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Design, Implementation and Characterization of Homemade Solar Module

American Journal of Energy and Power Engineering
Vol.4 , No. 5, Publication Date: Oct. 25, 2017, Page: 32-38

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Authors

[1]	Anika Fariha Rashid, Department of EEE, American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
[2]	Shabnam Tahmin, Department of EEE, American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
[3]	Asma Haque, Department of EEE, American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
[4]	Nasheeta Nusrat Joarder, Department of EEE, American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.
[5]	Saniat Rahman Zishan, Department of EEE, American International University-Bangladesh, Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Abstract

Energy efficiency and conservation has been a heavily focused subject in recent years. With the advent of new technologies, as well as innovations to previous ones, using renewable sources of electricity widely and efficiently is gradually becoming a reality. This project attempts to harness the limitless energy of the sun and utilize it for the purpose of producing electricity. Using components like solar cells, resistor box, digital mustimeters, connecting wires, feasibility of this project is investigated. The process involves many steps such as, taking the simulated values of single solar cell for ideal condition, then taking the simulated results of a 3x4 solar module for ideal condition and after that this two steps are repeated practically after the hardware implementation. Finally, the simulated and practical results are compared. Moreover, cost of the module is quite less than manufacturers, so it is economically very much efficient. The result of this project shows that this technology has practical applications and can be implemented to face our energy crisis.

Keywords

Solar Module, I-V and P-V Characteristics, Energy Efficiency, Irradiance, Fill Factor

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