Many necessary functions can be at a stand still with out energy. The tracker consists of a photovoltaic panel and moves its surface. Wind loads on solar panel systems attached to building roofs eleni xypnitou a thesis in the department of building, civil and environmental engineering presented in partial fulfillment of the. In this thesis, we have constructed a 2 axis solar tracker which can track the sun.
Advantages and disadvantages of a sun tracker system. Thesis supervisor, laboratory for energy and the environment. Loads calculated in the first step are applied to the model. Office for official publications of the european union 2009 76 pp. A panel designed to absorb the suns rays as a source of energy for generating heat or electricity. This thesis would never have been written without the support of many people that i. Fundamentals, technology and systems and hope that it will be a useful source that helps our readers to. Broadly, solar power is the resources of many energy, for example, the wind power, chemical.
Photons with less energy than the band gap energy pass through the material. Presented to the faculty of the graduate school of the. They also found that the panels temperaturedrop using a pcm with a melt temperature at 27c was higher than using a pcm with a melt temperature at 45c. Design and analysis of solar panel support structure a. Bill gates once again shunned solar power from his vision for energy access in africa in his talk at the university of pretoria in south africa on sunday, where he argued that whilst cheap. Jul 21, 2016 bill gates once again shunned solar power from his vision for energy access in africa in his talk at the university of pretoria in south africa on sunday, where he argued that whilst cheap. Solar panel definition and meaning collins english. After determining the tilt angle, loosen the 516 nuts on each side of the solar panel, adjust the panel, and tighten the two nuts to secure the position. My thesis explored and expanded beyond the scope of the aforementioned project to research different avenues for improving the efficiency of solar photovoltaic power system from the. My thesis explored and expanded beyond the scope of the aforementioned project to research different avenues for improving the efficiency of solar photovoltaic power system from the solar cell level to the solar array mounting, array tracking and dcac inversion system techniques. Solar panel tracking solutions are a more advanced technology for mounting photovoltaic panels.
I have arrived at developing the new high efficiency semiconductor based solar cell via high efficiency heterostructure light emitting devices. In chapter 20 we introduce different concepts related to solar thermal energy. Renewable urban energy systems at the university of stellenbosch, stellenbosch, republic of south africa. Stability is one of the key points for real world application of solar cells and is mainly related to the processes that regulate. High efficiency semiconductor based solar cells thesis of. Solar panel anomaly detection and classification uwspace.
When used in a practical application, a solar panel is commonly connected to a dcac converter or dcdc transformer. In both cases, when a load is connected, we need to consider vi curve of the panel and vi curve of the load to find out how much power can be transmitted to the load. Solar electric system design, operation and installation an overview for builders in the u. In order for to receive the rebate, however, the installation must be done by an approved solar panel installation company. Contact information pete shoemaker pacific energy center 851 howard st. The power is derived from five 120w photovoltaic bp solar panel units. Generally, a solar panel system with a singleaxis solar tracker installed sees a performance gain of 25 to 35 percent. This paper describes the design and implementation of a solar power system for a school and health center in petitanse, haiti. The system has the design capability to last for four days of overcast skies and generate around 9500 lumens of brightness. Pdf design and implementation of automated solar tracking. I decided to make 2 subpanels of 18 cells each just so make it easier to assemble later.
The enduse applications are lighting via a set of fluorescent and incandescent bulbs, and a coolbox for medical refrigeration at the health center. Pdf improvement in solar panel efficiency using solar. Both 2d and 3d analyses are carried out, and it is. There are many ways to use solar power, and this thesis is about how to use solar. A study on the effects of solar power an undergraduate. To produce solar electricity there must be sunlight. Masters thesis thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in engineering at the university of applied sciences technikum wien, vienna, austria course of studies. In the subsequent section chapter 3, system design we will discuss the overall design. While an electrical current is indeed an electric charge carried by electrons negatively charged. Applications of solar energy to power standalone area and street. Here is my sort of back of the envelope sketch showing the overall dimensions of the solar.
The electrical current supplied by a solar panel varies. The university also purchases renewable energy from offsite sources and has a wind turbine. Improvement in solar panel efficiency using solar concentration by simple mirrors and by cooling conference paper pdf. Suggested tilt angles of the solar panel are given in table 1.
This thesis designs and studies a device to continuously measure the voltage. Abstract the utilization of new and alternative energy sources, specifically solar energy, has been. This thesis presents a design and cost optimization for solarpowered, drip irrigation systems. Analytical and comparative study for solar thermal cooling. This thesis presents a proposal for a building that can produce power by incorporating a photovoltaic and thermal energy collection system as a programmed design. Working of solar cell the solar cell works in following steps. The thesis contains multiple paradigms and development friendly solutions with. What are the new thesis topics in solar energy and. Solar energy has advanced greatly since 2003, when a consumers guide. Photons in sunlight hit the solar panel and are absorbed by semiconducting materials, such as silicon. Masters thesis thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of master of science in engineering at the university of applied sciences technikum wien, vienna, austria. Lowcost highefficiency solar cells with wafer bonding and plasmonic technologies thesis by katsuaki tanabe in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy california. Ask students how electricity is moved or delivered.
European commission photovoltaic solar energy development and current research luxembourg. The biggest disadvantage of solar energy is that its not constant. Thesis proposal holiday inn express absecon, nj december 11, 2009. Analysis of the structure, which includes the creation of a fe. Advantages and disadvantages of a solar tracker system. Liquid phase epitaxy the most common of the epitaxy methods is the liquid phase epitaxy, if the target is a fast and costefficient development and production of a less complex hetero. Photons with energy equal to the band gap energy are absorbed to create free electrons.
