A Simple and Economical Design of Micro-Hydro Power Generation System

Energy crises have been raised exponentially in the last few years and now it has become a huge problem in all over the world. To deal with this problem, the renewable energy resources are introduced worldwide. Nowadays, the renewable energy resources are inevitable since it has replaced the fossil fuel. The renewable energy resources are cost effective and pollution-free environment-friendly. The main goal of this research project is to produce a useful electric power by falling water from some height in order to produce a force that is used to move the propeller wings of the hydropower system in the direction of force. This paper deals with the complete system designing and practical implementation of mini hydropower system. This system mainly consists of 12 propellers whose central shaft is extended and connected to dc gear motor used to generate the voltages, reservoir, water pump, 12v dc to 220v ac inverter. The output voltages are directly proportional to the angular RPM of the mechanical system. An experimental result reveals that a very useful amount of energy can be generated by using this system. Besides of this effective system design model, further enhancements are possible which are also presented in this paper.