ECE 459/5559

Summer 2022 Course Project

Instructions:

1. Choose any of the following topics as your semester project. These projects will make you familiarize with writing technical papers as well as understand the state-of-the-art PV
2. All these topics are literature review based technical survey. You will need to gather as many manuscripts as possible and summarize them in your own words to complete the project.
3. Again, DO NOT copy from another paper, you must re-write the information in your own
4. Also, you will need to cite the references appropriately. This rule is true for any plot, figure, picture, graph, etc. You can get the reference by clicking “cite this” as shown in the screenshot below:

5. You are encouraged to search for the papers in the IEEEXplore digital library (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/home.jsp ) and use the respective key words to find the related
6. If you use UMKC network, you should be able to view and download papers from IEEEXplore Otherwise, you will need to use UMKC VPN to access the papers (https://www.umkc.edu/is/support/services/vpn/ )
7. A reference review paper link is given https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/1510827
8. You will follow the IEEE format to complete the A template from IEEE will be uploaded in Canvas for your convenience.
9. The length of your review paper should be between 3-4 pages excluding references.
10. Once you complete the paper, create a pdf and upload in the Canvas.
11. If the paper qualifies for submission, you will receive 3 Bonus points.

N.B: You are welcome to come up with your own topic related to PV Systems. If you choose so, email me with your project topic by July 7, Wednesday.

Topics:

1. A comprehensive review on the faults in the residential PV installation and their
2. Efficiency improvement of PV cells/modules: A review
3. Solar tracking technologies: state of the art review
4. Technical survey on Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT)
5. Condition monitoring and degradation detection methods of grid-tied PV inverters: A review
6. Literature review on the cooling techniques of PV system
7. Performance based analysis of various solar cells: A review
8. Challenges and economic considerations of large-scale PV installations: A technical review
9. Present status and future prospect of PV technologies in the US.
10. A technical and comparative study on various types of converters used in solar PV
11. Barriers in installing roof-top solar PV

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