Beyond daily fluctuations, solar production decreases over winter months when there are less sunlight hours and sun radiation is less intense. Organic solar cells are a type of solar cell which uses organic. The university also purchases renewable energy from offsite sources and has a wind turbine mounted on one of its buildings. May 09, 2016 advantages and disadvantages of a solar tracker system. Pdf design of an offgrid solar pv system for a rural. Another aim of this thesis is to evaluate the economic feasibility of a pvdiesel hybrid system over a 25 years lifetime compared to a diesel grid unreliable system. Aims of the doctoral thesis hungary use less renewable energy than neighboring countries. Department of electrical engineering solar panel tracking. In chapter 21, which is the last chapter of the regular text, we discuss solar fuels, which allow to store solar energy on the long term in the form of chemical energy. The solar panel should be oriented to receive maximum insolation incident solar radiation over the course of a year.
Thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the. The electrical current supplied by a solar panel varies proportionally to the solar radiation. However across europe, the number and size of solar systems are growing dynamically. A study on the effects of solar power an undergraduate honors college thesis by jonathan keith hayes university of arkansas department of electrical engineering spring 2012. A dualaxis tracker bumps performance up by another five to 10 percent.
A solar energy proposal for the university of kansas. This thesis evaluates different sites for a weather measurement system and a suitable pv. Pdf increasing solar energy conversion efficiency in thin film. Analysis of the structure, which includes the creation of a fe model using ansa as preprocessor. Pdf this thesis proposes an algorithm for detection of the position of the. The output of a solar panel is highly dependent on solar radiation and other climatic conditions. Solar panel arrays can be made by connecting a set of panels in series andor parallel in order to provide the necessary energy for a given load. Solar panels the theory and uses electronics forum. How we measure reads a read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors. Wind loads on solar panel systems attached to building roofs eleni xypnitou a thesis in the department of building, civil and environmental engineering presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of master of applied science building engineering at concordia university montreal, quebec, canada august 2012. Pdf solar power as renewable energy for home systems in. Combined, 17% of their electricity comes from renewable sources, while saving them money on the use of fuel. A junction box that connects the solar panel wiring to the breaker panel on the home a utility meter that displays the amount of power used, produced and stored in the battery bank a disconnect switch. The enduse applications are lighting via a set of fluorescent and.
Other materials are catching as well the attention of researchers, such as organic solar cells that present a low cost alternative to the silicon solar cells. Thesis pdf available january 2018 with 26,985 reads. Actually fossils fuels are suns energy, stored in the form of 200 million year old plants and extracted today by dangerous, costly and environment destroying methods. Each sub panel will fit into one well in the main panel. Current commercial solar cells have a lifetime of 25 years with efficiency around 20 %. Improving the performance of solar panels by the use of. Jan 19, 2018 benefits and drawbacks of solar trackers. Design and implementation of a solar power system in rural. Department of energy under award number deee0003526. A solar energy proposal for the university of kansas by. Since my thesis project is an addition to an existing building, the owner had expressed the.
The main form of use of solar energy has photothermal conversion of solar energy, photovoltaic and photochemical conversion. The primary work in the thesis is the generation of electricity by the help of solar power in order to. The results are used to determine the size of the panel and the number of batteries required to guarantee. The biggest benefit of a solar tracking system is that it offers a boost in electricity production. This thesis details potential design improvements by exploiting a new general grid model. Lowcost highefficiency solar cells with wafer bonding and plasmonic technologies thesis by katsuaki tanabe in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of doctor of philosophy california institute of technology pasadena, california 2008 defended may 21, 2008. Department of energy doe sunshot initiative is a collaborative. Performance evaluation shows a solar panel can generate output power above 60% of its rated value for only six hours of a day from 9.
This thesis evaluates different sites for a weather measurement system and a suitable pv simulation for. In this thesis, a comparison and analyses of solar thermal and solar photovoltaic pv airconditioning technologies for a typical single family house tsfh in two different mena climates, aswanegypt and aqabajordan, are performed. What is important is that the voltage stay above a given value, the current may fluctuate depending on solar intensity. So there is a center divider across the middle of the box. It promotes the spread of solar power plants to significantly reduce the investment costs these system helps to decentralizing. In this thesis, a comparison and analyses of solar thermal and solar photovoltaic pv airconditioning technologies for a typical single family house tsfh in two different mena climates, aswanegypt. This thesis set out to achieve two major objectives, with a third objective added at. Alternative methods of solar energy are discussed in part v. Ryan murray, michael byars, cameron coggburn, chris gochis, parker smith, jakob glidden, brett stevens environmental studies capstone project dr. A cost optimization of solarpowered, drip irrigation. So energy must be stored or sourced elsewhere at night. The main disadvantage of a solar panel is that it has very low efficiency. The sunshot solar outreach partnership solarops is a u. Harvard has solar panel systems on eight of its buildings, the largest of which produces 590,000 kwhyear.
Performance evaluation shows a solar panel can generate output power above 60% of its rated value. This will vary according to climatological conditions, the hour of the day, and the time of the year. Department of energy doe sunshot initiative is a collaborative national effort to dramatically reduce the cost of solar energy before the end of the decade. Steady state sst k turbulence model is considered in cfd analysis. Stationary mounts, which hold panels in a fixed position, can have their productivity compromised when the sun passes to a lessthanoptimal angle. Solar electric system design, operation and installation. Socioeconomic impacts of solar energy on rural livelihood transformation 35.