Analysis Of Wind Loading On Solar Panel At Different Inclination Angles In Malacca Weather Condition

Nurul Yasmin, Mokhtar (2015) Analysis Of Wind Loading On Solar Panel At Different Inclination Angles In Malacca Weather Condition. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The field of renewable energy has been widely growing topic of fascination by researchers, industrialist and the public alike. Solar technology is becoming increasingly popular for the past few decades and Malacca has become a home for solar energy harnessing where it houses 5MW solar farm owned by Kumpulan Melaka Berhad and a key project for Malacca to become a green technology state by 2020. Like any other structure, solar photovoltaic panels are subjected to wind loading and the effort to minimize the structural damages due to high wind has become the main interest for many. This study attempt to investigate the effect of wind loading on solar panel at different inclination angles using two common method ; CFD and wind tunnel testing. For computational fluid dynamics, Reynold Average Navier Stoke (RANS) equation of k-ε turbulent closure modeling is use. The result obtain from the simulation will be compare and validate with force measurement system in wind tunnel testing. The images of velocity contour generated from simulation managed to reveal the flow behavior such as flow separation, wake region and are compared with images captured using smoke generator in the wind tunnel experiment.

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