Current Volume 8
Abstract
The electricity needs of the college (Yaba College of Technology), Lagos state and in general Nigeria is at disturbing rate and the power demand has been at an alarming increasing rate. Generators are also expensive to run over a period of time consistently. This has led to sourcing for alternative means of energy generation to perform day to day. The solar powered battery charged was assembled, tested and found to be reliable, environmental friendly and above all efficient when compared to the national grid which is very epileptic in this part of the world. Three different test were conducted using the assembly solar battery charger. These tests include the charging rate and discharging or self-discharging rate of the sample battery that was charged. The initial voltage of the sample battery to be charged was taken, (11.20V) before charging; similar battery was then charged of eight (8) hours using solar energy, generator and the national grid (PHCN). The charging rate results obtained were 13.14V, 13.16V and 13.16V. the fully charged sample battery was then left for seven weeks (49 days) before the voltage was then taken in order to determine the self-discharging rate of the battery. The self-discharging rate results obtained from the sample battery charged using solar energy, generator and the national grid (PHCN) were 12.75V, 12.77V and 12.77V respectively. From these result, it can be said that battery charged powered by solar energy is as effective as one powered by generator set or the national grid (PHCN). This form of energy (solar) is a good alternative for local technician who are into the business of charging batteries as they are guaranteed up to 8hours backup time daily needed for charging their batteries.
Keywords
Generator, Solar Energy, National Grid.
Citations
IRE Journals:
Eze Bright Osagie , Abdulkadir Bakare , Ogunbodede Gbenga , Adesokan Taliat Bamidele , Komolafe Farouk Abiodun
"Performance Evaluation of Solar Powered Battery Charger" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals Volume 8 Issue 1 2024 Page 531-539
IEEE:
Eze Bright Osagie , Abdulkadir Bakare , Ogunbodede Gbenga , Adesokan Taliat Bamidele , Komolafe Farouk Abiodun
"Performance Evaluation of Solar Powered Battery Charger" Iconic Research And Engineering Journals, 8(1)
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