Analysis of Characteristics of Bamboo Water Wheels 6 Bamboo Plate with Height Variations of Water Attacking the Blade

Abstract

A waterwheel is a mechanical device in the form of a wheel with blades (bucket or vane) around the edges which are placed on the shaft. horizontally. The waterwheel is a simple tool whose purpose is to convert motion energy into electrical energy. In the design of the waterwheel, the type and dimensions of the waterwheel depend on the location of the wheel, the height of the water fall and the available water capacity. So that in order to obtain optimal efficiency, the design of a waterwheel that operates at a particular location will have a speciLic design, both in the form of type and dimensions that are different from other locations. The purpose of this study was to determine the maximum power, maximum torque and maximum efLiciency that produced a bamboo water wheel with 6 bamboo plate blades. In this study, the data produced is experimental data with the height of the water hitting the blades of 15 cm, 20 cm, 25 cm, 30 cm, and 35 cm and the number of blades is 6 pieces. The results obtained, the maximum power is 7.61 and is found in the variation of water height hitting 15 cm, the maximum torque is 3.71 and there is a variation in water height hitting 15 cm and the maximum efLiciency that can be produced by the bamboo water wheel is 47.67% and found in variations in water height that hit the blade 15 cm.