• DocumentCode
    138988
  • Title

    Pico-hydro power generation using dual pelton turbines and single generator

  • Author

    Yahya, Ahmad Khusairee ; Munim, Wan Noraishah Wan Abdul ; Othman, Zulkifli

  • Author_Institution
    Centre for Electr. Power Eng. Studies, Univ. Teknol. Mara, Shah Alam, Malaysia
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    24-25 March 2014
  • Firstpage
    579
  • Lastpage
    584
  • Abstract
    Pico-hydro generation system is the effective way to help the remote communities by generates electricity using water as a main source. The main objective of this project is to introduce the green technology for the society in order to reduce the cost of fuel consumption. Green technology is an alternative energy whereas it is cheap, effective and reliable. It can reduce sources of fuel, capital costs and pollution. Furthermore, the idea of this project is to generate electricity by develop a prototype of pico-hydro generation system that produce low capacity to be used in rural communities. Generally, this project focused on designing and producing a pico-hydro system that can be used for small capacity equipments such as motor and bulb. Besides, this project able to analyze the output of generator based on the rotation of turbine. Water flow in the high-pressure PVC pipe has potential to drive the turbine where it is connected with a generator to convert mechanical energy to electrical energy. In this project, it can be found that the pulley system can increase the efficiency of the turbine. The turbine that connected to the pulley system required lower speed compared to the turbine that connected directly to the generator.
  • Keywords
    hydraulic turbines; hydroelectric generators; hydroelectric power stations; pulleys; dual Pelton turbine; green technology; high-pressure PVC pipe; picohydro generation system; pulley system; rural communities; single generator; small capacity equipments; turbine rotation; Electricity; Generators; Hydraulic turbines; Picohydro power; Pulleys; Pelton turbine; generator; penstock; pico-hydro generation system; pulley system;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Power Engineering and Optimization Conference (PEOCO), 2014 IEEE 8th International
  • Conference_Location
    Langkawi
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-2421-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PEOCO.2014.6814495
  • Filename
    6814495