DESIGN OF SOLAR TRACKER AND GUIDE VANE TO IMPROVE THE EFFICIENCY OF HYBRID ENERGY HARVESTERS

• Main Author: Fahrur Reza, Muhammad
• Format: Final Project
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/39376
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

To fulfill the demand of electrical energy, today the resources used are still dominated by fossil resources which the availability is decreasing every year. As an alternative to solving this problem, a hybrid type of renewable energy harvesting system is developed, which uses solar panels and wind turbines. In this study, a hybrid system was developed to increase its performance. The treatment given is solar panels equipped with solar tracking and wind turbines equipped with guide wind. This hybrid system is expected to be able to supply 4,330 kWh according to the average energy requirements in the household. To measure performance improvements, the hybrid system was tested in two treatments. In untreated systems, solar panels produce an average energy of 1,093 kWh per day while wind turbines produce 56,017 Wh per day. The total energy produced by the untreated system is 1,149 kWh or 26,548 % of the total energy requirements with the efficiency of solar panels 32,404 % and wind turbines 2,554 %. Whereas in the treatment system, solar panels produce higher energy, which is 1,115 kWh per day while wind turbines produce 178,927 Wh per day. The total energy generated by the system is 1,294 kWh or 29,903 % of the total energy needs with the efficiency of 34,279 % solar panels and 9,747 % wind turbines. Thus, the development carried out resulted in an increase in performance on solar panels of 1,875 % and wind turbines of 7,193 %.