Fabrication Procedure of Solar PV Refrigerator Designed for Port Harcourt Environment

Dr. Mathew Shadrack Uzoma^1, , Dr. M. M. Ojapah² and Engr Eseonu Obi²

¹Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

²Department of Mechanical Engineering University of Port Harcourt, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria

Cite this paper:
Dr. Mathew Shadrack Uzoma, Dr. M. M. Ojapah and Engr Eseonu Obi. Fabrication Procedure of Solar PV Refrigerator Designed for Port Harcourt Environment. American Journal of Mechanical Engineering. 2023; 11(4):130-140. doi: 10.12691/ajme-11-4-2

Abstract

This research is a follow up of the work titled, “Design Analysis of Solar Powered Photovoltaic Refrigerator”. The solar refrigerator was designed to suite Port Harcourt, Nigeria meteorological data. The geographical position of Port Harcourt being at latitude 4040’N and longitude 7010’E. Average solar irradiation of 4.23kWh/m2/day and sunshine hour of 4.25 were prevalent at the position where the Photovoltaic refrigerator would be mounted. The compressor was rated at 0.07kW. The design drawings for the system, the detailed drawings and the assembly drawings were produced with solid works software.

Keywords:
solar refrigerator meteorological data geographical position

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