Author

Samson Mhlanga

Title

Experiential Learning Walk Through The EUBBC Solar PV Remote Lab

News

Samson Mhlanga (EU-ZW) had an experience of booking a timeslot on 8^th October 2024 through the provided link https://eubbc-digital.upb.edu/booking/labs (Fig 1). This was after going through the theoretical modules for understanding three factors in Photovoltaic efficiency, angle of tilt, and voltage to measure Maximum Power and PV Panel Efficiency. One of the activities undertaken was the IV curve with different tilt angle and calculate the optimal Tilt Angle and verify the result. Thus, booking was done to test and prepare self to be an Instructor to a group of students from the National University of Science and Technology to partake of the experiment. After the first experiment a CSV file was generated from which a graph was generated as shown in Fig 2. This also serves to confirm the positioning of the different cameras and hardware as EU-ZW team members finalised in development of the theoretical content of the solar thermal Remote Lab to finalise the procurement process for the hardware.

Fig: Booking slot  confirmed                                                                           

Fig 2: Graphical Output of the IV curve from the CSV file 

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