Design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation
With solar energy as one of the popular renewable energy sources, steps to improve the efficiency of solar panel become important. There are various ways to improve the efficiency, but only one is looked into. In the project, apart from the solar panel, there are 2 main circuits designed, a microcon...
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| author | Foo, Shi Jun |
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| description | With solar energy as one of the popular renewable energy sources, steps to improve the efficiency of solar panel become important. There are various ways to improve the efficiency, but only one is looked into. In the project, apart from the solar panel, there are 2 main circuits designed, a microcontroller and power storage device. The project targets to track the movement of the sun by making use of sensors and also charge up a power storage device. The result showed that the sun movement could be traced with the help of the microcontroller and the rate of charge of the storage device was not appealing. For future recommendations, a more realistic prototype with equipment used by commercially can be explored. In conclusion, there are many feasible ways to improve efficiency, however more practical approach can be targeted as a forthcoming suggestion. |
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| spelling | ntu-10356/678242023-07-07T17:35:28Z Design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation Foo, Shi Jun Chen Tupei School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering DRNTU::Engineering With solar energy as one of the popular renewable energy sources, steps to improve the efficiency of solar panel become important. There are various ways to improve the efficiency, but only one is looked into. In the project, apart from the solar panel, there are 2 main circuits designed, a microcontroller and power storage device. The project targets to track the movement of the sun by making use of sensors and also charge up a power storage device. The result showed that the sun movement could be traced with the help of the microcontroller and the rate of charge of the storage device was not appealing. For future recommendations, a more realistic prototype with equipment used by commercially can be explored. In conclusion, there are many feasible ways to improve efficiency, however more practical approach can be targeted as a forthcoming suggestion. Bachelor of Engineering 2016-05-21T06:25:53Z 2016-05-21T06:25:53Z 2016 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/67824 en Nanyang Technological University 78 p. application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | DRNTU::Engineering Foo, Shi Jun Design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation |
| title | Design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation |
| title_full | Design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation |
| title_fullStr | Design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation |
| title_short | Design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation |
| title_sort | design of a controller for photovoltaic power generation |
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