the appropriate flow rate would be delivered to the turbine without overflowing and causing erosion. I also oversaw the construction of these components. This image shows one of the spillways, which drained excess flow from the channel during the rainy season.
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I designed and installed this small weir to intake sufficient flow to operate the turbine during the dry season and to overflow excess flow during the rainy season.
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The turbine system charged batteries that were used by villagers to power lights, cell phones and radios. I did not design the electrical system but did help to source parts and construct the system.
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