The utilization of renewable energy sources is being pushed by both greater environmental consciousness and expanding demand. Recently, solar photovoltaic technology has found increased use for a broader range applications. This may be ascribed to energy's extensive availability as well its long-term viability low cost. According the global (PV) industry, 594 gigawatts (GW) PV capacity were ins...

Solar panels have great potential as energy harvesting power sources—they just need batteries to store the harvested power and to provide carry-though during dark periods. Solar panels are relatively expensive, so extracting maximum power from the panels is paramount to minimizing the panel size. The tricky part is a balancing of solar panel size with required power. The characteristics of sola...

This quick calculation implies that the only way to achieve the rated maximum power dissipation is to have a “perfect heatsink” or an “infinite heatsink.” The thermal impedance used in the calculation is from the junction to case only and assumes zero impedance into the ambient. This is practically impossible to achieve. Further, the ambient was assumed to be 25C (room temperature) which may no...

This study presents a complete wave-to-wire model in which a novel wave energy converter control approach based on adaptive vector control is introduced. The proposed control for maximum power absorption of the primary resource is included, as well as the grid interconnection topology and required controllers, needed for processing the power over the entire wave energy conversion chain. Thanks ...

In the laser cutting process some well-known parameters, e.g. laser power and cutting speed, play major roles in the performance of the process. Each parameter or a combination of parameters can affect the material removal volume and cutting volume efficiency. The purpose of this research is to study the effect of power and maximum cutting speed on the material removal rate (MRR) and cutting vo...

One of the key challenges of employing photovoltaic systems is to extract maximum power of the panels. This problem is known as maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique. The MPPT stands for establishing situation in which output power of the panels reaches its maximum allowable power. In this context, this paper is to assess the technical requirements to achieve maximum output power of a n...

In the most described maximum power point tracking (MPPT) methods in the literatures, the optimal operation point of the photovoltaic (PV) systems is estimated by linear approximations. However, these approximations can lead to less optimal operating conditions and significantly reduce the performances of the PV systems. This paper proposes a new approach to determine the maximum power point (M...

Abstract. Solar energy has become a promising alternative to conventional fossil fuel sources. Solar panels are used to collect solar radiation and convert it into electricity. One of the techniques used to maximize the effectiveness of this energy alternative is to maximize the power output of the solar collector. In this project the maximum power is calculated by determining the voltage and t...