ZEMCH 2015 - International Conference Proceedings | Page 223

Outline: Panels are used to power the load. Charge controllers are used to control the charging of the batteries, which enhances the life of the batteries. Batteries are used to store charge and power the load when the sun is not shining. The batteries are designed to operate for 1-day of no-sun back-up. An inverter is provided to convert DC power form the battery to AC power so that the loads can be operated. Cables and connectors are provided to wire the system completely. A solar mounting stand is provided to place the panels. Because of the dome shape in water cistern, it has been decided to design the solar panels in with the dome shape. After analyzing both quotations for two different panels, there was a huge price difference. Therefore, the decision was to choose the normal shape of solar panel, the specification of the panel is mentioned in Figures 18 and 19. Figure 18: Dome shape solar panel idea/concept In the dome shape solar panel design, cistern looks more beautiful but the price increased a lot. In the city similar to Evaz, investing for this amount of money needs management that is more precise. With the experience of being in cultural and city development meetings of Evaz city, discovered that Evazi people are interested to invest and develop their small city of less natural resources. Although this idea and concept is looking beautiful and useable, the cost is not reasonable. Therefore, the second option will give same process and good amount of power to filtrate the water for peoples’ daily water use. Vernacular architecture of south of Iran, Evaz: developing a solution for future designs 221