Testing the Bayu Power Plant (PLTPB) based microcontroller AT-Mega328
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Cokorde Gede Indra Partha,
Technological advances are so rapid that it demands the use of energy that
continues to increase rapidly. The more advanced a country so the greater
the electricity energy needed. When reviewed from today's energy sourcing
source, fossil sources of energy derived from fossils are the main
source. Sources of fossil energy contained on earth are very limited and
at one time will be exhausted, therefore various research conducted by
researchers to find energy sources outside the fossil as a source of alternative
energy that can be utilized as needed. One of the sources of alternative
energy that can be developed is wind power plant (PLTB). According to the
National Institute of Aviation and Space (LAPAN) research, Bali Island has a
potential wind of 1019 MW.
Wind speed is one of the main factors
affecting the large power generated by the PLTB. The working principle of
the PLTB is by utilizing the wind kinetic energy that enters into the effective
area of the turbine to rotate the wind turbine, then this rotary energy is
passed to the generator to generate electrical energy. The wind velocity
that is muted by the turbine greatly affects the electrical energy
produced. The shape and large wind turbine in a wide range of plants so
that the performance of PLTB is also different, so it needs a fast and accurate
testing and measurement by utilizing microcontroller technology.
Microcontroller AT-Mega328 is an AVR 8
bit family microcontroller. Some types of microcontrollers similar to this
AT-Mega8 include AT-Mega8535, AT-Mega16, AT-Mega32, AT-Mega328, which
distinguish between microcontrollers, among others, the size of the memory, the
number of GPIO (PIN input/output), peripheral (USART, timer, counter,
etc.). This microcontroller is used to perform measurements in real time
and the data of these real time measurement results can be stored in the
microcontroller data logger for further analyzed the electrical energy
generated from the wind speed. An innovation using a microcontroller is
needed to obtain data on wind energy and electrical power to analyze the
performance of the PLTB tested.