STUDY ON INTEGRATED SOLAR PV AND AIR CONDITIONING SOLUTIONS FOR LOW-CARBON COOLING INFRASTRUCTURE GROWTH IN INDONESIA

Abstract

Solar PV-powered air conditioning system is the key for providing sustainable cooling infrastructure for many places in Indonesia such as factories, warehouses, rural areas, and exhibition places. The portable air conditioner combined with integrated PV system without battery system was being studied on this work. The main goal is to see if the system capable or not providing sustainable cooling solution, the actual power output of this built system, and also the effect of temperature and humidity to the PV power output. The work involves PV system design from the AC load requirement, the PV modules, and its configuration which match the chosen inverter while also supported with other mounting, safety, and cabling system. The system testing was done in several methods to study the characteristics between the AC load, DC power supply, and the inverter, while also observing temperature and humidity. It is found that the 570 W of actual rated power of the air conditioner was unable to be fulfilled since the system could only produce maximum 164.5 W with continuous power of 120 W, differ to its approximated power output. Moreover, temperature and humidity did not give significant effect on the PV power output.