Dam’s Work Model

HYDRO ELECTRIC DAM

 Hydroelectric Dam

What is Hydroelectric ?
- electricity energy that produced by the spin of
turbine.

Hydroelectric Dam
- using the kinetic energy produced by the movement
of water to generate electricity
- The generator tranform the kinetic energy into a
usable elctricity.
- One of an example of how human use nature to
produce electricity.
 Energy transformation

- What is energy transformation?

- the law of conservation of energy states that energy is always
conserved in the universe and only changes from one form to another
form of energy
e.g. kinetic energy mechanical energy

-The four forms of energy involved in our model

1. Kinetic energy
2. Mechanical energy
3. Magnetic energy
4. Electrical energy
 Electricity

There are three main circuits which are series

circuit, parallel circuit, and compound circuit.
Our project is series circuit.
- The word 'series' means a number of things that follow each other.
- A series circuit has multiple resistors.
- In a series circuit, even though there are multiple resistors, there is only one
path through which the electric current can move.
- The resistors are arranged in a row.
- The current passes through the first, then the second, then the third, etc.
 Our Model

● Model Plan ● Model Construction ● Final

○ Blue Print ○ Gathering the ○ Fixing the errors.

Materials
○ Materials ○ Recheck model’s
○ Modified materials function
○ System function
○ Assemble materials ○ System function

○ Testing the model

Sketch of the Dam Model
 • PVC
• Wooden Plank
Materials • Dynamo
• Water Pump &
Hose
• Wires
• Light Bulb
 Objective

- To demonstrate energy transformation in real life.

- Show how we can produce electricity energy by using kinetic energy of the
water
- Make the LED light works
 Method

1. Build the foundations for the water turbine. There are two types of
material which are the PVC and the wood.
PVC Wood Plank
- Cut PVC into 4 pieces - Cut the wood plank into 3 pieces
- Glue the PVC in the tank as the base - Drill a hole in one of 2 planks for
holding the hose
- Another one for holding the turbine
 Method

2. Create the water turbine by 3. Insert the hose in the hole of

connecting the wheel to the motor the wood plank to make the
water trail
 Method

4. Connect the wire of the LED light to the wire of the motor directly
- Our circuit for light is series cuircuit
- We use two LED lights. (Each of
them requires 12 volts of energy to
light up)
Our Final Model
 Application in Real Life
1. Households that live beside river, waterfall, or canal can use this method to gain electrical energy.

2. The use of battery to store the energy converted by the dam for later usage can be applied in the real
ones.
3. The project can be adapted or developed into other structures such as using the bicycle or windmill

Result
Our water turbine generates electricity approximately 26.5 Volt. As we need only 12 Volt to light up the
LED light, we can generate enough electricity for two LED lights.