Energy survey and MATLAB/Simulink Simulation of 24VDC lighting systems for off-grid rural houses in Papua New Guinea

Sylvester Tirones, Yue Hu · 2025 · Engineering Science & Technology Journal

Summary. This paper designs and simulates a 24V DC lighting system for off-grid rural households in Papua New Guinea using solar PV and battery storage with a DC-DC boost converter. Testing shows the system maintains stable 24V output with 92% peak efficiency and successfully handles varying battery voltage and load changes. Lighting dominates evening demand (78%, 6pm-11pm). The authors provide a practical reference design and component-sizing guidance for deploying solar-based electrification in PNG's rural areas.

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@article{tirones-2025-energy-survey-matlab-simulink-simulation,
  title   = {Energy survey and MATLAB/Simulink Simulation of 24VDC lighting systems for off-grid rural houses in Papua New Guinea},
  author  = {Sylvester Tirones and Yue Hu},
  journal = {Engineering Science & Technology Journal},
  year    = {2025},
  doi     = {10.51594/estj.v6i11.2132},
  url     = {https://doi.org/10.51594/estj.v6i11.2132}
}

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DOI

10.51594/estj.v6i11.2132

Countries

Papua New Guinea

Regions

Oceania

Categories

energy, agtech, general-innovation

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2026-05-01