Suitable Selection of Components for the Micro-Hydro-Electric Power Plant

摘要

The micro-hydro-electric power plant is a renewable energy plant which has many advantages over the same size of wind and solar renewable energy plants. It has a high efficiency (up to 90% s), high capacity factor (up to 60%) and slow rate of change (due to the water flow varies gradually from time to time). This paper deals with a suitable selection of the micro-hydro-electric power plant components such as the turbine type, which is the main part in the plant and generator size and capacity, which is the second main part component in the power station. Also a procedure is developed for calculation of transmission line voltage drop during the transmission of power to the load site, and to specify the transformer size and its protection facilities.