Wireless Sensor Network Data Communication and Information system to Regulate Water Volume and Turbine Rotation

Abstract

The increasing need for electrical energy makes innovation in creating alternative energy is needed to help meet the needs of electrical energy that is more efficient and environmentally friendly. Therefore, the selection of water turbines as alternative energy because the cost of building hydropower is relatively low and environmentally friendly, making it a competitive source for renewable energy. Wireless Sensor Network (WSN) is a wireless network consisting of several sensor nodes that are individual that are used to monitor the condition of a place and can interact with its environment by means of sensing, controlling and communication to its physical parameters. The application of WSN to water turbines as a power plant is used to control and remotely monitor water turbines. So that it allows users to get maximum information and is real time without having to be in the sensor area. The programming used for this tool is the Basic Compiler AVR and Virtual Basic to display data in the form of graphs. Then the programming will be analyzed which has been entered at ATMega128 and ATMega8, which is programming to measure the height of the water tank and control the output of the tool.