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Poorly designed intakes often become the focus of maintenance and repair efforts for hydro electric systems. Nowadays small hydro power is used for removing power deficiency problem in nepal, india, china, peru and a country like usa 34. Micro hydro power plant provide electricity which is pollution free by means of reducing in environmental hazardous material. Micro hydro generation is a costeffective and lowimpact technique for power generation that offers a potential solution for rural electrification in nepal paish, 2002. Design of microhydro electric power station article pdf available in international journal of advanced technology and engineering exploration 25. Whereas large hydro schemes often involve the construction of major dams and the flooding of whole valleys, micro hydro is one of the most environmentally benign energy technologies available. Pdf international journal of engineering and advanced technology ijeat issn. On the other hand, more flow requires a physically larger turbine to. The design procedure of microhydro power plant was implemented by a matlab simulink computer.
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