Conceptual design of mini hydro turbine for rural area

Wong, Chu Hing (2021) Conceptual design of mini hydro turbine for rural area. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

	Text (24 Pages) Conceptual design of mini hydro turbine for rural area.pdf - Submitted Version Download (3MB)
	Text (Full Text) Conceptual design of mini hydro turbine for rural area.pdf - Submitted Version Restricted to Repository staff only Download (12MB)

Abstract

Turbines are used for exploiting water energy to gain useful energy. Mini hydropower can offer a continuous electricity to a rural area if it is well designed. Mini hydropower offers better opportunity to rural area in terms of electrification. There are a lot of potential for hydro in Malaysia where the availability of rivers already contributes or generates electricity supply in rural areas. In Malaysia, there are still a lot of places like Sabah and Sarawak are still having lower electricity coverage which is at 77% and 67% respectively. In this report, the mechanical design of the hydro turbine will be focused. The conceptual design of mini hydro turbine will be fully developed and elaborated according to the PSM guidelines. There were several studies like experiments and numerical test were done for searching the optimum designs or the most efficient geometry. The parameters like angle, numbers of blades and patterns of blades will be varied with different designs. Then, the simulation of flow velocity which is computational fluid dynamics (CFD) will be carried out to know the behavior of water flows. The most important findings like power output or the highest efficiency will be discussed and constructed through charts and tables. The best design will be proposed in the end of this project.

Actions (login required)

View Item