TO DEVELOP CHARGING STATION USING SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM IN

RURAL AREA

BY
MUHAMMAD ASYRAF BIN MOHD AZHAR
ME0102857

SUPERVISOR:
PUAN NUR MAZLINI BINTI RAZALI

PROGRESS REPORT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF THE

REQUIREMENT FOR FINAL YEAR PROJECT

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITI TENAGA NASIONAL

2020
CHAPTER 4 : RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS
4.1 Introduction
As a first step of designing a solar charging station, the operation type must be clarified. In
case a high availability of the charging station is necessary, the operation mode for maximal
availability can be selected. Within this chapter, the author will explain in detail about the
final design of the project and determine the result of this project. The experiment will be
conduct after done design and will collect the data.

4.2 Final Design

Figure 0- 1: Assembly of Final Design

The final design is created based on the discussion of previous chapter that has already listed
all the technical requirement towards creating the design according to the requirement and
fulfils of the selected criteria. The final design comprises of 6 parts which are the solar panel,
case box, solar charge controller, battery, sliding door and solar stand.
 Figure 0-2: Name of the parts in final design

Figure 0-3: Dimension of the final design

The figure above shows the dimension of the whole design in assemble with the length
560mm in total, the width of 560mm and the height of 350mm. The solar panel will be
attached on top of the case box with the support of solar stand to place the solar panel to a
certain angle.
Part 1 : Solar Panel

Figure 0- 4: Solar Panel

As discussed earlier in previous chapter, the type of solar panel that is being chosen is a Solar
Panel Monocrystalline with a maxium power of 100W. This solar panel consist of several
layers such as the gass cover, the solar cell and the backplate of the solar panel. The table
below shows the detail specification of the solar panel.

Maximum Power (W) 100

Tolerance (%) +/-5%
Open Circuit Voltage (V) 18
Maximum Power Voltage (V) 18
Maximum Power Current (A) 3
Series Fuse Rating (A) 15
Terminal Box IP65
Maximum System Voltage (V) 1000V
Dimension (mm) 540 x 540 x 30
 Figure 0- 5 Dimension of solar panel

The figure above shows the dimension of the solar panel with the length of 540mm followed
by the width of 540mm and the height of 30mm. As mentioned earlier, the solar panel
consists of multiple layers with glass cover on top followed by the solar cell and the
backplate of the solar panel to hold the layer above.

1) Case Box

Figure 0- 6 Case Box

For the next part, in order to place the panel firmly, a case box is designed as shown in figure
above to fit and support the solar panel on top of the case box. The case box is made of
aluminium fully with specific dimension that suits with the solar panel size to be attach on the
top of the case box. Also, it is designed with a compartment to place a storage battery at the
inside of the case box.

Figure 0- 7 Dimension of the case box

The figure above shows the exact dimension of the case box. It is designed with the length of
540mm followed by the width of 540mm and the height. At the middle of the right side of the
case box is designed with the compartment of door for purpose to storing the storage battery
as shown in the figure above.
 2) Part 3 Door

For the third part, a door is designed specifically to close the storage box. It is basically to
open and close the storage box. The material that is being used for this door will be
aluminium which is the same as the material used for the case box.

Figure 0- 8 Dimension of the door

The figure above shows the dimension of the door in details is with the length of 500.89mm
followed by the width 302.85mm and the height is 3.81mm.
1) Part 4 Solar Stand

As for the last part, in order to place the case box and the solar panel altogether, a solar stand
is introduce with the purpose of placing them within a certain angle in order to increase the
efficiency. This is due to penetration of sunlight will cause the solar panel becomes hotter and
thus affect the efficiency of the solar panel. By adjusting and placing within a certain angle, it
will help to improve and maintain the efficiency of the solar panel.

Figure 0- 9 Dimension of solar stand

The figure shows the dimension of the solar stand with the length if 560mm followed by the
width of 262.30m and the height of 290.95mm. The angle that have been chosen for the solar
stand have been set to 30degree.
PARTS Description
1) Solar Panel  Dimension: 540 x 540 x 30

 Material: Glass

2) Case Box  Dimension: 560 x 560 x 350

 Material: Aluminium

3) Battery Storage  Dimension: 195 x 128 x 203

 Capacity: 12V 38AH

4) Charge Controller  Dimension: 50 x 78 x 35mm

 Voltage : DC 12V/24V
 Standby current: <10mA
 Material: Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene

5) Solar Stand
 Dimension: 560 x 262 x 290

 Material: Steel