WATER FUEL

Y. B. Camacho, S. Kwack, J. Moon, P. . Ramos, M. . Ruivivar

Abstract
Pumped storage hydroelectricity is a type of hydroelectric power generation
used by some power plants,, specifically in Germany. Germany It is good for
III-Results and Discussions
environment because it reuses natural resources and consume
consumes less fossil fuel.
In addition, pumped storage systems help control electrical network frequency
and provide reserve generation.. The researchers believe that the pressurized During the
water and the amount of water greatly affect the electrical power. To show experiment, the researchers were
how the electricity generated from a high reservoir to a lower reservoir with able to gather several different
water, it needs a generator to produce electricity and a powerful enough pump. records. The researchers had 10
The investigators experimented with small scale pumped storage sto trials for testing. In fact, the
hydroelectricity although unsuccessful in finding a correct pump. numbers that the researchers got
from the voltage meter varied in
I-Introduction each testing. So, the group
• The environment is constantly being destroyed with one cause observed the changes of
being chemical fumes released by manmade machines numbers, recorded it, and then
got the most frequent records,
• Pumped storage hydroelectricity storess energy using water and at maximum numbers, and total
times of low electrical demand, it pumps up water into a higher lake average mill volts out of it. This
and when there is higher demand,, water is released into the lower figure1 shows the picture during Figure 2. Experiment
lake, generating electricity. the experiment.
• This study aims to prove that it is possible to power a small gadget
using a mini hydroelectric device with an old toy car motor. Trial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
• After the research, the group therefore infers that if a powerful
enough generator is utilized, a homemade hydroelectric machine Maximum (mV) 66 95 166 179 180 189 189 200 193 314
can power a little gadget as shown in an article about
hydroelectricity on nooutage.com
Mode/ most
II - Methodology 23 70 123 153 170 177 173 170 183 190
frequent (mV)
Materials and Instruments
• Water wheel Total Average 177.10 mV
• Motor Table 2. Records for each Test
• voltage measuring device
• Stand or base for water wheel The table 2 shows the researchers’ experiment records. Although
the numbers varied frequently,
ently, the researchers got the maximum, the most
• Pressurized water(a strong hose would be a acceptable substitute)
frequent, and the average value
value. The maximum mV for the first try was 66
• Tubes to connect the water wheel and motor(if not yet connected)
mV, the most frequent numberr was 23 mV. mV On the other hand, for the tenth
Procedure
try, the maximum
aximum record was 317 mV and the most frequent record was 190
Table 1. Procedure
mV. In addition, the resultss from the first to the tenth testing show the total
average is 177.10 mV.
Basically the experiment agreed with what the researchers expected.
The researchers predicted the fast pressurized water and the corresponding
Test the rotation of waterwheel affects the motor of rotation, that it can generate
whole electricity. The above results proved that it is possible using pressurized water
Connect model it can generate electricity even though it is small scale of the pumped storage
the water with a
wheel to pressurize hydroelectricity. Moreover, the experiment results showed the same general
Set up the the d hose results from the sources that the group researched.
water motor/ge spinning
nerator the water IV–Conclusion
onclusion and Recommendations
wheel in
wheel
the stand • This study wants to improve further on low supply of electricity in
The researchers built a stand and base for their water wheel. They had to the Philippines because the Philippines lacks in alternative energy
make sure that the two holes were big enough for the waterwheel to move sources and making a mini hydroelectric machine, which the
freely. They connected a clear tube to extend the points of the water wheel.
whe Filipinos will be able to make out of used materials, will help
he lessen
They also used this tube to connect the water wheel to the motor. They had to the consumption of fossil fuels.
make sure that when the water wheel would spin, the motor would spin too. • The researchers aim to save water because normally, hydropower
When everything was set, they tested it using a garden n hose with a strong uses up a great amount of water and it requires a big area in order to
water flow and checked for electric current using the voltage measuring device. build. However, this study proves that by using a low reservoir and
a high reservoir
ervoir alternatively during day and night, it reuses water
again and again. It is great advantage of environment and
resources.
• The researchers used an old motor and water wheel both from toys
and made a model for testing.
• For future researchers, the gro
group recommends that further studies
be made in this field to discover more efficient household friendly
hydroelectric machines.

Figure 1. Diagram of Experiment

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Acknowledgements
We would like to thank Multiple Intelligence International School for giving us the chance to carry out this experiment. We would also like to include Ms. April Ulano
and Sir Emil for being our consultants and the Ramos Family for providing a facility for the experiment.