scholarly journals Comprehensive performance evaluation of various solar PV system configurations

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (8) ◽  
pp. 1261-1270 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dinesh Varma Tekumalla ◽  
Diptendu Pal ◽  
Prabodh Bajpai
Author(s):  
Amanda Halim ◽  
Ahmad Fudholi ◽  
Stephen Phillips ◽  
Kamaruzzaman Sopian

<p>At present, solar energy is perceived to be one of the world’s contributive energy sources. Holding characteristics such as inexhaustible and non-polluting, making it as the most prominent among renewable energy (RE) sources. The application of the solar energy has been well-developed and used for electricity generation through Photovoltaic (PV) as the harvesting medium. PV cells convert heat from the sun directly into the electricity to power up the electric loads. Solar PV system is commonly built in a rural area where it cannot be powered up by the utility grid due to location constrains. In order to avoid the electricity fluctuation because of unsteady amount of solar radiation, PV solar hybrid is the efficient solution for rural electrifications. This paper presents a review on optimised Hybrid Solar-PV Diesel system configurations installed and used to power up off grid settlements at various locations worldwide.</p>


Author(s):  
Richard Eberechi Echendu ◽  
Hachimenum Nyebuchi Amadi

This work focuses on the performance evaluation of a Standalone Solar Photovoltaic (PV) system for electricity generation in an estate requiring a daily power consumption of 50KW. This was achieved through a solar tracker software/hardware – embedded programme control system. A programmable microcontroller (PIC16F877A), light detection sensors (CDS NORP 12), motor driver IC (L293D), power relays (NTE-R22-5) and a dc gear motor with linear actuator (HARL-3618) were used. MikroC Pro compiler from Mikro Electroniker was used to programme the PIC16F877A. A fixed PV panel of same size was placed side by side and tested with the solar tracking system. The test results obtained showed that the solar tracking system produced 14.3W at 8:00am, increases to a maximum of 25.83W at 1:00pm and decreased to 16.28W at 6:00pm while the fixed PV panel produced 5W at 8:00am, increased to a maximum of 25.62W at 1:00pm and decreased to 10.6W at 6:00pm. These results gave the solar tracking system an efficiency increase of 33 percent over the fixed system. The designed system installed in residential homes has capacity to guarantee sustainable, durable and improved power supply.


This paper describes an economic analysis of 80kW solar PV system connected to Grid. PV system solar energy is an important source to produce electricity now-a-days. 80kW solar PV system is designed by using MATLAB/Simulink Software and analysed the performance evaluation of this system with respect to MATLAB readings of 80kw system designed for on-grid and off-grid using HOMER software to compare the economic analysis of both systems. Compare these on-grid and off-grid systems using homer pro software to calculate the cost of energy (COE) and net present cost (NPC).These Results will help in an optimization techniques and further investigations in solar PV system.


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