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Hello, I need to get the performance curves of a square solar panel 0.5 m x 0.5 m because I do not have the name of its manufacturer. Any square panel with the same dimensions works. Thank you!
25 April 2021 3,707 6 View
Hello, I am looking for a company which would provide a video system for underwater longterm deployment of a camera (solar panel charging or long lasting bateries), with option of wifi transfer of...
25 April 2021 2,132 3 View
A basic question realated to catalytic conversion. We run a catalytic conversion at say 500C, the feed is gas that is converted to a product over a catalyst bed (fixed bed reactor). Must the gas...
23 April 2021 7,035 5 View
Compared to the conventional wind turbine electric power generators, the redesigned wind turbine with sideways blades are smaller in size. Also, they can rotate really fast without having any risk...
21 April 2021 7,514 5 View
what are the methods of control between the evacuated tube collector and storage tank to keep both no overheat in solar and the exact temperature i need? I have a variable speed pump between...
13 April 2021 9,125 3 View
We are looking at converting Bareland/ Marginal Land to Renewable Energy, the classification performed and presented, shows that Sokoto State (the study area) had about 1,603,218 hectares of...
10 April 2021 8,976 5 View
Situation: - Solar PV farm has a 1 MW-peak capacity. - The inverter output is set to 50%.
06 April 2021 9,439 3 View
What are the advantages of "Probability density function (PDF)" for renewable energy prediction? 1. wind 2. solar Also talk about advantages "cumulative distribution function (CDF)" for the...
02 April 2021 874 7 View
If a Bifacial solar panel if illuminated such that it is producting 150% of rated power will the internal circuitry survive? Are there any reports, manufacturer data, or papers which address this?...
01 April 2021 2,051 2 View
I have implemented the Perez 4 (as numbered by D. Yang, 2016) for a solar PV model. it seems to work but I have no way of knowing if it really is. My panels have a vertical tilt and the Perez...
24 March 2021 3,585 5 View
Is there any direct relation or equation between the open circuit voltage and the instantaneous voltage produced at the output of the PV panel at a particular irradiance and temperature value?
05 March 2021 1,493 4 View
I am thinking about working on solar furnace with heliostats that concentrate sunlight and heat molten salt, but currently no luck with research. Not a lot of papers based on the subject. (check...
02 March 2021 5,292 5 View
I am designing a small grid connected solar PV power-plant. As the battery's capacity is specified in Ah and demand in kWh. What is the best way to size the battery bank? I have battery price in...
01 March 2021 1,937 3 View
I have a doubt on how to select the inductor and capacitor value when I want to implement MPPT controller. This is because we always take a maximum output voltage and current but in this case, we...
01 March 2021 4,236 2 View
I am thinking of electrifying the street food carts while harvesting energy using solar panels on top.
23 February 2021 4,543 3 View
The solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant uses commercial (non-concentrated) PV modules which are quite simple in design and reliable. They can work on fixed orientation and don't need the moving...
17 February 2021 4,025 9 View
I have been looking for a good cost-effective tool for 3D modelling a glass-glass solar module system. I was initially considering Skelion as a tool but it does not look very promising, a bit...
14 February 2021 8,310 1 View
It requires higher electrical energy to produce primary Aluminium . Most of the energy source is fossil fuel responsible for GHG emissions. Hyro power is also another source for many. Solar is...
05 February 2021 8,149 3 View
I am trying to run eigenvalue analysis on a built in IEEE 14 bus test system of PSAT. I need to check how eigenvalues change or shift when a solar PV system is integrated at bus 14. It would be...
29 January 2021 9,511 4 View
dear researchers, in many MPPT literature we find the linear relation between ipv_optimal and iph_current (ipv_opt = 0.909iph), so could you please help me to understand how they extracted this...
25 January 2021 3,071 6 View
I was curious to know why we only use sand for covering the AC cables inside the trenches and instead of having good isolation why these cables are covered. Why is there a problem in the trenches...
14 January 2021 6,137 3 View
For example, the length of the collector is up to 10 m, the diameter is 1.5-2 m. It seems that flat collectors are usually used for individual solar heating and / or hot water supply.
14 January 2021 9,035 3 View
Hi Kind helpers, For my industrial design thesis, I'm working on a concentrated solar energy (>CPV) construction, to be integrated in urban areas/buildings (glass roofs, with integrated...
29 December 2020 9,386 8 View
What are factors affect that affects solar panels?
25 December 2020 6,632 9 View