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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Photovoltaic panel"”.
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Information tracking and sharing in organic photovoltaic panel manufacturing
… Technologies, a world leading organic solar panel manufacturer, on production tracking and analysis as well as various operational improvement projects. MIT's collaborative improvement projects at Konarka's manufacturing facility were focused on information system and operations in the …
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Productivity and system improvements in an organic photovoltaic panel manufacturing facility
… Technologies, Inc., a world-leading organic photovoltaic panel manufacturing facility that is in the process of ramping up their production volumes to meet growing demand. This thesis focuses on the development of an automatic inventory tracking system and data collection tools to be used for …
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Numerical Investigation of a Phase-Change Material Based Photovoltaic Panel Temperature Regulation System
… of clean electricity has gained importance, photovoltaic (PV) panels have become a widely used technology. But, during operation, PV panels heat up due to the solar insolation and suffer a drop in electrical output. The goal of this investigation is to use phase-change materials (PCM) to …
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Improving electrical performance of reliable solar-powered irrigation system
… a low-cost irrigation system with the pump, a photovoltaic panel, and a battery. This thesis analyzes the electrical properties of such a configuration, and determines whether implementing maximum power point tracking (MPPT) can improve the system's performance. This is accomplished through …
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Photovoltaic Emulator Adaptable to Irradiance, Temperature and Panel Specific I-V Curves
… thesis analyzes the design and performance of a photovoltaic (PV) emulator. With increasing interest in renewable energies, large amounts of money and effort are being put into research and development for photovoltaic systems. The larger interest in PV systems has increased demand for …
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Cost-benefit analysis of a Building Integrated Photovolatic roofing system for a school located in Blacksburg, Virginia
… affect the power produced by a new thin film photovoltaic panel. Through the application of multiple linear regression, the model developed is then used to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the building integrated photovoltaic roofing system when connected to the utility grid when compared to …
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Application of Natural Convection for Photovoltaic Cooling and Photocatalytic Disinfection
… of heat transfer at the rear of a hot photovoltaic panel by natural convection using various configurations and the other is analyzing a new photocatalytic collector for water heating and cleaning. A 20 Watt polycrystalline panel is exposed to indoor simulated solar light, under …
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Energy Management Control for Multimode Microgrid Renewable Integration
… power industry. The wind turbine generator, photovoltaic (PV) and the energy storage unit modeled in this work share a symbiotic relationship even though they are completely separate entities which can be connected at separate locations. This study contributes better control as well as ease …
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Evaluation of alternative cooling techniques for photovoltaic panels
… during years. In the present work, the use of photovoltaic panel is studied and the effect of applying tracking, concentration and cooling methods to improve the performance of the system is investigated. While using photovoltaic panels in the southeast Unites States has been judged less …
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Design and economic analysis of solar home system for urban areas of Mogadishu using homer software
… energy for provincial electrification such as Photovoltaic systems. Hence, this project basically focuses on the design of SHS that incorporate financial assessment and utilize of an individual SHS of 200W, so that the satisfaction of the people and the targets of the country can be effectively …
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Analysis of alternative energy options for buildings
… heater for heating space or hot water, and a photovoltaic panel for generating electricity are designed for the case studies. Even projects under hybrid systems combined from two technologies are designed. 36 different energy options are calculated for the four case studies. Results show that …
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A study of the solar energy systems and storage devices
… prevalent in the solar power research. These are photovoltaic (PV) systems and the concentrated solar power (CSP). The PV systems are made of solar panels and power electronic circuits. They are mostly economical in small residential units. The CSPs on the other hand which are made of solar field, …
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Maximizing efficiency of solar energy harvesting systems supplying a microgrid using an embedded system
Due to the high initial capital cost of photovoltaic (PV) panels and their low conversion efficiency, it is imperative to operate the PV system at its maximum power point (MPP). In this context, the goal in this thesis is to develop and improve the PV system, by contributing to the optimization of …
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CFD-DEM modelling of liquid-solid-gas flow in rotary drums and an application in solar panel leaching
… of end-of-life crystalline silicon (c-Si) photovoltaic modules. After the introduction in Chapter 1 and the literature review in Chapter 2, 1) In Chapter 3, the CFD-DEM-VOF model is developed to describe the liquid-solid-gas flow and mixing in a rotary drum by considering inter-particle …
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Posouzení návrhu malé fotovoltaické elektrárny pro rodinný dům a zpracování postupu její revize
Táto bakalárska práca sa zaoberá posúdením domácej fotovoltaickej elektrárne pre rodinný dom a spracovaním jej revízie. Na začiatok je vysvetlený princíp premeny slnečnej energie na elektrickú energiu, druhy jednotlivých fotovoltaických článkov používaných v praxi, spôsoby zvyšovania účinnosti …
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Osvětlovací systémy v ostrovních aplikacích
Cieľom tejto diplomovej práce je, v prvom rade teoretické zoznámenie sa z vhodnými svetelnými zdrojmi a osvetľovacími systémami. Ďalej výber vhodných druhov svetelných zdrojov na osvetlenie malého priestoru a návrh ostrovného systému. Poslednú časť tvorí akýsi prehľad použiteľných alternatívnych …