Installation and Knowledge Transfer Process Factors of Solar Energy Production for Northern Communities in Thailand

摘要

Thailand has the remote highland which electrical system cannot access. Solar energy production system is an option for the community and people in remote areas to have electricity. Installation and Knowledge Sharing Process Factors of Solar Energy Production for Northern Communities in Thailand is accorded to development strategy according to The National Economic and Social Development Plan, The Fourth National Research Strategy - Green Growth. The problem statement is which factors are important to the installation and knowledge transfer process of solar energy production for northern communities in Thailand. The objective of the study is to find factors for prototyping of the installation and knowledge transfer process of solar energy production for northern communities in Thailand. From the result, electricity production from solar energy by solar cells has factors which affect efficiency and system lifetime for design such as the arrangement of solar cells and the incline for receive ray from the sun, the maintenance of equipment such as solar cell panels cleaning and battery. These factors need knowledge and understanding of electrical system for the management in communities. For the remote northern area in Thailand, knowledge accessibility, technical and personal maintenance knowledge will be a benefit for people in the highland. They will get knowledge of suitable factors for installation of solar energy production in the level of communities. The data is historical data for 3 years, 2015-2017. The important factors consist of used electricity management problem as Table 6 with the cumulative frequency of 77. The next is a shortage of maintenance budget and the lack of integration with government agencies in the electrical system maintenance as Table 7 with the cumulative frequency of 59. Technical issues at the installation area, charging controller, and battery system by preventive maintenance as Table 4 with the cumulative frequency of 40. Technical issues at of equipment, solar cell panels, cable, and support structure of solar cell panels by preventive maintenance as Table 3 with the cumulative frequency of 22. The last is Technical issues of invertor and lighting protection by preventive maintenance with the cumulative frequency of 15 respectively.