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The Potential of Hydrokinetic Energy Harnessing in Pahang River Basin

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Proceedings of the 12th National Technical Seminar on Unmanned System Technology 2020

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This paper focuses on studying the potential of the hydrokinetic energy harnessing along the longest river in Peninsular Malaysia, which is the Pahang River. The data such water discharge and water depth on ten selected sites at the Telemetry Gauging Station (GS) owned by Department of Drainage and Irrigation, Malaysia (DID) have been used for the assessment of hydrokinetic potentials. The Flow Duration Curve (FDC) at the potential site has been plotted to analyse the Q50. This assessment study indicated that the two rivers along the Pahang River basin have a significant potential for hydrokinetic energy harnessing. Subsequently, four different types of turbines with different size and power coefficient (Cp) has been used to calculate the output power and total annual energy yield. The estimated annual energy yield for Sg. Pahang at Lubuk Paku is ranging from 69.5 to 173.7 MWh. Whereas Sg. Pahang at Temerloh is between 45.54 and 113.8 MWh per year.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank to Universiti Malaysia Pahang for funding support under UMP Postgraduate Research Scheme (PGRS190318) and Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia, Jalan Ampang Kuala Lumpur for the Pahang River data between 2012 and 2017.

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  1. Sustainable Energy and Power Electronics Research Group, Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

    W. I. Ibrahim & M. R. Mohamed

  2. Instrumentation and Control Engineering (ICE), Faculty of Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26600, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

    R. M. T. R. Ismail

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  1. Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia

    Khalid Isa

  2. Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Zainah Md. Zain

  3. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Engineering Campus, Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang, Malaysia

    Rosmiwati Mohd-Mokhtar

  4. Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, Pekan, Pahang, Malaysia

    Maziyah Mat Noh

  5. Malaysia-Japan International Institute of Technology (MJIIT), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Jalan Semarak, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Zool H. Ismail

  6. Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Durian Tunggal, Melaka, Malaysia

    Ahmad Anas Yusof

  7. Faculty of Ocean Engineering Technology and Informatics (FTKKI), Universiti Malaysia Terengganu, Kuala Nerus, Terengganu, Malaysia

    Ahmad Faisal Mohamad Ayob

  8. Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Petronas, Bandar Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

    Syed Saad Azhar Ali

  9. Faculty of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Universiti Tun Hussein Onn, Parit Raja, Johor, Malaysia

    Herdawatie Abdul Kadir

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Ibrahim, W.I., Mohamed, M.R., Ismail, R.M.T.R. (2022). The Potential of Hydrokinetic Energy Harnessing in Pahang River Basin. In: Isa, K., et al. Proceedings of the 12th National Technical Seminar on Unmanned System Technology 2020. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 770. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-2406-3_85

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