Potential of Wind Speed for Wind Power Generation In Perlis, Northern Malaysia

 This paper presents an analysis of the wind speed characteristics in Perlis, Northern Malaysia for the year of 2006. The characteristics consist of daily, monthly and annual mean wind speed. The Weibull distribution function is applied to analyze the wind speed characteristics and used to calculate the wind power generation potential. Potential of wind power generation is observed and analyzed during 24 hours (9th March 2011). The analysis result of monthly mean wind power and energy density show that the early (January to march) and the end (December) of year have a high wind power and energy potential, but the middle of year they are very low, it is necessary to develop  a special wind power generation capable of harnessing the little wind resource available in Perlis. Observation during 24 hours (9th March 2011), for a 24 V wind power generation gives 10% of its total output voltage

Dye Solar Cell Using Syzigium Oleina Organic Dye

AbstractDye sensitized solar cell (DSSC) is another type of solar cell that utilise the use of a Dye as to absorp more sun rays on solar cells and to direct solar irradiance in it as to circulate electron process like in a conventional diode. The components used to build a DSSC can be divided into 4 parts from making the substrate in this case the TiO2 as the anode and Carbon as the cathode, soaking it in Dye which act as absorption mechanism, adding of electrolyte and finally assembling them as a unit of solar cell. The process of solar absorption works as the photons from the sun molecular works similarly as in photosynthesis of green leaves. This paper proposed the use of Syzigium Oleina fruit as dye. Syzigium Oleina is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1100 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. The usage of Syzigium Oleina as Dye compared to blueberries shows higher solar irradiance absorption and can be used as alternative of other types of organic berries

Three Level Single Phase Photovoltaic and Wind Power Hybrid Inverter

AbstractThis paper presents a new topology of three-level single phase photovoltaic (PV) and wind power hybrid inverter. It consists of three main circuits; they are a hybrid controller circuit, a charger circuit, a pulse driver and full bridge circuit. The inverter is installed in front of Electrical Energy and Industrial Electronic Systems (EEIES) Cluster, Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Northern Malaysia. Its main energy source is a PV array and wind power generation. In this research, AC three-level waveform and square wave single phase PV and wind power hybrid inverter are developed and created by a microcontroller PIC16F627A-I/P and analyzed their performance comparisons. The result shows that the AC waveform which is formed by the PV and wind power hybrid inverter will effect on AC load rms voltage, AC current and current total harmonic distortion (CTHD), for a load of 20W 220V 50Hz AC water pump, its AC load rms voltage and current are higher when the single phase PV and wind power hybrid inverter is formed as AC square wave than as AC three-level waveform, but the CTHD is lower when the single phase PV and wind power hybrid inverter is formed as AC three-level waveform than as AC square wave

Photovoltaic Powered T-Shirt Folding Machine

AbstractEasy T-Shirt Folding Machine is an automatic motor controlled t-shirt folding machine powered by a photovoltaic system. The aim of this project is to fold t-shirts merely by pressing a button. The folding machine is fully automatic where one has to place the t-shirt on the folding tray and press the button. It will then fold the t-shirt by itself. This system uses four DC motors to control the motion of the folding part. Usually, a person uses conventional method to fold the clothes which by hand folding. Many problems usually faced by working women who is unable to manage time for house hold chores The purpose of this project is to introduce an easy and fully automatic t-shirt folding machine. In this propose system, a DC motor are attached to the folding motion and rotates according to a program which uses microcontroller. The microcontroller controls the overall motion of the folding. The overall system is powered by a photovoltaic system. Result shows that by using this system, the time for folding clothes by human can be cut down in half compared to conventional method

An Estimation of Solar Radiation using Robust Linear Regression Method

AbstractThe air temperature data is the most important component to estimate the solar radiation in photovoltaic systems. From the Malaysia Meteorological Department, the data of air temperature and solar radiation can be found the hourly, daily, monthly and also the annually. Based on solar radiation data for the past 26 years, the average monthly solar radiation was 5009.56 Wh/m2. It was greater than the normal solar radiation (3 kWh/m2), which indicates that the sky in Perlis was clear and very high solar radiation intensity for the months in the past 26 years. This paper presents an investigation of a relationship between solar radiation and temperature in Perlis, Northern Malaysia for the year of 2006. The Least Trimmed Squares (LTS) robust regression model was selected to estimate the solar radiation since the robust method is do not breakdown easily and are not much influenced by outliers

Cooling on Photovoltaic Panel Using Forced Air Convection Induced by DC Fan

Photovoltaic (PV) panel is the heart of solar system generally has a low energy conversion efficiency available in the market. PV panel temperature control is the main key to keeping the PV panel operate efficiently. This paper presented the great influenced of the cooling system in reduced PV panel temperature. A cooling system has been developed based on forced convection induced by DC fan as cooling mechanism. DC fan was attached at the back side of PV panel will extract the heat energy distributed and cool down the PV panel. The working operation of DC fan controlled by PIC18F4550 microcontroller which depending on the average value of PV panel temperature. Experiments were performed with and without cooling mechanism attached at the backside PV panel. The whole PV system was subsequently evaluated in outdoor weather conditions. As a result, it is concluded that there is an optimum number of DC fans required as cooling mechanism in producing efficient electrical output from a PV panel. The study clearly shows how cooling mechanism improves the performance of PV panel at the hot climatic weather. In short, the reduction of PV panel temperature is very important to keep its performance operated efficiently

Wireless Power Transfer by Using Solar Energy

This project is based on how to transmit electrical power without wires, using solar energy as source. The power is transferred wirelessly through an inductive coupling method. With this new discovery, we no longer need complicated with the cable passing around us, with Power without Wires (Wireless Electricity) we can use our electronic equipment such as TV, MP3 Player, HiFi Headset; everything works without the use of batteries or electrical wiring. In fact, mobile devices such as laptop batteries, mobile phone, or digital camera filled automatically, so once you enter the house, of course without having to plug in the cable. The project is offer to study and fabricate wireless power transfer by using inductive coupling. Experiments have been conducted and the wireless power transfer using inductive coupling can be transfer energy up to 10 cm