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    ENERGY PREDICTION BASED ON MODELLING AND SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF AN ACTUAL GRID-CONNECTED PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER PLANT IN TURKEY
    (2019-12-01) Mohamed Alageli M. MILLAD; Osman ÇİÇEK; Faruk ERKEN
    Turkey has invested in generating solar power industry to meet the energydemand as well as saving the national energy resources. The government hasalso substituted some of the energy consumption with clean energy sources,especially on-grid PV power plants. In recent years, a number of incentivesare provided to persuade investors to invest in solar energy sector in Turkey.In this context, KRMN-SNAPS 1.6 MW PV power plant is installed in KonyaProvince in the Central Anatolia region of Turkey. The most importantinformation that have to be known in advance are the cost and duration of theinvestment. Therefore, pre-investment production analysis of the PV powerplant is very essential. The performance of the power plant depends on someparameters for instance temperature, irradiance and sunshine duration. Inthis study, solar PV arrays are modelled by using MATLAB/Simulink and thepower plant is simulated based on the above mentioned meteorologicalparameters. The simulation results of the PV power plant were compared withthe actual production data. In the simulation, long-term average data onproduction of the location were used and it is observed that the simulationresults and the one year's actual production data are compatible with eachother.
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    Increasing the Plant Productivity Using the Automatic Controlled Irrigation System: A Comparative Experimental Study
    (2022-10-01) Hüseyin MENGÜ; Seçil KARATAY; Anıl Burak ACAR; Faruk ERKEN
    With the development of technology, today, the use of technology in the field of agriculture has become widespread. In order to meet the increasing demand for agricultural products, automation techniques should be used in agricultural areas in order to make the production of agricultural products simpler and more efficient. In this study, an automation system is designed by making use of technology against problems such as irrigation problem and water shortage, which have become an important problem in agricultural areas. The data coming from the humidity sensor placed in the soil is processed to the controller. According to these processed data, when the soil is dry and the plant needs water, the water-pumping set automatically activates and meets the water needs of the plant. Optimum use of irrigation water to be used in agriculture is prevented unnecessary agricultural irrigation, reducing excessive water waste and providing a very high level of energy savings. At the same time, the negativities caused by excessive irrigation have been prevented. It is observed that the automatic controlled irrigation system used in this study saves a lot of water compared to the conventional irrigation system and increases the productivity of the plants to a great extent.