Institut Penyelidikan Tenaga Suria | Solar Energy Research Institute
Solar Thermal Technology Laboratory is located at Level 7 SERI Research Complex. The lab is managed by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Adnan Ibrahim. Solar Thermal Technology Laboratory focuses on research relevant to PV cooling systems, Photovoltaic Thermal (PVT) Collectors, water heating, food drying, and also solar cooling systems.
Facilities
Lab Entrance
Weather Station
3D Printer
Wind Turbine
Cooling Pipe
Heat Pump
Air Blower
Indoor Solar Thermal Laboratory
Outdoor Solar Thermal Laboratory Workshop
Outdoor Solar Thermal Technology Laboratory
Equipment in Workshop
Products
Double Pass Solar Air Thermal Collector
Title: Performance Analysis of a Double Pass Solar Air Thermal Collector with Porous Media Using Lava Rock
The solar panel in the figure above is a Rigid Model M120W type which can produce a maximum power of 120W and a panel efficiency of 22.6%. The panel consists of 36 pieces of integrated back contact cell type solar cells with dimensions of 125 mm × 125 mm each. The panel has dimensions of 1.2 m (l) × 0.54 m (w) × 0.035 m (t).
Solar CPC PV/T Collector
Title: Performance of Asymmetric Compound Parabolic Concentrator (ACPC) Geometry of Double Pass PV/T Solar Air Collector
Performance of acceptance angle of a novel asymmetric compound parabolic concentrator (ACPC) geometry for the double pass PV/T air solar collector for building facade application.
Flue Ducted Kinetic Energy Recovery System
Title: Analysis for Helical Turbine in Horizontal Axis for Kinetic Energy Recovery Systems: A Prestudy
The name of the invention is Flue Ducted Kinetic Energy Recovery System. The system has been developed for multiple applications, including but not limited to Cooling towers, air conditioner exhausts and industrial exhausts. The main benefit and novelty of this research are that the turbine designed and used in the system overcomes the issue of back-force that is caused due to the “actuator disk theory”. The novel designed Horizontal axis Helical turbine is like a funnel that increases the mass flow through the turbine while extracting the maximum energy.