Solar Powered Cart

Systems

Dramatic Residential Demand Reduction in the Desert Southwest (2008-2013)
Nye County Renewable Energy (2009-2010)
Hydrogen Filling Station (2004-2009)
Hybrid Solar Lighting System (2005-2008)
Nevada Solar One - Eldorado Solar Trough Power Systems (2005-2008)
Zero Energy Home -- (Data)
Regenerative Weir Type Solar Still
Water Heating Studies
Solar Powered Club Cart
Concentrated Solar Power Generation Systems
Development of Second Generation PV Systems for Remote Environmental Monitoring
Hydrogen/Electric Hybrid Bus
Thermal System Analysis
Zero Energy House Evaluations (2008-2009)
Low Cost High Concentration PV Systems for Utility Power Generation (2008-2009)

Computational

Thermochemical energy storage (2009)
Using TGA to study cadmium quenching kinetics (2009)
High temperature heat exchanger design (2004-2009)
Develpoment of integrated process simulation system model for SFTF design (2004-2009)
Theoritcal modeling of protective oxide-layer growth in Non-isothermal Lead-Alloys Coolant Systems (2004 2009)
Using TGA to study the forward and reverse reactions of the decomposition of cadmium oxide (2008-2009)
Solar hydrogen generation research (2004-2008)
Hydrogen Generation using Solar Thermochemical Splitting of Water - Cadmium Quenching Modeling (2008)
Generation of hydrogen (2007-2008)
Development of Mesh Refinement and Adaptation Schemes to Streamline Mesh Development (2003-2008)
Hydrogen Filling Station (2007)
CFD study of High Energy Efficiency Design with Human Comfort of CAD-VAV and UFAD Systems (2005-2007)
Two Stage Gas Gun for Micrometeorite Impact Study (2004-2006)
NSF/CBMS Regional Conference in the Mathematical Sciences- Mathematical and Numerical Treatment of Fluid Flow and transport in porous media (2006)
Groundwater Inverse Modeling (2006)
Development of a Knowledge-based Resources Management System for Indoor Environmental Quality and Building Technologies (2005-2006)

Information System

Solar Powered Cart

Tasha and the solar golf cart

This the solar cart used at the Solar Site, being charged by a photovoltaic panel mounted on the top.

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UNLV Solar Site has decided to convert their cart to a solar powered vehicle. Tasha Ramos works at the site has to drive back and forth from the school to the site several times a day. By adding this Photovoltaic Panel to the top it has not needed to charged it in over a month. Shown at right is an image of the solar cart with Tasha Ramos standing beside it.

The maintenance for this set up is minimal. It is always left in the sun so that is can charge and is wiped off with a soft cloth every week. The cleaning of the panel is important to the operation. Dirt on the surface can bring the efficiency down by over 20%.

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