Design and development of mini hydropower transmission system

Suresh Chandra, Keevanish (2022) Design and development of mini hydropower transmission system. Project Report. Melaka, Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

A hydropower plant is a device that generates energy by moving water. Small hydropower is a sustainable energy source that helps to minimise reliance on fossil fuels while reducing greenhouse gas emissions significantly. Remote locations, on the other hand, are far from any big city that has a significant waterpower plant. As a result, remote areas' access to energy is constantly limited. Furthermore, the functioning of the large hydroelectric plant necessitates the construction of a dam, which devastates the natural and environmental ecology of the area. As a result, a Pico hydropower system that is both environmentally friendly and capable of providing electricity to remote places is required. In addition, run- of-river hydropower plants account for most small hydropower plants. In design and development of this project, the house of quality was used to identify user and technical requirements, the morphological chart was used to develop several conceptual designs, the Pugh method was used to select the best gear for a pico hydropower system, and finally failure mode and effect analysis was used to identify potential failures of gears and ways to overcome the problem. In this research, the fabrication of micro hydropower plant was fabricated and the result shows that the micro hydropower plant is capable of producing 14.22 V of electricity at the water speed of 0.072 m3/s. Furthermore, the fabrication of the gear was successful, and the simulation result also shows a promising result. It shows that the gear will only fail at the torque of 8500 N.m and proved that the gear is sturdy and robust thus it will not easily fail. As a conclusion, the result has successfully fulfilled the objectives stated in chapter 1. The fabricated hydropower plant can be very useful to be applied in the rural areas

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