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Iam trying to do a performance Comparison of various MPPT algorithms and different DC/DC coverters in BLDC fed solar water pumping system.any suggestions? The pump controller would consist of VFD...
11 May 2020 3,155 0 View
Evolutionary Algorithms, namely Genetic Algorithm (GA), Particle Swarms Optimization (PSO) and Differential Evolution (DE) are used to solve optimization problems. As in photovoltaics (PV), the...
06 May 2020 8,811 8 View
I know the analysis of wave interaction with the floating bodies can be done in the ansys aqwa but it is a paid product and I am looking for a free option. However, I have the license of MIKE MA,...
06 May 2020 9,708 2 View
I am applying solar flux on a glass plate on which lens is embedded and at the focus of the lens there is a pipe passing through. I want to find the temperature distribution of the pipe wall after...
24 April 2020 8,009 0 View
Why do solar air collectors/solar air heaters show this trend?
16 April 2020 6,080 0 View
Suppose, I have one-year hourly electric load data(8760 data). I have also wind speed and solar irradiance data for one year (8760 data). I want to optimize the battery size, no. of the wind...
04 April 2020 1,148 10 View
I am researching solar trigeneration systems and I want to know articles or books related to the subject and its theoretical foundations. Thank you.
31 March 2020 1,664 4 View
It's confusing when they say 1 MW or 100 MW electrolyzer. What do they exactly mean? Also When we say that we have a 1 MW solar plant capacity for the electrolyzer, so how can we decide the upper...
27 March 2020 5,082 5 View
PV panels are exposed to soiling (dust, fungus, dirts etc.), which results in performance drop. Is there a standard guideline for this for operators? I mean months and years after...
26 March 2020 8,903 8 View
I am working on Magnetic cooling system, where for the solid domain, I have to invoke an additional variable source term (magnetocaloric energy) in the energy equation. How can I do that?
25 March 2020 4,302 6 View
I wanna check my model and code of calculating heliostat field efficiency, I got some data about solar two project, but I can't find the detailed data of the heliostat layout. Does anyone know...
22 March 2020 4,339 3 View
I am applying a boost converter in a grid connected solar PV system in order to regulate the DC link voltage to be fixed at specific voltage level. the input of the DC-DC boost converter is the...
22 March 2020 3,272 5 View
Hello colleagues, I am currently working on solar desalination experiments. I have to find the optimum angle at which my solar still gives maximum performance. But I only have two solar stills and...
16 March 2020 6,537 4 View
Hi I am studying IC and P&O in a boost converter for solar panels. I am startled because I get nearly identical results. Does anyone know why can't I see pratically any deviation between...
11 March 2020 1,987 4 View
Hi, I would like to calculate shunt and series resistance for a specific solar panel. I will be using datasheets to gather the main parameters. What other parameters should I get in order to...
03 March 2020 8,975 6 View
I make measurements for the master thesis of solar heater. I need to design a load curve to obtain measurements for natural consumption of people. I will discharge solar heater tank through the...
01 March 2020 1,581 4 View
I am working on the theoretical analysis of the Minimum operation load of the Solar Tower Power Plant. Right now, I think there could three factors that determine the minimum load. The minimum...
28 February 2020 7,871 4 View
HI I'm simulating a solar hydrogen generation system , I want to switch off the electrolyzer when my PV panels out put power is lower than a certain amount, I've tried working with hydrogen...
26 February 2020 3,202 1 View
I am developing a regression model to predict the mass flow rate of a Direct Expansion Solar Assited CO2 heat pump (for a needle valve expansion device). The mass flow is based on the following...
13 February 2020 5,825 3 View
Is there a way to calculate annual soalr panel performance with hourly internal data in PVSYST?
12 February 2020 536 4 View
I am graduate student working on an independent study related to solar desalination. While I am conducting my research on the costs involved and the challenges faced, I wanted to reach out on this...
06 February 2020 423 4 View
Hi Everyone I Want to model Solar PV in Digsilent Simulation Language (DSL). My research is about Dynamic Voltage Stability. Now I am trying to model solar PV (maximum power point tracking) in...
04 February 2020 1,908 3 View
Good morning, I refer to isolated microgrids e.g rural power systems. In these off-grid systems chances are that the starting of loads involving great in-rush currents can create power unbalances....
02 February 2020 715 4 View
Basically I am curious to know what time resolution of GHI do they use; Average GHI for the whole year? If yes, does it make a representative guess because GHI's value is highly variable with time...
02 February 2020 218 4 View