8-12 October 2018 2018- 5th Student Symposium Analysis of Renewable Energy Sources at Remote Locations Book of Papers and Abstracts 2018 STUDENT SYMPOSIUM – ANALYSIS OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES AT REMOTE LOCATIONS Swinburne University of Technology 8 – 12 October 2018, Melbourne, Australia Editors Durul Huda M. Akbar Rhamdhani Assessor Committee Reiza Mukhlis Durul Huda Farhana Diba Published in Australia by: School of Engineering, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia ISBN 978-0-9875930-4-7 © 2018 Swinburne University of Technology This proceedings contain a collection of selected papers and abstracts from the Student Symposium on Analysis of Renewable Energy Sources at Remote Locations. The symposium was held in conjunction of the delivery of a teaching unit Thermodynamics/Heat Transfer at Swinburne University of Technology at Hawthorn and Sarawak Campus. 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Data presented and conclusions drawn by the authors are for information only and not for use without independent substantiating investigations on the part of the potential user. 2018 Student Symposium – Analysis of Renewable Energy Sources at Remote Locations Swinburne University of Technology 1 Table of Contents FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PERSONAL WIND POWER GENERATORS .......................................... 14 Aiden Seamer, Christopher Williams, Uthyaraj Ganesamurthi SOLAR ENERGY HARVESTING AND APPLICATIONS IN JAIPUR INDIA AND YULARA AUSTRALIA ....................................................................................................................... 7 Brendan Cooper, Dale Blackwell, Daniel Mills, Jivtesh Sandhu, Navjot Singh Kharoud ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE WAVE ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA AND INDIA ............................... 14 Daniel Roberts, Prashant Soni, Brent Roberts and Damen Sinhmar AN ANALYSIS OF THE VIABILITY OF RENEWABLE ENERY FOR REMOTE LOCATION IN SRI LANKA AND AUSTRALIA................................................................................ 21 Jason Heenatimulla, Jing-Yi Heng, Ho-Bin Kim, Mitchell Roberts FEASIBILITY OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN RURAL DOMESTIC APPLICATION ...................... 30 Adnan Pasha, Ashen Napawala, Matthew Olejarz, Sam De Kruiff FEASIBILITY COMPARISON OF HYDROELECTRIC AND SOLAR ENERGY IN REMOTE LOCATIONS .................................................................................................................... 37 Andrew Dickeson, Jack Day, Harsh Wardhan Bhatia, Hrithik Mehra SOLAR ENERGY DEVELOPMENT ON RURAL AREAS ................................................................. 44 Stephanie Reding, Dylan Hill, Keegan Carvalho, Tavsharan S. Dhillon POWRING REMOTE ZONES WITH SOLAR ................................................................................... 52 Ayeshan Bandara, Kevin Semmens, Suvenan Pradeep Perera, Deep Sheth HYDROELECTRIC POWER AND SOLAR ENERGY IN VARYING REMOTE TOWNS .................. 63 Sebastian Acosta, Yusuf Yusuf, Matthew Sanders, Craig Edwards APPLICATION OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SUPPLY IN REMOTE AUSTRALIA AND MALAYSIS ......................................................................................................... 70 Jake Minogue, Calvin Soon Chee Yung, Goh Jie Ren ANALYSIS AND FEASIBILITY OF SMALL SCALE SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS ABSTRACT ................................................................................................... 78 Majeed Habibi, Adam Bordignon, Savan Patel i SOLAR ENERGY AND ENERGY STORAGE IN ISOLATED TOWENS ABSTRACT ...................... 78 Alex Baensch, Yash Patel, Peter Fouad, Shailesh Maharjan ANALYSIS OF WAVE ENERGY COMPATIBILITY IN RURAL LOCATIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND INDIA ABSTRACT ........................................................................................ 79 Daniel Holder, Alexander Brown, Lydia Greenland, Jack Cain FEASIBILITY OF SOLAR ENERGY IN MALAYSIA AND AUSTRALIA ABSTRACT..................... 79 Farhan Islam, Hamza Firasat, Saad Rasool and Malik Zain ANALYSIS OF SUSTAINABLE ENERGY SOURCE TO REMOTE LOCATIONS ABSTRACT......... 80 Conor Cochrane, Jarrod Donohue, Jarrad O’Brien A FEASIBILITY STUDY OF THE APPLICATION OF SOLAR ENERGY FOR HEATING AND COOLING IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES ABSTRACT......................................... 80 Joel Yip Sze Quan, Deshan De Silva, Rashan Fernando, Syed Baqir Raza Naqva ANALYSIS OF WAVE ENERGY’S APPLICATION IN AUSTRALIA AND MALAYSIA ABSTRACTS .......................................................................................................................................................... 