Answer to Question #229514 in Mechanical Engineering for Molahlegi

Question

Background A villager in South Africa has an inhabitant of five hundred people. It is 200 km from the nearest Eskom substation based on line of sight. Presently, the only source of electric power in the village is diesel generator. Due to Covid-19, the company that used to maintain the generator has folded up, consequently, the villagers have no electricity. Aim Design a standalone (off grid) Photovoltaic (PV) system with special reference to the village in South Africa with the following PV panel generation factors: Group Number PV panel generation factor A 8.5 B 8 C 7.8 D 7 E 7.5 G 7.2 F 8.4 G 7.5 Use any medium of communication available to group yourselves into a maximum of eight (8) members per group and name your groups as per the group numbers in the table above respectively. A typical platform to be used for communication could be myUnisa (discussion forum), Whatsup, Zoom, MS Teams etc. Choose PV panel generation factor based on the group number.

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