Two water wheels performance in series for empowerment of irrigation

Abstract

Irrigation system especially in Riau Province are widely available in around of agriculture area. The water flow of irrigation seems to provide continuous energy however many people ignored. The source can be used to drive some water wheels to generate electricity. The head of flow is relatively low with long enough area as the reason many water wheel in series like undershot type was appropriate to apply. This study aims to investigate the possibility of using many water wheels in a canal by installing two units of water wheel together i.e picohydro with series. Then, doubling the amount of energy might be utilized from the resources. For manufacture the corrosion resistant and lightweight material are selected to maintain the wheel from damage. The water wheel was tested from the ground up irrigation keep constant, various level of water to determine the characteristics of water wheel achievement. Power output and efficiency of the water wheel are among other of the results present in this study. Single water wheel produce that the maximum electrical power of about 1300 Watt. However the installation of two water wheel in series caused a decrease the total output power of the system approximately 1065 watt.