Mega Energy Storage for Developing World

Analysis and Design

The crisis can be described as a problematic era in one's life, initiated as a result of some critical events. Countries struggling with other problems such as economic shortage or poverty could be affected badly by these natural disasters. Crisis management has been long received much attention among practitioners, especially in developing countries where infrastructure is vulnerable. In this study, using the state of art knowledge, that is the solar energy, as well as some other sciences; we proposed a cost-effective and efficient way to design a valuable device for a vulnerable community aiming to address solutions alleviating the sophisticated conditions and suggesting implications regarding crisis control and management. The solar trailer is considered one of the ways to use and exploit renewable energies in crisis circumstances. In this thesis, the design for a solar trailer is discussed in detail. Indeed, the energy is stored in a solar trailer employing some solar photovoltaic cells, which can then be exploited to supply the required power to be used in providing medicines, sanitary water, and connecting to the network in the interested zone. Employing HOMER ® and PVSYST ® software, the optimal System has been obtained. Once the optimized System was obtained in HOMER and simulated in PVsyst, the interested solar trailer was designed in CATIA ® and prepared for production. The solar trailer in this study incorporates one refrigerator, a water treatment device, 8 solar panels of 400 W type, 12 batteries, a 4-kW generator, etc. Finally, the aforementioned solar trailer has been created using a 3D printer.

* I have the permission of My B.Sc advisor and the University of Kashan for publishing the thesis contents.

http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.18257.86883