HOME WATER-TANK PICO-HYDRO POWER GENERATOR MODELING AND ANALYSIS FOR SMART HOME DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEM

In this paper, village/home water-tank hydropower methodology is developed & operation of Pico hydropower projects is studied for running the generator and charge the battery to light up the house are commonly for rural electrification. This Pico-hydro power generator is very suitable technology to provide cheap and reliable electric power to rural houses. While large hydropower delivers electrical power for industry and domestic use, small scale hydro is making some contributions toward providing this basic need to remote and off grid areas especially in developing countries. It is cost effective, environmentally friendly and the turbine can be manufactured locally. This paper describes the design and development of Pico hydro generation system using consuming water distributed to houses. Water flow in the domestic pipes has kinetic energy that potential to generate electricity for energy storage purposes in addition to the routine activities such as laundry, cook and bathe. The inherent water pressure and flow inside the pipe from utility's main tank that used for those usual activities is also used to rotate small scale hydro turbine to drive a generator for electrical power generation. Hence, this project is conducted to develop a small scale hydro generation system using consuming water distributed to houses as an alternative electrical energy source for residential use.Efficient utilization of Pico hydro-power generation are comprehensively reviewed and presented in this paper.