Fadzil, Muhammad Faris (2012) Development Of A Mini Race Boat Powered By Solar. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)
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Abstract
The project is about research of the usage of photovoltaic cells for use in a direct current circuit, which are then attached to a mini prototype boat that is to be tested and run in water, and based on yearly competition of solar-powered boat that is held in National Science Centre. Several boat prototypes are designed using the Computer Aided Design (CAD) software that is abundance in designing technology. Such software is SolidWorks 2008, CATIA V6 and Autodesk Inventor Professional 2010, whereby the main software that is applied for drawings in this research is Autodesk Inventor software. The solar boat is then fabricated and tested for it to meet the criteria of best design through analysis done. Tests are conducted using Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software, which analyzes the overall fluid flow around the models tested. The models is then constructed using the materials and correct tools for it to achieve the proper flow properties as analyzed, which is then attached with the purposed solar circuits. The results of flow analysis using CFD software is recorded between three purposed designs, which are RB1, RB2 and RB3. It is concluded that the best design is RB3 by referring to the drag coefficient of CFD analysis. Solar circuit designs are also concluded to be using 6.0 V solar panel pairings for maximum voltage and current generated. Combined together, this can produce the best mini race boat that moves using solar power, and is able to achieve estimated target time of 36.6 second, which is ahead of previous year’s winning record time.
| Item Type: | Final Year Project (Project Report) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Solar cells, Solar engines |
| Subjects: | T Technology > T Technology (General) T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Library > Final Year Project > FKM |
| Depositing User: | Mi Azian Ab. Karim |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2013 15:15 |
| Last Modified: | 28 May 2015 03:53 |
| URI: | http://digitalcollection.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/8074 |
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