AEIT-2016

Design and Simulation of Solar Devices for satellite based application

using Comsol Multiphysics
Tithi Desai, Sumathi Ayyalusamy, Ravishankar Dudhe
tithipdesai@gmail.com, sumathy@manipaldubai.com, ravishankar.dudhe@manipaldubai.com
Abstract: Solar photovoltaic (PV) cells are semiconductor devices that convert solar energy to electricity using
photovoltaic effect. These cells are commonly known as solar cells, or solar panels, and in 2012 around 93
terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity was produced, which is enough to power over 20 million homes. When
designing solar panels, it is important all parameters are taken into account in order to minimize the losses. In
this paper we discuss two main solar energy generation devices namely Solar Dish receiver and Solar panel
array. We have varied various parameters of the solar dish array and simulated using COMSOL Multiphysics how
these parameters have an effect on the efficiency of the receiver. Also, we have designed the model for solar
array and simulated the effect of fluid flow load (wind speed 54km/hr) on the solar panel efficiency.

Students Research Colloquium on Advances in Engineering and Information Technology, 19th May, 2016
Manipal University, Dubai. School of Engineering and IT