Abstract

The Indonesian energy demand is growing faster and the non-renewable energy decreased very rapidly, so the government try to shift and to look 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 environmentally friendly energy so it has the potential to reduce dependence on current energy use (petroleum, oil, gas, and coal). The purpose of this research is to simulate the effect of turbine type and water flow rate 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 type of MHPP are Pelton and Crossflow type. The research result is rejected the null hypothesis, it means there is an effect of turbine type to the power generated by water turbine and there is an effect of water flow rate to the power generated by water turbine.

Keywords: Pelton, Crossflow, water flowrate, MHPP, water energy, power.