Week 9

Workshop
For this week, we had FYP Workshop 2. The workshop was conducted at TTL2

The Workshop is about to give explanation for the student for the students who taking the final project for Degree programmes for the proposal report of FYP 1. The workshop is about :

• Methodology (Chapter 3)
• Preliminary Result (Chapter 4)
• Abstract Writing

Calculation of Micro Hyropower
I also learn about how to calculate the power generated by the micro hydro-power. This was very importance because it is to know if the turbine that been made can withstand the pressure and water flow rate in the water pipe. If the pressure and water flow rate are big, the turbine will breakdown and can't work properly. Below shown the formula of calculation of micro hydro-power : 

P  =  η * Q * g * h

Where :

P  :  Power, measured in Watts (W)

Overall η  :  The product of all of the component efficiencies, which are normally the turbine, drive system and generator

Q  :  Flow rate of water

g  :  The gravitational constant, which is 9.81m/s2

hnet  :  the net head. This is the gross head physically measured at the site, less any head losses. To keep things simple head losses can be assumed to be 10%

Expected Calculation

Below also shown the expected calculation that been made for the expected output of power generated. 

Expected calculation that used the calculation