Design and construction of a residential in-conduit turbine hydro-generator

Date

12-2015

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

Major Course

Major in Power Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Roderick L. Catriz

Abstract

Power generation techniques have tapped almost all possible resources. However smaller scale resources such as those of pipelines in residential household have not been significantly considered. This study aimed to design an in-conduit turbine hydro generator and provide energy to a household. The water source used was from a non-pressurized water tank three meters above the testing height of the generator. A simple paddle-type turbine was constructed to fit a 7.62 cm diameter PVC pipe whose ends were configured to fit into a standard 1.27 cm-diameter PVC household pipe. A difference of 0.8227% between the flow rate with and without the turbine was computed hence the turbine was ideal for the pipeline. The generator that was constructed was an axial flux permanent magnet generator with eight poles and eight coils having 1000 turns each which produced an average of 36 volts at 24 hertz frequency with a significantly low rotor rpm rate of approximately 350 during testing. The output voltage waveform showed that the generator produces a remarkable continuous and pulsating sinusoidal AC voltage.

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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