Design, Fabrication & Testing Of a Waterwheel for Power Generation in an Open Channel Flow

Praful Yelguntwar, Pranay Bhange, Ankit Bahadure
Volume 1: Issue 3, July 2014, pp 169-173

Author's Information
Praful Yelguntwar1 
Corresponding Author
1Department of Mechanical Engineering J.D.College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India.
prafulyelguntwar@gmail.com

 Pranay Bhange2
2Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rungta College of Engineering and Technology, Bhilai, India.

 Ankit Bahadure3
3Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rungta College of Engineering and Technology, Bhilai, India.

Research Article -- Peer Reviewed
Published online – 30 July 2014

Open Access article under Creative Commons License

Cite this article – Praful Yelguntwar, Pranay Bhange, Ankit Bahadure “Design, Fabrication & Testing Of a Waterwheel for Power Generation in an Open Channel Flow”, International Journal of Analytical, Experimental and Finite Element Analysis, RAME Publishers, vol. 1, issue 3, pp. 169-173, July 2014.
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Abstract:-
Hydropower is the cheapest way to generate electricity today. No other energy source, renewable and non-renewable, can match it. In the developing nation like India, with the increase in population and rise in the usage of electricity is increasing at an alarming rate. The following paper gives an idea about efficient use of water wheels in an open channel flow which gives cheap, low scale power generation solution for simple electrification purpose . This is achieved by a horizontal axis waterwheel attached to a Dynamometer, converts mechanical energy into electrical energy, with the help of a belt and pulley arrangement. The full bridge rectifier allows for electricity to be transmitted in its most efficient form while still being able to power ordinary direct current into pure direct current. Regulator to regulate a current and a battery to store it. The following paper explains the working principle, functioning, design with calculations, challenges, and applications along with future scope of the horizontal axis type waterwheel..
Index Terms:-
Hydropower, waterwheel, flywheel, dynamo, open channel.
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