Design and fabrication of a PICO hydro generator for household residential pipes.

Date

4-2013

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

Catriz, Roderick L.

Committee Member

Corpuz, Jayson G. Marqueses, Raymond Joseph A. Layega, Athena P.

Abstract

Expensive cost of electricity is one of the major problems that the Philippines is facing today. Because of this, scientist and inventors tend to find energy alternatives that could help the consumers lessen their expenses. One alternative would be to use the potential of consuming water distributed to houses as an alternative energy source. In this study, a design and fabrication of a pico hydro generator that works on 1.5cm diameter PVC pipes that are used for household residential pipelines was developed. In the first part of the study, it was found out that the type of turbine that would optimize the process of harnessing the energy from the weak flow of water from the household pipe is a pelton turbine. It was also found out that the pipe of generator that is yield for the hydro scheme considered is an axial flux permanent magnet (AFPM) generator. The second part of the study involves the testing of the resulting model of the pico hydro generator. The Generator was tested for different loads at varying speeds and the behavior of the generator was analyzed from the results. Results have shown that the generator can produce a maximum no-load voltage of 4.31V at 5000rpm and a minimum no-load voltage output of 1.72V at 1000rpm. Furthermore, the current outputs measured that ranges up to 12.08mA have shown that the possibility of adding a storage system for the generator is feasible.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology

Call Number

LG 993.5 2013 E64 A86

Document Type

Thesis

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