A PROJECT REPORT
On
STEADY-STATIC THERMAL ANALYSIS USING
ANSYS
In partial fulfillment for the award of the degree
Of
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
In
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Amit kumar rajak (190101160001)
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
CENTURION UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
PARALAKHEMUNDI, ODISHA
2019-2023
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY
CENTURION UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY & MANAGEMENT
PARALAKHEMUNDI, ODISHA
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BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE
Certified that the project report entitled
“PV solar thermal analysis in Ansys”
is a bonafide work of
Amit Kumar Rajak (190101160001)
Who carried out the project work under my supervision and guidance, submitted to our
college in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree of Bachelor of Technology in
Mechanical Engineering.
Signature of the supervisor
DR.SujitMishra
Certified that the above mentioned project has been duly carried out as per the
norms of the college and statutes of the university.
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT
DR. Sujit Mishra
Status: Approved/Not Approved
INTERNALEXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We wish to express our profound and sincere gratitude to DR. Sujit Mishra. Department
of Mechanical Engineering, SoET , Paralakhemundi ,who guided us in the intricacies of
this project nonchalantly with matchless magnanimity.
We are highly grateful to DR. Sujit Mishra, Head Of Dept. Of Mechanical Engineering,
CUTM, Paralakhemundi and DR. Ashish Ranjan Dash, DEAN, SOET CUTM for
extending their support during course of this investigation.
We are thankful to those who directly and indirectly helped us and who evinced keen
interest and invaluable support in the progress and successful completion of our project
work.
Amit Kumar Rajak
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ABSTRACT
The main aim of this project is to analyse and get the results of
steady-static thermal analysis of PV solar in ANSYS. Steady-static
thermal analysis of PV solar is realized and Total heat fluc, Surface
temperature of the pv solar, body temperature of the pv solar and
required optimization locations are determined via ANSYS
Workbench software. The obtained results are given in the form of the
graphics and solutions.
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INDEX
CHAPTER NAME PAGE NUMBER
CHAPTER 1INTRODUCTION 6-7
1.1 INTRODUCTION TO PV SOLAR
1.2 WORKING PRINCIPLE
1.3 WORKING OF PV SOLAR
1.4 PROCESS
CHAPTER 2 CAD MODEL 8
CHAPTER 3ANALSYS 09-13
3.1 INTRODUCTION TO THE ANSYSSOFTWARE
3.2 STEADY STATE THERMAL PROCESS
3.2.1 ENGINEERINGDATA
3.2.2 GEOMETRY
3.2.3 MODEL
3.2.4 SETUP
3.2.5 SOLUTION
CHAPTER4RESULTS 14-16
4.1 TEMPERATURE 1
4.2 CONVECTION
4.3 TOTAL HEAT FLUX
CHAPTER5CONCLUSION 17
CHAPTER6REFERENCE 18-20
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CHAPTER 1
INTRODUCTION
1.1 INTRODUCTION TO PV SOLAR
The process of converting light (photons) to electricity (voltage) is called the
solar photovoltaic (PV) effect. Photovoltaic solar cells convert sunlight directly
into solar power (electricity). They use thin layers of semi-conducting material
that is charged differently between the top and bottom layers.
(Fig 1: PV SOLAR)
A photovoltaic system, also PV system or solar power system, is an electric
power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of
photovoltaics.
Photovoltaic systems generally consist of six individual components: the solar
PV array, a charge controller, a battery bank, an inverter, a utility meter, and an
electric grid.
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1.2 WORKINGPRINCIPLE
The PV SOLAR works on the principal of Conversion of light energy in
electrical energy is based on a phenomenon called photovoltaic effect. When
semiconductor materials are exposed to light, the some of the photons of light
ray are absorbed by the semiconductor crystal which causes a significant
number of free electrons in the crystal. This is the basic reason for producing
electricity due to photovoltaic effect. Photovoltaic cell is the basic unit of the
system where the photovoltaic effect is utilised to produce electricity from
light energy. Silicon is the most widely used semiconductor material for
constructing the photovoltaic cell.
1.3 PROCESS
The process to determine the response or behaviour of a PV Solar is to apply
temperature, convection and heat flux to the model and to get the results of
total Heat flux, temperature of surface and temperature of body values of max
and minimum by virtually simulation using ANSYSworkbench.
(Fig 1:PV SOLAR MODEL IN ANSYS)
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CHAPTER
2CAD
MODEL
(Fig2. X_T FILE)
For 3d model, First Draw the design with proper dimensions and generate a
body or Download the cad model of the PV solar in the form of X_T file in
grabcad or any other 3D model files website and import the model in ANSYS
workbench.
