Suitable Turbine Selection based on the Parameters of a Potential Site at Sarawak, Malaysia

• Main Authors: Samo, Kamran Ahmed, Samo, Imran Ahmed, Mughal, Waqas, Rigit, Andrew Ragai Henry, Sohoo, Arslan Ahmed
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33533/4/Kamran%20Ahmed%20Samo.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/33533/; https://doi.org/10.48084/etasr.3674

The tidal range is a renewable energy source. In Malaysia, most of the produced renewable energy is generated from the exploitation of the tidal range. The main purpose of this research is to determine a suitable system to produce tidal range energy from a potential site. A turbine selection chart is used. The mean tidal range of Kuching Barrage is 4.2m and the maximum flow rate over a gate is 226.9m3/s. Therefore, for the extraction of electrical power, a bulb-type turbine with a rated power of 5.2MW is identified as suitable to be deployed at the site.