scholarly journals Solar Energy System for Brunei Residence

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-318
Author(s):  
Mohammad Yeakub Ali ◽  
Ahmad Syahmi Rahim ◽  
Seri Rahayu Ya'akub
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Production Performance ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Energy Demands ◽  
Brunei Darussalam ◽  
Electrical Demand ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic System

Brunei Darussalam is a country that receives high amounts of solar irradiation annually as it is located near the equator. With the abundance of oil & natural gas resources, the country has one of the cheapest electricity costs in the world. This would in turn make solar power underutilized. The purpose of this project is to design a solar system for Brunei’s medium sized residence to meet the daily energy demands. A comprehensive analysis was conducted on the solar photovoltaic system for determining the optimum sized parts and components. The design process was divided into detailed sections so that the values are calculated using PVSyst simulation software. The simulation also predicted the specific energy production, performance evaluation, and the losses. Cost analysis was also conducted to find the efficiency and the feasibility of the system. The designed solar energy system has a capacity of 60 kWp, producing 75 MWh of usable energy annually. This system uses 66% of the energy available from the sun to generate electricity which covers the electrical demand of Brunei’s residences.

Solar Energy Assessment in Various Regions of Indian Sub-continent

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johny Renoald Albert ◽  
Dishore Shunmugham Vanaja
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Graphical Representation ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Energy Assessment ◽  
Energy Auditing ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic System

The demand for sustainable energy has increased significantly over the years due to the rapid depletion of fossil fuels. The solar photovoltaic system has been the advantage of converting solar irradiation directly to electricity, and it is suitable for most of the regions. But in the case of solar energy conversion, the voltage evolved from the solar photovoltaic cells is not adequate to meet the energy demand. Therefore, the converters and inverters with energy storage systems are used to fulfill the energy demand. These conversion architectures create new challenges for effective management of the grid. Due to the evaluation of power generation, load in a particular region or area, let us simplify with the help of the duck curve. The study is focused on the energy auditing, assessment, and measurement of solar irradiation from PV system design software. This graphical representation is implemented with a typical electricity load pattern at any region.

scholarly journals Study on the Implementation of a Solar Photovoltaic System with Self-Consumption in an Educational Building

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (8) ◽  
pp. 2214
Author(s):  
Carolina dos Santos Castilho ◽  
João Paulo N. Torres ◽  
Carlos A. Ferreira Fernandes ◽  
Ricardo A. Marques Lameirinhas
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Economic Feasibility ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Electricity Grid ◽  
System Versus ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic System ◽  
The Cost

In this work, the study of different remuneration schemes for the implementation of a solar energy system on a building was performed. The photovoltaic system was implemented on a public educational building, and four different schemes are compared to understand the economic feasibility of self-consuming solar energy with and without a battery system, versus selling to the electricity grid. The system performance is compared to the building’s needs, and the different consumption and grid-injection shares are analyzed. Three of the schemes are applied according to the conditions and requirements of the Portuguese Law, while the remaining one is not yet allowed, and so the legislation from another chosen country is considered. Lastly, a financial analysis was performed to evaluate and compare the feasibility of each project implementation. The results of this analysis show that both the non-legislated and legislated self-consumption schemes make for an attractive investment, and that savings resulting from the consumption of solar energy are much higher than the revenues from selling to the grid, which presents as the least attractive scheme. Finally, the battery implementation also does not show feasibility because the cost of technology is still too high, despite the reduction witnessed in recent years.

scholarly journals Evaluation of the energy demands for a floating O&M-hub

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
F. Wittmann ◽  
C. Schmitt ◽  
F. Adam ◽  
P. Dierken
Keyword(s):  
Software Tool ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Spare Parts ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Offshore Wind ◽  
Baseline Scenario ◽  
Horizon 2020 ◽  
Energy Supply System ◽  
The North ◽  
Energy Demands

