Low Power Passive Photovoltaic System Development to Assist Inconvenient Grid Connection Locations

Ranjit Singh Sarban Singh, Siva Kumar Subramaniam, Siti Aisyah Anas, Tan Chee Fai

Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Electronics and Computer Engineering, Melaka, Malaysia.
Department of Design & Innovation, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Hang Tuah Jaya, Melaka, Malaysia.

DOI: 10.4236/epe.2013.56043                

Abstract

Sun radiation is known as one of the cleanest energy available and free maintenance on the earth to support the extensive demand for electrical power requirement for large and small scale. This energy is known as most promising renewable energy available during the whole year. This fact has shown a very strong interest among the researchers, industries and consumers to develop technology and system that can harvest solar energy to electrical energy. A lot of researches have been done to explore the capability of sun as natural energy source which is capable to provide huge alternative support to the increasing demand of electrical power in society. All the research findings have been adaptively combined to design, develop and structure as a reliable finished product for end users implementation. The fast improving research in photovoltaic application has proven that photovoltaic renewable energy is considered as one of the most promising source to support the increasing demand in electrical utilization. Advantages implementing the photovoltaic technology will benefit during the fuel price increment and be insufficient of the non-renewable energy to support the increasing demand from the society. Looking into this factor, many industries have developed the electrical photovoltaic system in large, medium and small scale for implementation. Electricity is becoming an essential requirement because of the increasing demand for electrical power from the society. Due to the increasing demand for electrical power, many researches are conducted to support the conventional way of generating electricity. This research has explored many other available abundant renewable energy resources such as solar, wind and thermal which are largely available to support the increasing demand. In this research, researchers discovered that the solar energy is the main contributor to support the increasing demand for electricity. The research outcome has helped the industries to develop solar power photovoltaic systems. This paper discusses the approaches to design and develop a real-time 500 Watt DC to AC Solar Power System. The system capability to store the harvested energy is discussed in this paper.

Keywords

500 Watt; Power System; DC to AC System

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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