Simplified and Precise Design of Crossflow Turbine Power Transmission Components

Despite the merits of small hydropower (SHP), coupled with perennial inadequate and unreliable electricity supply in SSA, huge SHP potential region is hugely untapped. This largely attributed to lack adequate technical components for development turbines, which are: personnel, production facilities region. The hydraulic power possessed by flowing water resources can be harnessed transformed into usable electrical energy via deployment a hydro turbine plant. Commonly used turbines include crossflow (CFT), Pelton, Turgo, Francis turbines. Amongst these CFT mostly applied low head sites has efficiency ranging from 70–85%. transmission subsystem considered vital its performance; shaft, transmits generated motion drive alternator, most critical part it requires careful design processes. study centres on simplified systematic process pulley, belt, facilitate generation efficiency. .Further, geared towards boosting technology capacity domestically benefit local production. hydrological properties Ayiba site Osun state, Nigeria, were adopted this work as case study. resource are 11.8 m 122.4 kW, respectively, served fundamental parameters subsystem. computation shows that shaft diameter 65 mm D-type V-belt corresponding pulley will required transmit alternator. A 3-D model was created based values validate integrity static stimulation. simulation result, von Mises satisfactory highest stress obtained 205 N/mm2; resulting 2.6 factor safety.