Open AccessProspective study of power generation from natural resources using hybrid system for remote area
Author(s) -
Muhamad Faizal Yaakub,
Faridah Hanim Mohd Noh,
Mohd Zali,
Mohamad Haniff Harun
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
indonesian journal of electrical engineering and computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.241
H-Index - 17
eISSN - 2502-4760
pISSN - 2502-4752
DOI - 10.11591/ijeecs.v18.i2.pp642-647
Subject(s) - rainwater harvesting , electricity , natural resource , electricity generation , sky , solar energy , work (physics) , environmental science , electric potential energy , engineering , environmental economics , environmental engineering , electrical engineering , energy (signal processing) , power (physics) , meteorology , geography , mechanical engineering , mathematics , political science , economics , ecology , physics , quantum mechanics , law , biology , statistics
Living in the 21st century, electricity has become a need in every society level. However, numbers of the remote area, especially in third world countries still facing difficulty to reach a grid-connected electricity due to various reasons. As such, this paper presents a prospective study of generating an electrical energy that is converted by utilizing natural resources from the sky. It is realized by implementing a hybrid solar-rainwater harvesting system. Combination of 12Vdc 3Watt solar cells and 3.7 Vdc 129mW pico-hydro implemented in the work has given a great yield reaching average 921 milliwatts of energy produced by the natural resources.