Retno Wulandari, Dhea Maharani, Avita Ayu Permanasari
The object of this study was to design and analysis an environmentally friendly technology in the form of a goose-leg waterwheel next-G from locally available materials and that was suitable for use in local condition with the view (i.e. free water flow) to increase national electricity supply to more remote areas. In order to further the objective, the waterwheel vanes are to be designed employing simulation through Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) to obtain a value of moment pressure and pressure. The simulation process was enacted in 3 stages: preprocessing, solving and postprocessing. Based on the results of the research using computational fluid dynamics (CFD), it is found that the moment pressure produced by the goose-leg waterwheel next-G with 8 feet is 207,446.41 Nm, this value is about six times greater than the moment pressure on the previous goose-leg waterwheel of 38,678.785 Nm. This study shows that the design of the foot blade construction opens and closes on a waterwheel such as the movement of a goose foot to increase the power of a waterwheel. © 2017 Author(s).
Mechanical Engineering Department, Universitas Negeri Malang, Indonesia
