Cost efficient Mini hydro plant with low water head whirlpool design methodology for rural areas : (Micro Hydro Whirlpool power plant)

this paper proposes current development in mini hydro power production and its contribution to the near future distributed generation. However there are some problems which come in contact while implementing the power generation unit. Some of these problems faced are high water head, large flow of water, high cost of civil works, large covered area and its operation and maintenance. To overcome the above mentioned problem we proposed the simple whirlpool turbine with minimum water head, water flow, covered area, portable design of basin with PVC and its robustness and flexibility for the stand alone and grid connected system. We represented a generation system with the whirlpool motion of water inside the basin which moves the turbine 24/7. A doubly fed induction generator (DFIG) is used in simulation for synchronization with the Point of connection to the grid, and its mathematical analysis and MATLAB simulation.