Design of Propeller Turbine for Micro-Hydro-Electric Power Plant at Cikapundung River - Bandung

Abstract

Electricity has become a primary human need and its demand is increasing every year. while the majority of power plants use fossil energy with limited reserves which causes an increase in electricity prices. Therefore, we need an alternative energy source as a more economical power plant. One of the solutions is a micro hydro power plant that uses water energy as its power source. Propeller turbine types of micro-hydro-electric power plant is chosen based on the natural potential at Cikapundung river, which is the height difference water surface ($h$) of 2 m and the water flow rate ($Q$) of 0,01 − 0,11 m3/s. With its potential, the output result of propeller turbine can generate 637,24 Watt electrical power with efficiency up to 90,5%.