Development of solar-micro hydro power generation for battery charging system

Mohd Shah, Ahmad Feirdaous (2024) Development of solar-micro hydro power generation for battery charging system. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

This study aimed to determine two sources of renewable energy, solar and micro-hydro which will be used for power generation. Hybrid power generation system is a combination of two or more energy sources and used to produce electricity. Solar and hydro energy are the two sources of energy that are focused on this study where it is to evaluate the efficiency performance of solar and micro-hydro by using different type of loads. This study is motivated to decrease the uses of fuel cell power generation that leads to air pollution, global warming, and water pollution. Besides, power generation nowadays mostly uses fuel cell where it is expensively higher price while sustainable energy is free. However, solar energy works finely only on days but not on rainy days and cloudy days due to the shading factor. Solar energy is produced from sunlight using solar panel to convert light into electricity, while hydro energy is kinetic energy produced by conversion from potential energy via turbine. The hybrid solar-hydro system is more economical and sustainable compared to commercial power plant. It can be used to generate electricity without spending massive cost on infrastructure development. Portable power station design that are user friendly and mobile will reduce commercial electricity dependence in rural area. It is to design a small-scale prototype solar-micro hydro power generation for battery charging. The idea of incorporating hybrid system is to solve solar underperformance issue during rainy or cloudy season by adding hydro system into the power station. Hydro system are powered by kinetic energy produced from water movement via turbine. The energy produced by hydro system will be stored in a separate battery that act as a backup when there are less or no sunlight available. Hence, the design will involve water cycle, turbine, and solar system. On this study, the expected result is able to determine the efficiency of the system where we measure the voltage output, current output, and power output by using different types of loads and able to measure the effectiveness of the system itself. The system is used to measure each types of load current, voltage, and power. It is to determine power consumption of a load that use the system itself. Due to this, it is to develop Arduino based circuit by using proteus software and hardware.

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