Performance Evaluation of PKL (Pathor Kuchi Leaf) Electricity for Use in Television and Radio

Abstract

A new method of electricity generation based on Pathor Kuchi (Genus:Kalanchoe,Section:Bryophyllum) Leaf has been designed and developed at the Department of Physics, Jagannath University,Dhaka- 1100,Bangladesh.For accurate sizing of Television and Radio PKL electric modules are necessary to optimize the module size for operation. It was realized that a vast majority of rural households in Bangladesh were left unelectrified by conventional gas based electricity. The field performance studies of the technical aspects, the projected specific capital cost and the average daily generation and efficiency of the PKL module have been found for both Radio and TV from collected data. Attempts have been made to correlate certain measurable parameters with anticipated performance of the PKL system. Chemical, physical and mechanical properties of the PKL, Short Circuit Current (ISC), Open Circuit Voltage (VOC),Temperature effect of the PKL malt, pH of the PKL malt, Titratable acidity of the PKL malt, Generation of PKL electricity, Storage system of the PKL electricity, Practical utilization of PKL electricity use in Load(Television and Radio), Classification of PKL, Longevity of the PKL malt for PKL electricity generation, Preparation of PKL electric unit cell, module, panel, arrays and the constituent elements of the PKL have been studied. In experimental study, it is shown that ,the pH of the PKL malt is ≈ 4.6 (without water), pH of the PKL malt is ≈ 4.8(with 10% solution), the titratable acidity of the PKL malt is ≈ 0.88% and the constituent elements/ ions of the PKL malt is Fe++ and Cl-. Most of the results have been tabulated and graphically discussed.