PICO-HYDROPOWER IN BADJANG RIVER : A FEASIBILITY STUDY

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A Feasibility
Presented to the
College of Engineering
Naval State University
Naval, Biliran

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In Partial Fulfillment
Of the Requirements for the Subject RD Meth 501
(Research Project)

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ARJON, CRISTY MARIZ

MORILLO, PHILIP JOHN C.
DELA CRUZ, CHRISTIAN M.

October 2018
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The researches would like to extend their heartfelt appreciation to the

following existence without their feasibility study it wouldn’t have been possible.

We would like to express our deep and sincere gratitude to Engr. Reymar

Zamora, the instructor and panellist of this study. Their wide knowledge and

logical way of thinking, understanding and personal guidance has provided a

good basis for the presentation of the study.

To Engr. Jean Paul Logronio, Chairman of the College of Engineering and

the panellist of this study, for his constructive comment.

To Biliran Electric Cooperative, Inc, for providing us the data that we need

in our study.

To our classmates that always helps us in times of need.

To Arce Family, for accommodating us during our stay in making our

study. Most especially to the almighty God, for His unconditional love and

guidance throughout the entire span of working this study and giving us wisdom

that we needed to complete the paperwork’s and other matter that makes this

study successful.

ARJON, CRISTY MARIZ

MORILLO, PHILIP JOHN C.
DELA CRUZ, CHRISTIAN M.
 TABLE OF CONTENTS

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i

TABLE OF CONTENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Project Understanding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

OVERVIEW OF THE PROJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Location, land area, and political subdivisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Brief Description of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Local Social and Economic Condition of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Transportation and Communication of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Electricity Tariff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

FRAMEWORK OF THE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

Conceptual Framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

SCOPE AND DELIMITATION OF THE STUDY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

DEFINITION OF TERMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Pico-Hydro Power System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

 Pipe Line System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

METHODOLOGY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Location of the Site Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Site Investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Design Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

MARKET ANALYSIS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

BILECO Consumers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Urban and Rural Distribution of the Province . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Biliran Monthly Electrical Consumptions . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

SYSTEM STRUCTURE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

River . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Intake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Trash Track Gate . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Penstocks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

INVESTMENT ESTIMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Annual Running Expenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Return of Investment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

CONCLUSION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

RECOMMENDATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

LITERATURE CITED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21