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3ANALYSY
3.1 INTRODUTION TO ANSYSSOFTWARE
Ansys Workbench is a general-purpose Finite Element
Analysis (FEA) software that is widely used in the Industry and Academia to
solve many different engineering problems through a virtual simulation of the
Engineering Designs underconsideration.
Ansys Workbench is applied to virtual simulate the product operating
conditions and helps us to understand its behavior and helps us achieve very
good design through simulation and optimization even before the product has
been manufactured.,Using Ansys Workbench software we can Simulate
problems from Different fields such as Structural, Vibrations, Heat transfer,
Fluid Flows, and many more types.
3.2 STEADY-STATIC THERMAL
The process to determine the response or behaviour of a structure under some
specified loads or combinations of loads is known as structural analysis.
Response means to find out support reactions, bending moment, rotation,
stresses, strains, shear force, and deflection that, the particular memberwould
undergo due to the application of different types of loads. Static structural
analysis is used in cases the effect of steady (or static) loading conditions on a
structure, not varying with time and not considering inertia effects.
(Fig 3: STEADY-STATIC THERMAL WORKBENCH)
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The Steady-state thermal analysis is evaluating the thermal equilibrium of a
system in which the temperature remains constant over time. In other words,
steady-state thermal analysis involves assessing the equilibrium state of a
system subject to constant heat loads and environmental conditions.
3.2 .1 ENGINEERING DATA
ANSYS Workbench has its own library of engineering materials with their
corresponding material properties built in. for this ANALSYS we choosen
Alluminium Aloy , Glass, PVC and PV cells and it's built in properties.
1. Go to the "Engineering Data" Tab....
2. Click "Add" to add a new data source, and then with "Library File"
highlighted, click "Browse" to find the requiredmaterial.
3. Click open to select your saved file, then hit "OK" to add this datasource.
(Fig 4: ENGINEERING DATA)
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3.2 .2 GEOMETRY
1. In the ANSYS Workbench,double-click the Geometry cell in the steady-
static thermal analysis system.
2. Click on design modular for design
3. Click on import geometry for Import the STP file.
4. Close ANSYS Design Modeler....
5. View the files generated by ANSYS Workbench.
(Fig 5: STATIC STRUCTURAL WORKBENCH)
3.2 .3 MODEL
ANSYS mechanical modeller is where we are going to set up the model for the
problem we are going to solve. This modeller is common in all of the analysis
systems provided by ANSYS. A point to note is that the options inside this
mechanical modeller vary between the analysis systems.
(Fig 6: Mesh model)
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3.2 .4 SETUP
Click on the steady-state thermal in out line and insert the heat flux and select
the surface of the PV solar and apply the section part and click on solve.
(Fig 7: FIXED SUPPORT)
Again click on the steady-state thermal in outline and insert the convection and
select the surface and apply the selection part and click on solve.
(Fig 8: PRESSURE APPLIED TO THE MODEL)
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3.2 .5 SOLUTION
For solutions right click on the solution in Outline and insert the Temperature.
1. Temperature 1.
2. Temperature 2.
Again right click on the solution in Outline and insert the Heat flux
1. TOTAL HEAT FLUX
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4RESULTS
After completion of steady-state thermal and solution then go for select the
exucute all the results to get the results of max and min Total heat flux,
Temperature of the surface and Temperature of the body of PV Solar steady-
static thermal analysis all the results are shown in the below figures form.
(Fig 9:TOTAL HEAT FLUX OF PV SOLAR)
(Fig 10: TEMPERATURE OF BODY OF PV SOLAR)
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(Fig 11: TEMPERATURE OF SURFACE OF PV SOLAR)
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(Fig 13: MAX BODY TEMPERAURE OF PV SOLAR)
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CONCLUSIN
In this project , learn about how to do steady-static thermal analysis of PV Solar
using ANSYS workbench , The process to determine the response or behaviour
of a structure under certain temperature to the model and to get the results of
total heat flux acting on the body, temperature of the surface and temperature
of the body values of max and minimum. This results help to identify weak
areas of the pv solar. Based on steady-static thermal analysis, we recommend to
buy panels with high concentrated photovoltaic and always clean the surface of
solar panel for high efficient work.
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6REFERENCE
S
1) Ansys work bench software
2) X_T format pv solar file from grabcad.com site
3) Sources from wikipedia
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