Analysis of performance with variable stroke of a torque based renewable micro hydro power generation plant

• Main Authors: Alam, Muhammad Mahbubul, Rahman, Md. Shad, Sultan, Rasel A., Naif, M. Ahmed
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Subjects: Alternative energy sources; Earth surface; Electric power demand; Electricity; Electricity consumption; Flywheels; Hydroelectric power; Precipitates; Renewable energy; Renewable resources; Weight
• ISSN: 0094-243X; 1551-7616
• DOI: 10.1063/1.4958456

The most important addition of modern science is renewable energy. And the most useful and the most cheaply renewable power generation source is Hydropower. Flowing water creates energy that can be captured and turned into electricity. This is called Hydroelectric power or Hydropower. Hydropower is considered a renewable energy resource because it uses the earth’s water cycle to generate electricity. Water evaporates from the earth’s surface, forms clouds, precipitates back to earth, and flows toward the ocean. As far as Bangladesh is concerned, only a small fraction of electricity is generated by hydropower. The government has set a target of meeting 5 per cent of the electricity demand by 2015 by utilizing renewable energy and 10 per cent by the year 2020. Currently, renewable energies contribute to less than 1 per cent of the country’s total electricity generation. The aim of our analysis is to demonstrate and observe the hydropower of our country in micro-scale by our experimental setup which is completely new in concept. This paper consists results of our findings and we find larger the number of stroke higher the rpm correspondingly higher efficiency. We find maximum rpm for 2stroke when fixed fly wheel weight was 18Kg and water was 10liter. It might help in case of utilizing this renewable energy potential at high scale.