MICRO HYDRO POWER PLANT DESIGN IN IBU VILLAGE, WEST HALMAHERA IN REALIZING AN AUTONOMOUS ENERGY VILLAGE

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Energy is one of the main needs in human life. Energy enhancement can be an indicator of increasing prosperity of an area but simultaneously it also poses problems in supply. An adequate and cheap as well as environmentally friendly electrical energy supply for sustainable economic and social development. Limitations of electrical energy is one of the obstacles in the construction and development of rural communities.

The micro-hydro power plant is selected as one of the alternative energy that are environmentally friendly, pollution-free, renewable (renewable), not consumptive of water use, durable (long life), and small operational cost is suitable for remote areas. The potential of water energy in the province of North Maluku contained in several regions including in Ibu Village, West Halmahera. Hydropower potential has been exploited is still relatively small. The utilization of hydropower proficiency level is still relatively small because the potential is usually located in remote areas that electricity demand is relatively small so for micro hydro potential are located far from consumers has not been utilized.

This type of research is a quantitative research through a case study approach (case study). This study tried to design a micro hydro power with a capacity of 500 watts. The research location is in Ibu village, West Halmahera, North Maluku. Design and manufacture prototypes of micro hydro power is done in engineering lab and Mechanical Engineering workshop, University of Khairun. Technique of collecting data through observation and direct observation in the field and literature studies, while engineering analysis is done by making the basic design concept of micro hydro power, process design, simulation using ANSYS 14.5 software, and real experimental by making real prototypes of micro-hydro power and tested in the study site. The findings of this research is the design of the prototype micro-hydro power with a power generator 500 WA and inverter output 1000 Watt.