ANALYTICAL APPROACH TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF SOLAR PANEL SYSTEM
By
YUDHA KHOSALA 220141208
MASTER’S DEGREE in
[MECHANICAL ENGINEERING - MECHATRONIC CONCENTRATION ] [FACULTY ENGINEERING & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY]
SWISS GERMAN UNIVERSITY Edu Town BSD City
Tangerang 15339 Indonesia
March 2016
YUDHA KHOSALA STATEMENT BY THE AUTHOR
I hereby declare that this submission is my own work and to the best of my knowledge, it contains no material previously published or written by another person, nor material which to a substantial extent has been accepted for the award of any other degree or diploma at any educational institution, except where due acknowledgement is made in the thesis.
Yudha Khosala
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Revision after Thesis Defense on February 18, 2016
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Dr. Rusman Rusyadi
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Dena Hendriana, BSc., S.M,ScD
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Dr. Ir Gembong Baskoro, M.Sc
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YUDHA KHOSALA ABSTRACT
ANALITICAL APPROACH TO IMPROVE PERFORMANCE OF SOLAR PANELS SYSTEM
By Yudha Khosala
Dr. Rusman Rusyadi, Advisor
Dena Hendriana, BSc.,S.M,ScD, Co-Advisor1 Dr. Ir. Gembong Baskoro, M.Sc, Co-Advisor2
SWISS GERMAN UNIVERSITY
Solar energy is one of the main energy resources in warm countries such as Indonesia. It bring significant potential and great future in the field of solar energy generation. A few research have been done in Indonesia in particular field of solar energy generation, especially in mechatronic design of solar tracking. This past research is giving an inspiration to start a new research to determine the best interval time from the existing solar tracking system [1] in order to reach best performance.
This research is using analytical methodology and use secondary data to simulate the solar tracking movement based on interpolation approach and was define 6 interval consist of 5, 10, 15, 30, 45 and 60 minute.
The solar tracking system reach it best performance with interval 45 minute. The Total Net Power Gained increase by 28.48 %.
Keywords : Solar Tracking, Solar Panel, Power Gained, Tracking System
YUDHA KHOSALA
© Copyright 2016 by Yudha Khosala All rights reserved
YUDHA KHOSALA DEDICATION
I dedicated this work for my parents and my family who had encourage all of us to become well education person and to be more useful for other.
I dedicate this works for the future of the country I loved Indonesia as small contribution to participate and to be aware of green energy part of reducing pollution in the country.
YUDHA KHOSALA ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
I wish to thank to Swiss German University in Indonesia especially faculty of Engineering &
Information Technology. I'm very proud to be a student of Master Mechanical Engineering Program Concentration in Mechatronic.
Their gentle but firm direction has been most appreciated. Dr. Rusman Rusyadi was particularly helpful in guiding me toward a qualitative methodology. Dr. Ir Gembong Baskoro, M.Sc.
Coadvisoris’s interest in sense of competence was the impetus for my proposal. Finally, I would like to thank to Dr. Ir. Gembong Baskoro as a Dean of MME-IT, and all lectures Ir. Dedy Loebis, MBA, M.Sc., Ph.D., Dr. Rusman Rusyadi, Dr. Ir Hanny J. Bershmans, M.T., M.Sc. and Dr.
Yunita Ummiyati, S.Si M.Sc. From the beginning, they had confidence in my abilities to not only complete a degree but to complete it with excellence.
I have found my coursework throughout the Curriculum and Instruction program to be stimulating and thoughtful, providing me with the tools with which to explore both past and present ideas and issues.
YUDHA KHOSALA TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
STATEMENT BY THE AUTHOR... 2
ABSTRACT... 3
DEDICATION... 5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS... 6
TABLE OF CONTENTS... 7
LIST OF FIGURES... 8
LIST OF TABLES... 9
CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION... 10
1.1 Background... 10
1.2 Objectives... 11
1.3 Research Problem... 11
1.4 Significance of Study... 11
1.5 Research Question... 12
CHAPTER 2 - LITERATURE REVIEW... 13
2.1 Theoretical Perspectives... 13
2.2 Previous Studies... 24
CHAPTER 3 – RESEARCH METHODS... 25
3.1 Materials and Equipment... 26
3.2 Analytical Method... 27
CHAPTER 4 – RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS... 30
4.1 Data Analysis... 30
4.2 Problem... 52
CHAPTER 5 – CONCLUSION AND RECCOMENDATIONS... 53
5.1 Conclusion... 53
5.2 Recommendations... 54
GLOSSARY... 55
REFERENCES... 56
CURRICULUM VITAE... 61
