Back Home CONTRIBUTION By Mkhanyisi Moyo DOMESTIC SOLAR TECHNOLOGY Solar equipment usually has 4 components: 1. the solar panels, 2. the battery bank, 3. charge controllers and 4. the inverter The functions 1. The solar panel is responsible for converting solar energy to electrical. 2. The battery bank stores energy for use during the night or when there’s cloud cover 3. The charge controller regulates energy flow into batteries, hence protects the batteries from too much power 4. The Inverter converts 12V DC power to 220V AC power. Usually household appliances use AC power. CALCULATING EQUIPMENT NEEDED Calculating how much equipment we actually need requires three stages, namely: Power Assessment, Power optimisation, Final calculations Power Assessment This involves figuring out how much energy you need to run your house. This obviously has to be known for us to proceed. Your requirements may not be similar to your next door neighbour’s since you
Back HOME BUSINESS IDEA FOR MAKING CHILLI SOURCE Chilli sauce is hot in taste and eaten either as raw or cooked for its hot flavor. Chilli or Pepper is used to make a variety of sauces and chilli pickles. Production Capacity The Rated Plant capacity is 500ltrs/day Production Process Chilli sauce is made following the steps outlined below: 1. Cut chillies roughly; 2. Peel & chop garlic; 3. Measure the capacity of your bottle with the jug & water; 4. Add chillies garlic to the jug & enough vinegar to make the volume you need; 5. Transfer these to a pan; 6. Add 5 teaspoons of salt, and a teaspoon of sugar; 7. Heat to boil; 8. Blend this mixture until smooth; 9. Re-heat in the pan; & 10. Pour into your bottle using the jug. Back HOME Raw Materials/Ingredients Hot Paper, Salt, Mustard oil, Vinegar, Chillies and Garlic Equipment The Essential tools and equipments required for Chill Manufacturing includes: Food-blender, a sauce pan, gradu