Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore
Photovoltaic technology enables direct conversion of solar irradiation into electricity. This project investigated the performance of a single-axis active solar tracking system by constructing and testing. From the results, it was observed that the output current varied almost instantaneously with t...
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| author | Amin, Zakaria Mohd. Maswood, Ali I. Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam Al-Ammar, Essam A. Orfi, Jamel Al-Ansari, Hany A. |
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| description | Photovoltaic technology enables direct conversion of solar irradiation into electricity. This project investigated the performance of a single-axis active solar tracking system by constructing and testing. From the results, it was observed that the output current varied almost instantaneously with the irradiation whilst the output voltage remained fairly constant even with huge fluctuations in irradiation. The efficiency of the solar panels was found to be 11.9% for the tracking configuration. This represented a 33.6% increase in efficiency when using the single-axis tracking system over the fixed ones. |
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| spelling | iium-267832017-02-07T07:40:03Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/26783/ Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore Amin, Zakaria Mohd. Maswood, Ali I. Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam Al-Ammar, Essam A. Orfi, Jamel Al-Ansari, Hany A. T175 Industrial research. Research and development Photovoltaic technology enables direct conversion of solar irradiation into electricity. This project investigated the performance of a single-axis active solar tracking system by constructing and testing. From the results, it was observed that the output current varied almost instantaneously with the irradiation whilst the output voltage remained fairly constant even with huge fluctuations in irradiation. The efficiency of the solar panels was found to be 11.9% for the tracking configuration. This represented a 33.6% increase in efficiency when using the single-axis tracking system over the fixed ones. 2012-06-12 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/26783/1/PV_Solar_tracking_.pdf Amin, Zakaria Mohd. and Maswood, Ali I. and Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam and Al-Ammar, Essam A. and Orfi, Jamel and Al-Ansari, Hany A. (2012) Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore. In: International Conference on Production, Energy and Reliability (ICPER2012), 12-14 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. (Unpublished) |
| spellingShingle | T175 Industrial research. Research and development Amin, Zakaria Mohd. Maswood, Ali I. Hawlader, Mohammad Nurul Alam Al-Ammar, Essam A. Orfi, Jamel Al-Ansari, Hany A. Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore |
| title | Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore |
| title_full | Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore |
| title_fullStr | Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore |
| title_short | Performance of Photovoltaic Systems with Solar Tracking in Singapore |
| title_sort | performance of photovoltaic systems with solar tracking in singapore |
| topic | T175 Industrial research. Research and development |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/26783/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/26783/1/PV_Solar_tracking_.pdf |