Remotely monitored low-cost portable water turbine

Project Title

Remotely monitored low-cost portable water turbine

Project Area of Specialization Internet of ThingsProject Summary

Hydropower plants are growing as a basic need for the world because of the demand of electricity in today’s era. Generating sources from natural resources is a requirement for every being. 
The main idea of our project is to design a small scale hydropower plant with a low cost compared to the large scale hydropower plants. It facilitates us with a maximum power of 1kW having rpm of 1200-1500 and the features of portability. Carrying it anywhere, anytime makes it easy to use in the areas where we have no electricity in order to charge our mobile phones or any sort of batteries or to have a little power to light up a bulb in the darker areas like forests. It also have the characteristics of a remotely monitored device which indicates that it can easily be monitored or managed without being around it.

Here's the mechanical design that we have made using Solidworks software:

 

Above picture shows the back view of the turbine 

Above picture shows the front view of the turbine 

And the last picture shows the side view of the turbine

Project Objectives

The main objectives that are needed to be focused are:

• To work for the electrical/mechanical design of a water turbine.
• To built a circuit in order to monitor the water turbine remotely.
• To structure a portable water turbine generating electricity or power up to 1kW with low cost

Project Implementation Method

Our project’s methodology is divided into three main parts:

• First part is related to the collection of data by means of literature reviewing and start working on making electrical or mechanical design of remotely controlled low-cost portable water turbine using different software. Another main task is to start working on the remotely monitoring part of our project.
• Second part is related to hardware work in which we will start working on collecting appropriate and feasible hardware components for the making our water turbine.
• Third part which is the most important part of our project is to test and verify our results from expected results.

Benefits of the Project

The project name implies its main benefits i.e. It will be remotely monitored which means can be operated by our devices, no need to go to the site to control it. It will be low cost compared to other water turbines so every class of our society can afford it and in the last it will be portable which means it can be carried anywhere, easily.

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

We will have around 1kW of power from 1200-1500 rpm which is considered to be sufficient for an emergency use by the means of a motor as a source. The fins/blades are rotated using the motor which produces the amount of power we require. This rotation of blades produces electrical energy from the kinetic energy of water. Different parameters for different components will be observed while implementing, for example, the number of blades required to provide the appropriate rpm that we goal for. Our project will be interfaced via interfacing device in order to achieve a remotely controlled device.

Final Deliverable of the Project HW/SW integrated systemCore Industry Energy Other IndustriesCore Technology Internet of Things (IoT)Other TechnologiesSustainable Development Goals Affordable and Clean Energy, Decent Work and Economic Growth, Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure, Sustainable Cities and Communities, Responsible Consumption and Production, Life on LandRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	61990
Motor	Equipment	1	15000	15000
Outer Body	Equipment	1	5000	5000
Rods	Equipment	2	3000	6000
Plastic	Equipment	6	1000	6000
Screws	Equipment	50	20	1000
Welding	Equipment	1	1500	1500
Breadboard	Equipment	1	100	100
Jumper Wires	Equipment	20	10	200
ZMPT101B AC Voltage Sensor	Equipment	1	1000	1000
SCT-013 Non-invasive AC Current Sensor	Equipment	1	2000	2000
Resistors	Equipment	5	10	50
Capacitors	Equipment	2	20	40
ESP32 Development Board	Equipment	1	2000	2000
Switch	Equipment	1	200	200
Bulbs	Equipment	3	200	600
Holders	Equipment	3	100	300
Research Wooden Poster	Miscellaneous	1	2000	2000
Thesis Journals	Miscellaneous	3	2000	6000
Printing	Miscellaneous	1	1000	1000
Tool Set	Equipment	1	12000	12000