Simulation of dish stirling system for Malaysia environment

Mohd Lokman , Ramli (2014) Simulation of dish stirling system for Malaysia environment. Project Report. UTeM. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Renewable energy has become an important source of global electricity generation. Tendency to lean towards renewable energy because it does not work out with use over time compared to conventional fuel electric generator. Another important factor is that renewable energy produces greenhouse gases and environmental pollution that little or none at all. On average, Malaysia receives about 6 hours of direct sunlight each day. The average annual daily solar radiation in Malaysia is in magnitude from 4.21 to 5.56 kWhm- 2 and sunlight is more than 2200 hours per year. CSP technologies such as the Stirling dish systems can contribute to the development of a more sustainable energy system by converting solar energy into mechanical energy and then into electricity. Under Entry Point Energy programmed the target for Malaysia to build solar power capacity to 1.25 GW in 2020. The System Advisor Model was chosen to predict the performance of a dish stirling system in this project. The main objective of this project was to simulate and predict the performance of a dish stirling system by using SAM software. The input data to simulate dish stirling system are weather data from U. S. National Climatic Data Centre. The second objective is to analyse the electrical energy produced by a dish stirling system for four locations in Malaysia environment. The selected locations are George Town, Kota Baharu, Kuala Lumpur and Kuching. The highest solar to electrical energy conversion is in George Town. Found that the performance dish stirling system in George Town is better than the other location. All data and analysis in this project is hoped will be a good reference for further research and renewable energy technology development in Malaysia.

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