International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering (IJRTE) ISSN: 2277-3878, Volume-8 Issue-4, November 2019 6323 Published By: Blue Eyes Intelligence Engineering & Sciences Publication Retrieval Number: D5114118419/2019©BEIESP DOI:10.35940/ijrte.D5114.118419 Abstract: Malaysia, although having a good number of small to medium hydro power potential sites, has still not exploited all of them. The focus of this manuscript is a feasibility study of the technical viability of power generation from a medium hydropower potential site, the Bukit Merah Dam site, on the Terusan Besar irrigation canal in northern region of Malaysia. This study is carried out using flow data of 2016 from the main irrigation canal of Bukit Merah dam. The data was obtained from Department of Irrigation and Drainage, Perak. The power capacity, yearly energy output of the potential hydro site are studied in this work. Technical analysis of the power output capacity and yearly energy output of three (3) hydro-turbine types (Kaplan, Propeller, and Francis) operable at the same given head and design flow were studied. The study shows that there is a potential capacity of 2.2 MW and an annual energy generation capacity of 7028.47 MWh at a turbine peak efficiency of 92.8% at a design flow of 19.23 m3/s using Kaplan turbine. Keywords: Agricultural Dam, Hydropower and Potential sides I. INTRODUCTION The energy demand of Malaysia has been steadily increasing from year to year. To meet this demand, more fossil fuel power plant has been committed to be built and will operational in the near future, despite its government having set a target for energy generation from renewable energy [1]. Currently, 42.6% of Malaysia’s electricity comes from natural gas, followed by 28.9% from coal, 18.6% from hydro, 6.3% from diesel and the remaining from renewable. This shows that significant amount of Malaysia’s electricity comes from fossil fuel [2]. Another 6,682MW additional capacity of fossil-fuel based power plant will start operation between June 2019 and January 2023 [3], which will add to the carbon emission generation to the atmosphere. Revised Manuscript Received on November 19, 2019 E Roslan, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Suhail Shaari, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Faiz Zamri, Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Afifi Akhiar, Institute of Sustainable Energy, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Fatihah Salleh, Institute of Energy Policy and Research, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Zakwan Ramli, College of Engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia. Abd Halim Shamsuddin, AAIBE Chair for Renewable Energy @ UNITEN, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia Bukit Merah dam was constructed in 1906 with the main purpose of providing irrigation water for double annual harvesting of paddy of 24,000 Ha of paddy field under the Krian Sungai Manik project. Other than agricultural purposes, it was also built to supply domestic and industrial demand in the Krian district. Two canals are connected to the dam, namely Terusan Besar (Main canal) and Terusan Selinsing (Selinsing canal). Bukit merah dam has a reservoir area of 41km 2 , a capacity of 74.98Mm 3 and a catchment area of 480km 2 [4]. Fig. 1 Bukit Merah Dam Converting existing agricultural dam to generate electricity is a low-hanging fruit to mitigate increasing carbon dioxide emission from energy due to increasing energy demand and it is certainly not a new idea. The Government of United States conducted a survey in 2007 to estimate the capability of existing dams owned by the federal government across the United States. Through the study, it is estimated that from 871 existing federal facilities, a total capacity of 1230MW of electrical power generation is feasible technically and economically [5]. Other than estimating the energy output based on head and flow the stream, the costs varies based on location, which might include construction, licensing, fish and wildlife mitigation, recreation mitigation, historical and archeological mitigation, water quality monitoring, fish passage mitigation, fixed operation and maintenance, variable operation and maintenance and regulatory related costs. [6] This study shows the potential of generating electricity from Bukit Merah dam, specifically from its main canal, based on the flow data of January until December 2016. E Roslan, Suhail Shaari, Faiz Zamri, Afifi Akhiar, Fatihah Salleh, Zakwan Ramli, Abd Halim Shamsuddin Hydropower Potential of Agricultural Dam in Bukit Merah