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This paper analyses the application of supercapacitors in a standalone off-grid solar PV system. The solar PV system at University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus (UNMC) was tested using a programmable load. The programmable load was used to apply various load values to the system. The results on the effect of using different loads will be analysed and tested with and without a supercapacitor bank. Results show that the supercapacitor can supply peak current demand and preserve battery state of charge during the day. This system can be implemented in rural areas or small industries.

Series compensation consists of capacitors in series is used in the transmission lines as a tool to improve the performance after disturbed by a fault. Transmission line needs a protection scheme to protect the lines from faults due to natural disturbances, short circuit and open circuit faults. The fault can happen in any location of transmission line and it is important to know which location has been affected. So that, the fault can be eliminated and can maintain the optimum performance. Therefore, in this paper Artificial Neural Network (ANN) is used to detect and classified the fault happen in single line to ground fault and three phase to ground fault. Two different tests of each types of fault have been tested in order to prove the effectiveness of ANN to detect the fault location by using different length and fault resistance. The simulation has been accomplished in MATLAB with ANN fitting tool which build and train the network before evaluated its performance using regression analysis. The analysis shows that the ANN can accurately detect the different types of faults and classified it into the respective category even the random vectors are put on the system are used.

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The magnetic resonance inductive coupling energy transfer from transmitter to receiver is designed in this project through magnetic inductive coupling. The transmitter sends energy through induction to the electrical devices from the transmitter to the receiver and then stores the energy in the batteries. Because the transmitter coil has a gap with the receiver coil. This wireless charging using two methods to show the output, first using the Taguchi Method and second using Superimposed Technique. The Result shows that output voltage must high than the input voltage and the same at secondary coil because using the same number of turns. The output voltage at the voltage regulator shows the output must in 5 Volts to charging the mobile phone with high efficiency.

This paper presents a Solar Photovoltaic central control system to supply electricity to rural farming village. Due to the fact that the farming village is rich with natural resources that can be tapped for captive energy generation, UNMC has developed a central cabin system that can be expanded to control Solar PV system but also other potential renewable energy system such as Mini Hydro, Tidal and even Wind. This paper only focuses on the initial Solar Photovoltaic aspect. . The system was tested with varying loads and results show that the system has the capability to supply sufficient power to rural homes. It is envisaged that this central control unit will be further developed and tested with other renewable energy systems, hence reducing reliance on conventional fossil based generated electricity.