81 Kieran Carlow, Huu Phuoc Le, Sachila T. J. Weerasekara Bamunu, An Khuong Nguyen FEASIBILITY STUDY OF HYDRO AND SOLAR POWER APPLICATIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND KENYA ABSTRACT ......................................................... 82 Kurt Cosson, Joel Pinxt, Brendan Sonka, Dhakwaan Nizam PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR IN REMOTE COMMUNITIES ABSTRACT .......................................... 82 Mark Kemp, Michael Giaccotto, Kyle Braun, Tajinder Singh SOLAR PV PANEL USAGE IN SMALL RURAL COMMUNITIES EASIBILITY STUDY ABSTRACT .................................................................................................. 83 Sam Nettleton, Nathan Purcell, Matthew Poynton, Liam Flanagan WIND ENERGY AND MICROGRID POWER DISTRIBUTION FOR REMOTE COMMUNITIES ABSTRACT ......................................................................................... 83 Charles Dunn, Boyd Hillman, William Niven, Simon Prien ANALYSIS OF SOLAR AND GEOTHERMAL ENERGY IN AUSTRALIA AND ICELAND ABSTRACT .................................................................................................................... 84 Anthony Claxton, Robert Wibberley, Shehan Athauda, Walid Issa ii FEASIBILITY STUDY OF PERSONAL WIND POWER GENERATORS Aiden Seamer, Christopher Williams, Uthyaraj Ganesamurthi Swinburne University of Technology, Australia Keywords: Thermodynamics, Wind power, Sustainability Abstract Literature review This paper explores the feasibility of personal wind power generators for the small towns of Bemm Wind Turbines River, Australia and Kamaru, Indonesia. The selected areas are extremely different in relation to Wind turbines are one of the most efficient and their climate, population density and government widely used sources for mass renewable energy. In regulation, hence the report evaluates the Australia alone, there are over 80 Wind farms effectiveness based on a number of categories; operating with plenty more that are currently under economic viability, environmental variables and the construction. Wind turbines are currently responsible turbines ability to provide enough power based on for generating over 5% of Australia’s current calculations. The ability of the wind turbine to electricity and over 30% of Australia’s renewable provide enough power is assessed against a strict energy. Currently, every state have at least of 2 wind criteria that a house will need to be kept at 23⁰C, all farms, however the Australian mainland territories heat loss is through the windows, and calculations (ACT and NT) do not have any will be made for a house with single glazed windows but surprisingly, the Australian Antarctic Territory and a house with double glazed windows. There is a (AAT) has a wind farm with 2 wind turbines. 42.5% reduction in heat transfer when using double Wind turbines operate in a very simple way. glazed windows, using $0.095/kWh as the cost of Essentially, wind blows over the blades that are electricity this represents a $ 239.6 saving for a house attached to the turbine. As a result of the wind, the in Bemm River and an $85.5 for a house in Kamaru. blades spin the wind turbine and electricity is generated. This is just a simple explanation, as there Introduction are various important components for a wind turbine to work properly and at peak efficiency. The various We were tasked with the problem of designing a major components in the whole wind turbine setup system to deliver energy to small villages in remote include the rotor blade, the nacelle, the gearbox and areas. As a team of engineers from a Multinational the generator. There is also a swivel and tilt consulting company it was identified that the project mechanism that is inbuilt within newer turbines. This at hand was best tackled by selecting two very allows the turbine to move in the direction with the diverse communities at opposite ends of the world; a most amount of wind, allowing it generate electricity rural country town in Australia vs an isolated village more efficiently. on the outskirts of Indonesia. The report Wind turbines require there to be wind to function. encompasses the research we conducted to determine As wind blows over the turbines rotor blades, the how effective wind turbines were in solving the rotor begins spinning. This is done through energy problem at hand. conversion. The kinetic energy from the wind is transformed into rotational energy by spinning the rotor blade. The rotor blades have a very distinct 1 shape in order to allow this. The rotor blades on wind to wind turbines is that the energy source required for turbines have a similar shape to the wings on an them to operate is natural and has no cost to it. This aeroplane. They both function using the same means that the only costs involved in a wind turbine