Nowadays power generation companies are moving to renewable energy based power generations. Even people have their own Solar photovoltaic (PV) cell based power generation system in homes. The new trend has come as the capital investment for these power generation has significantly reduced.
Killinochi district has a lot of potential for Solar PV, Solar thermal and wind power generations. In order to engage in renewable energy research and facilitate renewable energy based power generation in Killinochi, we set up a renewable energy park at University of Jaffna. Faculty Board appointed Dr. M.K. Ahilan as coordinator for renewable energy park. The establishment of this park will boost the research and development in the renewable energy technologies. The Faculty thanks the Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority, Ministry of Power and Renewable Energy, Asian Development Bank and Wind Power Pvt. Ltd for their support in establishing this park.
Solar measuring station
We have our own Solar measuring station at Faculty of Engineering, and it was donated by Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA).
Solar measuring station
Data logger for Solar measuringIn order to engage in renewable energy research, Data such as Solar irradiation, wind speed, humidity, temperature are required. Our Solar measuring station data logger captures device voltage, temperature, wind speed, wind direction, humidity, hygro/ thermo temperature, barometer air pressure, pyranometer-diffused solar irradiance, pyranometer global solar irradiance, silicon analog voltage. These captured are used by students and staffs for their research. The following graphs were generated using captured sensor data.
Global horizontal irradiation in W/m2 in faculty of engineering premises from Feb 2017 to Sep 2017
Temperature variations in faculty of Engineering premises from Feb 2017 to Sep 2017
Humidity variations in faculty of Engineering premises from Feb 2017 to Sep 2017
Air pressure in faculty of Engineering premises from Feb 2017 to Sep 2017
Device temperature from Feb 2017 to Sep 2017
Silicon Analog voltage from Feb 2017 to Sep 2017
Device voltage from Feb 2017 to Sep 2017
Device current from Feb 2017 to Sep 2017Roof top Solar PV power plant
Asian Development Bank (ADB) donated 60kW Solar PV power plant for us and it was installed at Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna. This was primarily built for demonstration purposes and research purposes.
A total of 240 number of 250W poly-crystalline solar modules have been installed to generate the intended capacity. This plan built using both String (55kW) and Micro inverter (5kW) technologies. This system also includes advance monitoring facilities to monitor various performance such as solar irradiance and weather related parameters. These captured data are used for research purposes.
The following graphs show the hourly, daily and monthly pattern of power generation from the roof top solar power plant, where the 55 kW string inverter plant performance.
Hourly power generation on 5th July 2017
Daily power generation on 5th July 2017
Monthly power generation from Jan 2017 to Jul 2017
Hourly power generation on 5th July 2017Wind power plant
We have 5kW wind power plant at Faculty of Engineering, University of Jaffna. This was donated by Eng. Manjula Perera, who is the CEO of the Wind Power Pvt Ltd. The 5kW wind power system technology is similar to Palai wind turbine technology. This is connected to the grid.
5kW Wind power plant