Times have certainly changed over the past few decades, now it seems that technology is getting more compact and efficient. The modern outdoor enthusiast such as hikers, climbers has a problem regarding the lack of power supply to power up electronics when they go for adventure activities. In order to solve this problem, this paper design and develop DC/DC buck converter system to drop down the voltage from the solar photovoltaic (PV) system from 12VDC into 5VDC. This paper is first to start up with design and simulation circuit using simulation to test outcome of this paper in the range of 5VDC & 1.0A and 5VDC & 0.5A. A battery storage is needed to feed electricity independent and battery management of the battery is needed to improve the performance of battery life. This can be done by adding a charge controller unit. The outcome of this paper allows the battery to be charged using the solar panel and at the same time can produce multiple outputs for low voltages used. The software simulation has been done to shows this system produces two different output and the hardware will be developed based on the software results. Software and hardware result, both will be compared and analysed.
Refrigerator is the key component to keep the medicine and biological sample in the hospital. The domestic refrigerator has the problem of larger size and heavier weight since to the compact system like condenser, compressor, evaporator and expansion valve are assemble and using in the refrigerator. This project focused on design of temperature control of the portable thermoelectric refrigerator for medical purpose. Thermoelectric refrigerator is using the direct cooling method through thermoelectric module. Thermoelectric refrigerator has several advantages such as smaller size, lighter and silent when operated. Since maintain a constant temperature for the storage of medical product is important, a specific refrigerator is needed to ensure the medicine is stored in desired temperature. This project is to design and develop an adaptive control system which can perform a good temperature control for the thermoelectric refrigerator. The second order model is applied to design adaptive Proportional-Derivative (PD) controller. The selected controller is the adaptive PD controller because the performance of response shows 0.42°C of less steady state error and 0.21°C of lower undershoot. The adaptive PD control system designed able to let the refrigerator operate in different operating condition without influence the performance of the refrigerator.
Solar photovoltaic technologies are worldwide renewable energy sources. However, the elevated temperature in solar panels is one explanation for reducing the performance of solar systems. An active air cooling system can be mounted on the back of the solar panel to avoid this phenomenon. In order to ensure that the solar system runs smoothly, monitoring needs to be done at each place where this solar energy system is located. The Internet of Things (IoT) is a network of linked, internet-accessible physical objects. It is the technology of the next generation that will soon be extended to society. The IoT refers to the system or ecosystem in which devices are connected to the Internet in real-time. Based on IoT, a smartphone can track the temperature of the solar panel anytime and anywhere. To overcome this problem, a Blynk IoT system monitors solar power status and controls the cooling air system. NodeMCU was the main microcontroller used in IoT systems. The IoT framework can be implemented easily and efficiently using NodeMCU. The experimental results of this project will monitor the performance of the solar panel and monitor it.
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