Development Of Run-Off Pico Hydro Generation System For Low Head Water Resources

Muhammad Adeeb Khironi, Mat Lazim (2015) Development Of Run-Off Pico Hydro Generation System For Low Head Water Resources. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This project is concerned on the analysis performance of simple cross pipe water turbine with low-head (below then 20 meter) and ultra-low flow of water resource .The crosspipe turbine is made of Galvanized Iron (GI) with half an inch. The cross pipe turbine is also called Z-Blade turbine. Theoretical investigation has shown the Z-Blade turbine has reasonable hydro as mechanical energy conversion of about 50% and this energy conversion efficiency would be improved when the blade spins faster. The Z-Blade turbine has shown good potential to be used for ultra-low hydro resources condition (less than 2 litter/second).When the diameter of pipe is smaller, it will spin faster under constant water head resource. The main advantages of this turbine are very cheap, can be locally made due to material easily to find and no expertise works needed. This project will analyse the performance based on experimental data collected from different test carried out on two simple reaction water turbine prototypes. The factors that will influence the experimental result includes the water flow, turbine diameter, and number of nozzles, size of the turbine and its rotational speed. The suitable design for layout of hydro system is presented to obtain a ultimate power output of the pico hydro generation.

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