FEASIBILITY

STUDY
By: Steven John G. Mancisic
 CONTENTS
WHAT IS FEASIBILITY STUDY?
WHY DO FEASIBILITY STUDY ?
DIMENSIONS OF FEASIBILITY STUDY
• Market Analysis
• Technical Analysis
• Cultural Analysis
• Financial Analysis
• Legal Feasibility
• Economic Analysis
BENEFITS OF CONDUCTING A FEASIBILITY STUDY
HYDRO ELECTRIC POWER PLANT FEASIBILITY STUDY
 Feasibility Study

• is research, testing and experimentation designed.

• is an analysis of the viability of an idea.

 WHY DO FEASIBILITY STUDY
• To find a solution that is cost effective from a business
perspective.
• To find a solution that is well recognized.
• To find out the probable market for the products and
income of operating the projects.
• To find out the opportunities and threats as presented
by environment.
• To show the contributions of projects that can offer to
the society.
DIMENSIONS OF FEASIBILITY STUDY
 MARKET ANALYSIS
• Market research is the systematic gathering, recording and
analyzing of data about problems relating to the market of
goods and services.

• Market research is the means by which those who provide

goods and services keep themselves in touch with the needs
and wants of those who buy these goods and services.
 FINANCIAL ANALYSIS

• is the process of evaluating businesses, projects,

budgets and other finance-related entities to determine
their performance and suitability.
 Technical Analysis

•  is a methodology that makes buy and sell decisions

using market statistics. It primarily involves studying
charts showing the trading history and statistics for
whatever security is being analyzed.
 Economic Analysis

• Is where analysis of project’s cost and revenues in an

effort to determine whether or not it is logical possible
to complete.

• It may also be a study of a production process or an

industry.
 Legal Feasibility

• Is a measure of how well a solution can be implemented

within existing legal/contractual obligation.

• It may include study concerning contracts, liability,

violations, and other legal traps frequently unknown to
the technical staff.

• e.g. a data processing system must comply with the local

data protection Acts
 Cultural Analysis

• In this stage, the project’s alternatives are evaluated for

their impact on the local and general culture.

• e.g. environmental factors need to be considered and

this factors are to be well known. Further an enterprise’s
own culture can clash with the result of the project.
 BENEFITS OF CONDUCTING A
FEASIBILITY STUDY
• Narrows the business alternatives.

• Gives project teams more focus and provides an alternative

outline.

• Identifies a valid reason to undertake the project.

• Aids decision-making in the project.

• Enhance the success rate by evaluating multiple parameters.

 Hydro Electric Power Plant
Feasibility
• This feasibility study contains an estimation of design flow.
• Determination of power potential for a range of dam or weir
heights and installed capacities for project optimization.
• Design of all structures in sufficient detail.
• Determination of the diversion structures dimensions and project
schedule.
• Optimization of the project layout, water levels and components.
• Production of a detailed cost estimate.
• Economic and financial evaluation of the project along with a
feasibility report.
• Accurate flow estimates are a vital part of hydropower
feasibility study because they form the basis of the
performance and income predictions for the hydro
system and are a key element when specifying the most
appropriate hydro turbine.
The hydropower feasibility study can be broken down into
the following sections

• Site survey and resource analysis

• Analysis and modelling
• Performance, financial analysis and recommendation
• Full hydropower feasibility price
Site survey and resource analysis
Hydropower systems have to be ‘bespoke designed’ to fit
into a site, rather than onto a site as is the case
with wind turbines.

A key element of the hydro site survey is to get a good

understanding of the layout of the weir(s), channels,
sluices and surrounding buildings so that some initial
options for locating the hydro system can be discussed
with the client.
Accurate flow estimates are a vital part of our hydropower feasibility
study because they form the basis of the performance
and income predictions for the hydro system and are a key element
when specifying the most appropriate hydro turbine.
 Analysis and modelling
• Once the hydro turbine has been specified in the
hydropower feasibility study it can then specify the
most appropriate drive system (belt, gearbox or
directly-coupled) and the generator and control system.

• e.g. Crossflow turbine, Kaplan turbine

Hydro system sizing
• It is important that both the best type of
hydro turbine is specified for the
combination of head and flow at the site
and also that its maximum flow rate and
flow operating range are selected to
maximize energy generation, and
therefore income.
FLOW DURATION CURVE WITH OPERATING FLOW BOUDERIES OF HYDRO
Performance, financial analysis and
recommendations
• The flow and head duration data for the site is the foundation,
and then the selected hardware is added to this to build a
complete mathematical model of the proposed hydro system.
• The modelling not only takes into account changes in head
across the system due to upstream and downstream water level
changes, but also calculates the head losses in all components
in-between depending on the flow rate and power output. Added
to this the efficiency of the turbine, drive system and generator
are calculated independently depending on the load. The end
result is a performance prediction that is remarkably close to
real-world operating experience.
Full hydropower feasibility price
• The price varies depending on the expected maximum
power output of the finished system:

• Less than 100 kW₱208511

• 100 – 250 kW ₱242141
• 250 – 500 kW ₱316129