Design and modelling of wave and solar energy absorber (sunwave)

Abstract

Energy is like a breathing aid to modem civilizations. The rising of electricity tariff and fossil fuel price in Malaysia has triggered the awareness to find alternative energy as sustainable energy sources. Development and economic growth continue to affect the energy consumption in Malaysia, thus fossil fuel demand were increase and this situation can lead to global warming effect. This study discusses about the development of two wave and solar energy absorber prototypes which were called 'SUNW A VE'. The development consists of design and modeling, prototypes construction and development, prototypes testing and data analysis. Two SUNW A VE prototypes that already been developed were SUNW A VE GEAR and SUNWA VE ROTATING ARM. SUNW A VE GEAR was concluded to be the best prototype compare to SUNWA VE ROTATING ARM based on the average power generated per one hour. SUNW A VE GEAR have collected average power of 19.1373 W/h while SUNWAVE ROTATING ARM have collected average power of 19.11289 W/h. By combining two source of renewable energy, which is from wave and solar, new source of alternative electricity were develop.