This paper presents a design of solar tracking system driven by 12V or 24V DC motor controlled by a microchip ‘Intelligent Drive unit IBL2403’[1]. The proposed double axis rotation solar tracker ensures the optimization of conversion of solar energy to electrical energy by orientation of ‘titanium-oxide’ PV panels’ [2-6] in accordance to the hemispherical position of the Sun. The hemispheroidal...

Hydrogen is readily obtained from renewable and non-renewable resources via water splitting by using thermal, electrical, photonic and biochemical energy. The major hydrogen production is generated from thermal energy through steam reforming/gasification of fossil fuel. As the commonly used non-renewable resources will be depleted in the long run, there is great demand to utilize renewable ener...

We present a techno-economic analysis of solar-driven high-temperature electrolysis systems used for the production of hydrogen and synthesis gas. We consider different strategies for the incorporation of solar energy, distinguished by the use of differing technologies to provide solar power and heat: (i) thermal approaches (system 1) using concentrated solar technologies to provide heat and to...

Physical integration of a Ag electrical contact internally into a metal/substrate/microstructured Si wire array/oxide/Ag/electrolyte photoelectrochemical solar cell has produced structures that display relatively low ohmic resistance losses, as well as highly efficient mass transport of redox species in the absence of forced convection. Even with front-side illumination, such wire-array based p...

This paper describes progress towards a first-of-a-kind demonstration of an integrated solar dish and moltensalt storage system, using the superheated steam energy transport concept developed by Wizard Power. Superheated steam is used to charge an energy storage system with a single sensible-heat-storage medium (in this case molten salt), by restricting the steam conditions to the superheat reg...

This paper presents a Sunlight-Radio Frequency (RF) energy harvesting system built on Solar Panel Mesh Dipole Antenna integration. The dipole antenna mesh is mounted the surface of solar panel at separations between cells. configuration maximizes absorption both and RF energies. Further, multiple antennas are integrated vertically to increase harvested power. Each output connected six-stage RF-...