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Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel

Master of Science in Electrical System Engineering

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Main Author: Amelia, Abd Razak
Other Authors: Mohd Irwan, Yusoff,Dr.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2017
Subjects:
Photovoltaic power generation
Solar energy
Renewable energy sources
Photovoltaic (PV)
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/72442
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spelling my.unimap-724422023-03-06T00:37:41Z Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel Amelia, Abd Razak Mohd Irwan, Yusoff,Dr. Photovoltaic power generation Solar energy Renewable energy sources Photovoltaic (PV) Master of Science in Electrical System Engineering Photovoltaic (PV) panel suffers in low conversion efficiency in generating the output power. This is because of the accumulated heat generated through PV panel leads the PV panel operates at the high temperature. The high PV panel temperature reduces the output power generated by the PV panel. To address this issue, the assessment output power of the automatic air cooling system using direct current (DC) fan for increasing the output power of PV panel has been figured out. The first objective of this study is to investigate the effect of solar irradiance and PV panel temperature on output performance of the PV panel by using PVsyst software. In this simulation, a PV panel with the rating power 100 W was analyzed. Simulation results imply that less output power from the PV panel influenced by the elevated PV panel temperature. The second objective is focused on the design and development of the automatic air cooling system for PV panel. In development of the automatic air cooling system, the desired number of DC fan was determined for the selected PV panel. Therefore, the performance of PV panel without cooling system was investigated at the outdoor of Centre of Excellence for Renewable Energy (CERE), University Malaysia Perlis, Malaysia. The distribution temperature of the PV panel for the outdoor measurement was applied into formulation equations of heat extraction to calculate the required air flow of the DC fan. In order to verify the calculation results, the effect of the two units DC fan on PV panel performance was investigated by using the PVsyst software. Results found that the desired number of DC fan to improve the output power produced by a PV panel is determined by two units. Besides, the operation of DC fan was controlled by the PIC18F4550 microcontroller, which depending on the average value of PV panel temperature. Thus, DC fan will not run for 24 hours. 2017 2021-10-14T02:34:18Z 2021-10-14T02:34:18Z Thesis http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/72442 en Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) School of Electrical Systems Engineering
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topic Photovoltaic power generation
Solar energy
Renewable energy sources
Photovoltaic (PV)
spellingShingle Photovoltaic power generation
Solar energy
Renewable energy sources
Photovoltaic (PV)
Amelia, Abd Razak
Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel
description Master of Science in Electrical System Engineering
author2 Mohd Irwan, Yusoff,Dr.
author_facet Mohd Irwan, Yusoff,Dr.
Amelia, Abd Razak
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author Amelia, Abd Razak
author_sort Amelia, Abd Razak
title Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel
title_short Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel
title_full Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel
title_fullStr Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel
title_full_unstemmed Assessment of automatic air cooling system using DC fan for photovoltaic panel
title_sort assessment of automatic air cooling system using dc fan for photovoltaic panel
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
publishDate 2017
url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/72442
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