 Design and construction of floating modular photovoltaic system for water reservoirsJian Dai, Chi Zhang, Han Vincent Lim, Kok Keng Ang, Xudong Qian, Johnny Liang Heng Wong, Sze Tiong Tan and Chien Looi Wang Energy, 2020, vol. 191, issue C Abstract: In May 2018, the Housing & Development Board (HDB) of Singapore piloted the first locally-designed 100 kWp floating photovoltaic system at the world’s largest floating photovoltaic cell test-bed in Tengeh Reservoir. This paper presents the various aspects in the development of the floating modular photovoltaic system. This innovative system comprises a number of standardised floating modules made of high density polyethylene (HDPE) that serve as either photovoltaic (PV) panel floaters or maintenance walkways. The structural performance of the floating modules and the inter-modular connectors is assessed through detailed finite element analysis and laboratory tests. The global response of the floating PV system under wave action is investigated by conducting hydroelastic analysis. This paper also presents details of the launching of the proposed floating photovoltaic system at the test-bed and assesses the power generation of the system. Keywords: Floating photovoltaic; Renewable energy; Water reservoir; Finite element analysis; Hydro-structural interaction; Laboratory test (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:energy:v:191:y:2020:i:c:s0360544219322443 DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2019.116549 Access Statistics for this article Energy is currently edited by Henrik Lund and Mark J. Kaiser More articles in Energy from Elsevier |
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