Allan, Soon Chan Roong (2015) Design And Implementation Of A Laboratory-scale Single Axis Sun Tracking System. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)
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Abstract
Solar energy is a renewable energy which is inexhaustible and environmental friendly. The solar energy can be converted to electrical energy by using photovoltaic (PV) solar panel. Malaysia has a high potential to develop solar power plant due to the suitable location on the earth. However, Malaysia is still lack of consciousness regarding the solar photovoltaic (PV) system. Besides, power output of the solar panel is high variability and it is challenging to meet the supply-and-demand requirement. In order to have more knowledge and understanding regarding the solar system, a laboratory-scale single axis solar tracking system has been designed and developed. In order to validate the performance of the designed laboratory-scale single axis solar tracking system a series of experiment has been conducted. The designed axis solar tracking system consists of two important units which are control unit and power unit. The control unit is used to align the solar panel facing perpendicular to the sun and the power unit is used to enhance and monitor the power output from the solar panel. Data is collected using data logger in every minute from 8:00a.m to 3:30p.m. The results obtained is analyzed and discussed. The results show that the preferable angle of rotation for the designed solar tracking system is 15 % per hour. The designed laboratory-scale single axis solar tracking system has the performance ratio of 0.83, which is the quality factor used to determine the relationship between the actual energy output and theoretical energy output of the solar PV system. Besides, the energy saving of the designed solar tracking system can reach up to 25% in a sunny day.
| Item Type: | Final Year Project (Project Report) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Solar energy -- Design and construction, Solar system |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Library > Final Year Project > FKE |
| Depositing User: | Users 4089 not found. |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2017 00:54 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Mar 2017 00:54 |
| URI: | http://digitalcollection.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/18222 |
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