Photovoltaic (PV) is a high-potential renewable energy technology for Kuwait to pursue due to high daily irradiation, and has garnered local attention in recent years due to the growing energy demand and concerns over climate change. As yet, no data are available regarding the actual performance of PV systems in Kuwait’s harsh environment. This paper presents a 12-month-long performance evaluat...

One of the most recent optimization techniques applied to the optimal design of photovoltaic system to supply an isolated load demand is the Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm (ABC). The proposed methodology is applied to optimize the cost of the PV system including photovoltaic, a battery bank, a battery charger controller, and inverter. Two objective functions are proposed: the first one is the ...

In this study, the characteristics of a photovoltaic (PV) ribbon (t = 0.25 mm) joint with 60Sn40Pb and 62Sn2Ag36Pb solders were evaluated using thermal shock tests. The thermal shock tests were performed under three conditions: −40–65 ◦C, −40–85 ◦C, and −40–105 ◦C. The results of these tests were analyzed using electroluminescence (EL) and cross-sectional images. Following testing, broken metal...

A basic tenet of microeconomics is that for a competitive industry in equilibrium the market price of a product will be equal to its marginal cost. This paper develops a model framework and a corresponding empirical inference procedure for estimating longrun marginal cost in industries where production costs decline over time. In the context of the solar photovoltaic (PV) module industry, we re...

This paper applies new maximum-power-point tracking (MPPT) algorithm to a hybrid renewable energy system that combines both Wind-Turbine Generator (WTG) and Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Module ( SPVM). In this paper, the WTG is a direct-drive system and includes wind turbine, three-phase permanent magnet synchronous generator, three-phase full bridge rectifier, and buck-bust converter, while the SPV...

Worldwide solar photovoltaic (PV) markets have grown at an average rate at 38% over the past ten years. While polysilicon flat panel PV modules have traditionally dominated the overall solar market, a range of different solar energy conversion technologies are starting to gain market share. One such class of solar technologies, concentrator photovoltaics (CPV), is in its commercial infancy but ...

This paper presents control strategies for a PVDG hybrid energy system for a remote village in Jharkhand, a state in India. The hybrid system designed for rural home with a combination of DG and PV consists of PV module, diesel generator, bidirectional inverter and energy storage battery device. A knowledge based soft computing Fuzzy control technique has been used as a tool to manage the 1kW l...

1PG Scholar, Department of EEE, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tamilnadu, Indian 2Assistant Professor, Department of EEE, Sri Shakthi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Tamilnadu, Indian ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract Due to the decade of fossil fuel ...