Ir Dr Lim Boon Han
Funding in UTAR
  • offshore hybrid solar-wave mobile electricity generation system using concentrated photovoltaic system and damping wave energy converter, UTARRF, February 2014 - January 2016.
  • a novel non-destructive auto shut-off system using low power position sensor and wireless reactive-able device for the application in anti-theft solar photovoltaic module without embedded power source, UTARRF, April 2015 - March 2016.
  • high acceptance angle optical fiber based solar day-lighting system using two-stage reflective non-imaging dish concentrator, UTARRF, April 2015 - March 2016.
  • top-up fund to aaibe project on dense-array concentrator photovoltaic system for infrastructure in kampar campus., UTARRF, December 2016 - December 2017.
  • ultra-high concentrator photovoltaic system using small-scale two-stage non-imaging solar concentrator, UTARRF, July 2017 - June 2018.
  • performance improvement of solar photovoltaic system in tropics via temperature reduction measures, UTARRF, July 2017 - June 2018.
  • tailoring band gap of organic photovoltaic device to obtain the best power conversion efficiency based on local solar spectrum in asean region, MOHE FRGS, August 2016 - July 2018.
  • design and optimization of solar power plant consisted of tracking flat photovoltaic or concentrator photovoltaic system based on computational analysis, UTARRF, December 2017 - December 2018.
  • lightning surge and hazadous area protection technology, KL AUTOMATION SDN. BHD., July 2017 - July 2019.
  • tailor-made tropical solar irradiance analytical model for the performance optimization, estimation and assessment of a photovoltaic power plant, UTARRF, December 2018 - December 2019.
  • solar irradiation analysis using satellite-derived database in the tropics, MALAYSIAN PHOTOVOLTAIC INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION, July 2019 - July 2020.
  • large scale solar photovoltaic power plant optimization for tropical region, INTEGRATED LOGISTIC BERHAD, April 2018 - December 2020.
  • a comprehensive directional-temporal-spatial solar irradiance distribution model for solar energy conversion system performance assessment in tropics, MOHE FRGS, January 2019 - December 2020.
  • optimal design and control strategy for cost-effective renewable energy power system with hybrid energy storage system, UTARRF, August 2020 - July 2021.
  • artificial intelligent integrated into sun-tracking system of heliostats to enhance the accuracy, reliability and long-term performance in solar energy harnessing, UTARRF, December 2020 - December 2021.
  • railway power supply and distribution system, COLAS RAIL SYSTEM ENGINEERING SDN BHD, December 2018 - December 2021.
  • research on high performance hybrid perovskite-organic solar cell on stretchable substrate with the band gap tunable to indoor and local spectral irradiances research on high-performance hybrid perovskite-organic solar cell on a stretchable substra, UTARRF, June 2019 - May 2022.
  • configuration analysis framework of passive design for energy efficiency evaluation of residential high-rise buildings, UTARRF, July 2021 - June 2022.
  • investigation of bifacial gain, performance and quality issues of bifacial photovoltaic modules that operate in a tropical site, UTARRF, July 2022 - June 2023.
  • comprehensive modelling and optimization of tin oxide based hybrid perovskite-organic photovoltaic device doped with yb, er upconversion nanoparticles for indoor operating conditions, MOHE FRGS, September 2021 - September 2023.
  • investigating the kinetic properties and charge distribution on raindrop energy generation for graphene-based dye-sensitized solar cells, MOHE FRGS, September 2022 - August 2024.
  • a comprehensive investigation on the distribution network design and policy reform for enhanced competitiveness in facility expansion and infrastructure investment., PERUNDING SHANU SDN. BHD., April 2024 - September 2024.
  • collaborative research on solar system project, KL AUTOMATION ENGINEERING SDN. BHD., March 2024 - March 2025.
  • a new correlation model for a network of multiple sky imagers to increase the detection speed of cloud motions, MOHE FRGS, September 2022 - August 2025.
  • investigation of daylighting conditions for vertical farming of ?bentong? ginger in a greenhouse environment. a subproject of utarsrf programme, smart agritech framework for bentong ginger planting through vertical farming., UTARRF, October 2023 - September 2026.
Funding not in UTAR
  • tianyin100-gravitational wave detector, MOSTE, March 1997 - November 1999.
  • world largest solar furnace, MOSTE, IRPA RM7, June 1997 - July 2001.
  • the application of non-imaging focusing heliostat as concentrated photovoltaic system for hydrogen generation, MUST, September 2001 - February 2004.
  • theoretical study of digitalised mirror array and its application in large scale astronomical telescope, MUST, December 2003 - June 2004.
  • 10kw solar furnace system using non-imaging focusing heliostat and parabolic reflector, MUST, September 2001 - July 2004.
  • the applications of non-imaging focusing heliostat in hcpv system, BENGBU JINGLING MACHINERY CO., LTD., August 2004 - July 2005.
  • realization of tip tilting by 8-step line tilting, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, August 2004 - February 2007.
  • 205kw demonstration grid-connected lcpv solar power plant, INNER MONGOLIA YITAI GROUP CO., LTD., January 2006 - August 2007.
  • 450kw grid-connected lcpv solar power plant using carrousel type solar trackers, spain, SUNCO CO., LTD., January 2008 - March 2009.
  • the applications of non-imaging focusing heliostat as solar furnace for solar-grade silicon purification, NINGXIA UTILITIES POWER GROUP, INNER MONGOLIA YITAI GROUP AND NINGXIA YINGTIAN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD, February 2005 - December 2009.
  • 1mw grid connected lcpv solar power plant using carrousel type solar tracker with sharing of driving mechanisms, GANSU PROVINCE ELECTRIC POWER INVESTMENT CO., July 2009 - January 2011.
  • organic solar photovoltaics ? from sunlight to electricity utilizing the potential of zinc oxide, ADVANCED ENGINEERING PLATFORM FUNDING 2016, October 2016 - December 2016.
  • organic photovoltaic - from sunlight to electricity phase 2, ADVANCED ENGINEERING PLATFORM 2017, April 2017 - December 2017.
  • organic photovoltaic - from sunlight to electricity, MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA - ADVANCED ENGINEERING PLATFORM, April 2018 - March 2019.
  • top up funding for working group 2018 summer - scientific excellence working group, GLOBAL YOUNG ACADEMY, June 2018 - May 2019.
  • top up funding and base funding for working group 2018 summer - science excellence working group, GLOBAL YOUNG ACADEMY, January 2019 - June 2020.
  • base funding for scientific excellence working group 2020, GLOBAL YOUNG ACADEMY (GYA), January 2020 - December 2020.
  • data-driven real-time optimal power dispatch for photovoltaic power generation, MOSTI MALAYSIA-CHINA INTERGOVERNMENTAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATIVE PROGRAMME, April 2023 - March 2025.