ANALISIS EFISIENSI DAYA LISTRIK PADAPROTOYPE PLTMH ALIRAN ANAK SUNGTUKAD SUNGI BANJAR GANTER DESA ABIAN TUWUNG

This study aims to determine the efficiency of the electrical power generated from the Micro hydroPower Plant (MHP) prototype on the flow of tributaries of the tukad sungi Banjar Ganter AbianTuwung Village. The efficiency obtained can be used as a parameter to determine how much theavailable hydraulic power potential can be utilized into electrical power. This research uses aquantitative analysis method which involves direct measurement of operational parameters suchas water discharge, water fall height (head), electric voltage and electric current generated in theMHP prototype. Measurement of the electrical power generated by the MHP prototype producesdifferent efficiencies according to the variation in the number of loads used, the highest efficiencyof 7.75% is obtained when measuring using a load in the form of 6 12V 40W DC LED lights. Theefficiency obtained is relatively small, this is because the electric power generated is only 37.54Wwhile the available hydraulic power is 484.12W. The low electrical power generated is due todeviations in the specifications of the load used, so that the power generated does not match thepower specifications listed on the load used.