An Educational Kit to Promote Teaching of Photovoltaic Systems

Abstract

In this study, an educational kit was presented for photovoltaic panel education and this simple and fast training set enables to show relation between soiling, tilt angle and the power output of photovoltaic panels. The designed training set is low cost and suitable for the use of high school and undergraduate students. The developed training set was used for educational purposes on the students of Hakkari University Colemerik Vocational School, Electrical Program. A questionnaire was conducted to determine the effect of photovoltaic system education on the learning status of students using the designed education set. The results obtained from the survey showed that the designed experiment set was suitable for photovoltaic system education and students because positive feedback was received from the majority of students.

Keywords

• Photovoltaic module
• Educational kit
• Soiling

Fotovoltaik Sistemlerin Öğretimini Destekleyen Bir Eğitim Kiti

Öz

Bu çalışmada, fotovoltaik (PV) sistem eğitim seti sunulmuştur. Bu basit ve hızlı eğitim seti, fotovoltaik panellerin kirlenme, eğim açısı ve güç çıkışı arasındaki ilişkiyi göstermeyi sağlamaktadır. Tasarlanan eğitim seti düşük maliyetli olup lise ve lisans öğrencilerinin kullanımına uygundur. Geliştirilen eğitim seti Hakkari Üniversitesi Çölemerik Meslek Yüksekokulu Elektrik Programı öğrencilerine eğitim amaçlı kullandırılmıştır. Tasarlanan eğitim setini kullanan öğrencilerin fotovoltaik sistemleri öğrenmedeki etkisini belirlemek için anket yapılmıştır. Anketten elde edilen sonuçlar, tasarlanan deney setinin fotovoltaik sistem eğitimine uygun olduğunu öğrencilerin çoğunluğundan alınan olumla geri dönüş ile göstermiştir.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Fotovoltaik module
• Eğitim kiti
• Kirlenme

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