Fuel cell system is an advanced power system for the future that is sustainable, clean and environmental friendly. The importance of fuel cell as the future power system is discussed in the light of future fossil fuel depletion, impending international law on green house gases control and the...

A practical field study has been carried out with the intention to analyze and compare the performance of various types of commercially available solar panels under Malaysia's weather. Four different types of solar panels, such as mono-crystalline silicon, multi-crystalline silicon, amorphous...

In this study, an indirect forced convection solar drying system was tested for drying of palm oil fronds. The drying of 100 kg of palm oil fronds via solar drying system reduced the moisture content from 60% (w.b) to 10% (w.b) in 22 h (3 d of drying). During the drying process, the daily...

In the last decade, the growth in ASEAN's economic sector has increased tremendously. Thus, resulting in the increases in the energy demand. The need to have sustainable development, environmentally friendly and continuously supply of energy for development in ASEAN led to a scenario in which...

Solar energy is one of renewable energy sources which have potential for future energy applications. New technology developments in solar energy utilization are expected to result in the improvement of the photovoltaic performance with lower production cost. This will increase the demand and...

Heat pump system has been research and developed for different applications and mostly in space heating, cooling and dehumidifying (drying). To improve the performance of the heat pump system, research on modifying heat pump system and combining to other mechanism has been done widely. Heat pump...

Flat plate photovoltaic/thermal (PV/T) solar collector produces both thermal energy and electricity simultaneously. This paper presents the state-of-the-art on flat plate PV/T collector classification, design and performance evaluation of water, air and combination of water and/or air based....

Solar energy is the most recognised diversified renewable energy from which the production can be extracted into electrical and thermal energy. Hybrid PV/T technology is a combination of photovoltaic panel and thermal collector. Photovoltaic panel converts sunlight to electricity, while thermal...