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: Received: 5 August 2019 / Approved: 6 August 2019 / Online: 6 August 2019 (16:24:41 CEST)
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Degife, W.; Bogale, W. Experimental Analysis of Liter of Night light for Potential Use in Rural Electrification. Preprints2019, 2019080083. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0083.v1
Degife, W.; Bogale, W. Experimental Analysis of Liter of Night light for Potential Use in Rural Electrification. Preprints 2019, 2019080083. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0083.v1
Degife, W.; Bogale, W. Experimental Analysis of Liter of Night light for Potential Use in Rural Electrification. Preprints2019, 2019080083. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0083.v1
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Degife, W., & Bogale, W. (2019). Experimental Analysis of Liter of Night light for Potential Use in Rural Electrification. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0083.v1
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Degife, W. and Wondwossen Bogale. 2019 "Experimental Analysis of Liter of Night light for Potential Use in Rural Electrification" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints201908.0083.v1
Abstract
More than 1.1 billion people lack access to electricity in the world, among them 600 million are in sub-Saharan African countries. The socio-economic life of the rural communities is highly affected by electricity supply. The demanding Interest for growth and development in developing countries led to a renewed interest in solar lights. Liter of the night light is a solar-powered light that is constructed from waste plastic bottles which light up the rural community. This paper is about experimental analysis of liter of night light for potential use in rural electrification. The technology uses environmentally friendly and locally available materials. The system is provided with battery storage, which allows it to operate for 13.5 hours continuously at full charge. Solar radiation is converted by PV solar panel to electric current. Circuit board is developed and fabricated to regulate and deliver a consumable amount of voltage by the rechargeable lead-acid battery. After testing five different solutions, the study found out that vinegar solution as the optimal solutions for the technology that can deliver 27lux of light to the surrounding. Simultaneously the study found out, that the light that is emitted from the bottle bulb is a function of volume, depth and solution type. And for this relationship curves are developed. And, the technology can be used for rural communities as it is.
Keywords
liter of light; experimental analysis; LED
Subject
Engineering, Energy and Fuel Technology
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This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
