How to log data from Photovoltaic Panel?

I am conducting an experiment that I want to log the data from PV panel (Watt). All I have is a red wire (Positive point) and a black wire (Negative point). My field is Chemical Engineering and...

04 May 2018 8,251 21 View

How can I calculate/find the thermal expansion data of hydrated salt?

I want to pour the hydrated salt (CaCl2.6H2O) behind the PV panel but I need to know about the value of Length/Area/Volume thermal expansion for this salt. My panel's dimension is: 260 mm (length)...

03 April 2018 9,379 2 View

Is "Annealing" step necessary for Aluminium wire and cable manufacturing?

I wanna know that, is "Annealing" step necessary for ALUMINIUM wire and cable manufacturing? Do factories usually make this "Annealing" Step for manufacturing their Aluminium wire and cables?...

02 March 2018 3,959 10 View

What is the best and most accurate software for energy simulation in buildings?

What is the best and most accurate software for energy simulation in buildings? For example: Zero-energy buildings, Green buildings and etc. Thanks in advance.

31 December 2017 8,475 24 View

Is there any information on the thermal, physical and chemical properties of CaCl2.2H2O for use as a phase change material?

I'm trying to find the cheapest and at the same time have high latent heat and proper melting temperature range for my project. Since I could not find CaCl2.6H2O in Iran, I got another option. My...

10 November 2017 9,913 1 View

Except for paraffin, what kind of PCM would you recommend to cool and increase the efficiency of solar panels?

What type of PCM (and if you know what substance exactly), other than paraffin, do you consider to use behind of the solar panels to increase efficiency? In this case "PRICE" is very important and...

10 November 2017 6,558 5 View

How can I edit the TRNSYS types to my desired type?

09 October 2017 7,792 9 View

What kind of PCMs is usually used for cooling the PV panels?

I'm working on cooling photovoltaic panels using phase-change materials. I wanted to see what kind of phase-change material is usually used to cool solar panels and increase their efficiency?

09 October 2017 7,105 22 View

What kind of PCMs is usually used for cooling the PV panels?

I'm working on cooling photovoltaic panels using phase-change materials. I wanted to see what kind of phase-change material is usually used to cool solar panels and increase their efficiency?

09 October 2017 4,539 5 View

What is the most Operating System (OS) which can be INSTALL on Tiny hard devices like Raspberry Pi (RPi) hardware ?

I'm targeting to deploy a mesh network and manually configure MANET routing protocols. I'm preparing scenarios, architectures, and hard devices needed to do that. Are there some step-by-step...

03 March 2021 1,931 5 View

Can we classify HV and LV lines based on line length?

I have dataset which shows the length of power lines. I need to classify the lines based on the line length. Is there a rule to classify the High voltage (HV) and low voltage (LV) lines based on...

03 March 2021 4,116 4 View

How two melting peaks in DSC of polypropylene can be merged into one crystallization peak?

The figure shows DSC cooling (blue) and 2nd heating (green) curves (step: 10 K/min) for a commercial sample supplied as Atactic Polypropylene (APP). The heating curve illustrates two major...

03 March 2021 5,857 3 View

Irradiation data for JAPAN?

Hi, Could you help me to get the latest (2019, 2020) solar resource data for a particular site in JAPAN? PV GIS and NSRDB data are not in reach to JAPAN, I'm looking for some other database for...

03 March 2021 961 3 View

Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities or caverns with respect to their size and shape?

The range of forms and sizes of cavities in rock is very big. Is there a classification scheme for rock cavities regarding their size and shape?

02 March 2021 4,511 3 View

Ideas for Phd's Thesis on pricing (Marketing)?

Hi everyone, I'm studying Marketing and I would like to write my PhD thesis on the topic of pricing. Any specific ideas?

02 March 2021 9,706 5 View

Why are the velocities so high in my Boussinesq approximation Fluent simulation?

Hello, I have a mechanism where air rises due to convective flows. In this simulation, nothing is driving the air except this. I understand that the Boussinesq approximation only works for small...

02 March 2021 4,910 3 View

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

Is there a powerful system for the security of the systems distributed on IoT systems?

02 March 2021 3,858 10 View

Help request in CST microwave?

im working now on TPV solar cells and metamaterials and i realy need our help in CST microwave i have a tpv cell simulation and i want to extract particullarly the absorbtion of only the active...

02 March 2021 2,246 2 View

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server?

Which is suitable for use with Python? MySQL or SQL Server? What is your suggestion?

01 March 2021 3,422 3 View