THE STRATEGY OF SIMULATION EFFECT OF THE WATER FLOWRATE, TURBINE TYPE, AND ITS INTERACTION TO THE POWER GENERATED BY MHPP

Abstract

The demand of Indonesian energy is growing faster and the non-renewable energy has decreased very rapidly, so the government tries to explore for an alternative energy to prevent future scarcity of energy resources. One alternative used is to utilize water energy. Water is one of the most renewable and environmental friendly energy, so it has the potential to reduce dependence on current energy usage (petroleum, oil, gas, and coal). The purpose of this research is to simulate effect of turbine type and water flowrate to the power generated by Micro Hydro Power Plants (MHPP). The research method uses experimental design with null hypothesis: there is no effect of turbine type to the power generated by water turbine and there is no effect of water flow rate to the power generated by MHPP. There are two types of MHPP, namely Pelton and Crossflow types. The research result rejected the null hypothesis, it means that there is an effect of turbine type to the power generated by water turbine and there is an effect of water flowrate to the power generated by water turbine.