Abstract :
Micro-hydro power plants (PLTMH) are small-scale power plants. Usually this
plant is built in a place where there is no electricity, but this plant usually requires
enough water to be used as a source of lighting. Before this PLTMH is planned,
potential studies are needed in the field to determine the feasibility of the water
source. The researcher here only discusses boost converter which is useful to
convert low input voltage to high output voltage (voltage increase). The boost
converter output voltage is between 2-27 V. From the results of the test data that
has been done, the greater the voltage, the minimum current obtained increases.
For maximum current, the greater the voltage, the maximum current obtained
decreases. From the test data, the greater the voltage, the minimum power
obtained will increase. For maximum input voltage of 4 V, the maximum power
obtained remains at 2.43 W.