Small Scale Water Wheel Powered Generator for UTP Mosque

This project is about the study of the feasibility of water wheel generator system at
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS mosque. To demonstrate the concept, the small
scale water wheel prototype is constructed to test and analyse the feasibility of the
water wheel generator. The water wheels utilize the flowing water from the upper
part of the lake to the lower part, by capturing the potential energy of the water using
the water wheel. This project can be divided into two main parts, first the mechanical
part involve the design of the water wheel system and also small scale cascading.
The second main part is the design of the electrical part and the selection of the most
reliable and efficient DC generator to be attached to the water wheel body and the
construction of the circuit which can store the generated power. The micro hydro
system is an alternative method to reduce the usage and reliance on the grid power
system which indirectly assists users to utilize the existing feature as a source of
power generation.