AbstractThe Energyhub@Sea concept is one of the four research applications of the Space@Sea project funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 research program (GA number: 774253). The focus of this paper is the evaluation of the energy demands of an energy self-sufficient maintenance platform at the location of Helgoland in the North Sea. In view of this, a standardized modular floater was developed as an offshore wind operation and maintenance base, which in the following paper is referred to as an O&M hub. The O&M hub is intended to be equipped with accommodation facilities and various renewable energy infrastructure as well as spare parts logistics, enabling the platform to perform maintenance of offshore gearless wind turbines with a capacity of up to 10 MW. To be energy self-sustaining, an energy supply system for the hub was developed and simulated at a resolution of ten minutes by means of the Top-Energy simulation software, a commercial software tool. As a basis for the simulation, an approach for the automated determination of flexible load profiles, in resolutions of up to ten minutes was developed. This load profile generator creates load profiles on the basis of environmental conditions, technical characteristics, and expected behaviors of the inhabitants. On the basis of the generated load profiles, a first layout (referred to as baseline scenario) for the different components of the energy system was evaluated and tested through simulation. In a second step, three optimization scenarios were developed and simulated with regards to the financial feasibility of the Energyhub.

scholarly journals Performance Assessment of Motorized Solar Photovoltaic Louvers System Using PVSYST Software

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Safwat Hasan ◽  
Humor Hwang
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Market Penetration ◽  
Simulation Tools ◽  
Building Facades ◽  
Internal Network ◽  
Potential Benefits ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic System

In the realm of technological market penetration of solar photovoltaiclouvers (PVL) addressing environmental difficulties and the industrialrevolution, a new avenue of renewable energy is introduced. Moreover,solar energy exploitation through building façades was addressedthrough motorized solar photovoltaic louvers (MPVL). On the otherhand, proponents exalted the benefits of MPVL overlooking the typicalanalyses. In this communication, we attempted to perform a thoroughindustrial system evaluation of the MPVL. This communication presentsa methodology to validate the industrial claims about MPVL devices andtheir economic efficiency and the insight on how geographical locationinfluences their utilization and augment their potential benefits. This taskis carried out by evaluating the extent of solar energy that can be harvestedusing solar photovoltaic system (PVSYST) software and investigatingwhether existing product claims are associated with MPVL are feasible indifferent locations. The performance and operational losses (temperature,internal network, power electronics) were evaluated. To design and assessthe performance of different configurations based on the geographicalanalogy, simulation tools were successfully carried out based on differenttopographical locations. Based on these findings, various factors affect theemployment of MPVL such as geographical and weather conditions, solarirradiation, and installation efficiency. tt is assumed that we successfullyshed light and provided insights into the complexity associated withMPVL.

Developing and Evaluation of Various Correlations for Diffuse Solar Radiation for Urla (Izmir, Turkey)

2012 ◽  
Vol 135 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Orhan Ekren
Keyword(s):  
Solar Radiation ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Tracking System ◽  
Diffuse Radiation ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Total Solar Radiation ◽  
Total Radiation ◽  
Diffuse Solar Radiation ◽  
Tilted Surface

Characteristics of site-specific solar irradiation is required to optimize a solar energy system. If no tracking system is used, the amount of electricity or heat produced by solar energy depends on the total solar radiation on a tilted surface. Although pyranometer measures direct plus diffuse solar radiation on a horizontal surface, there are many locations where diffuse radiation is not measured. Also, diffuse radiation is necessary to determine the total radiation on a tilted surface. Therefore, in this study, new correlations for diffuse solar radiation is proposed as a function of atmospheric parameters for Urla (Izmir, Turkey). After applying the statistical procedure on the measured data, seven new correlations are proposed for the ratio of hourly average diffuse and total radiation. Also, the ratio of monthly average daily diffuse and total radiation for this region is proposed.

scholarly journals Energy Acquisition of Solar-Powered Joint-Wing Aircraft Considering Mismatch Power Loss

Energies ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Xinzhe Ji ◽  
Kangwen Sun ◽  
Xiao Guo ◽  
Mou Sun
Keyword(s):  
Power Loss ◽  
Estimation Method ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Mismatch Loss ◽  
Energy Acquisition ◽  
Time Of Year ◽  
Solar Powered

Solar-powered aircraft can perform long-term flights with clean solar energy. However, the energy derived from solar irradiation is influenced by the time of year and latitude, which limits the energy acquisition ability of solar aircraft with a straight-wing configuration. Hence, unconventional configurations based on increasing wing dihedral to track the sun are proposed to improve energy acquisition at high-latitude regions in winter, which may involve power loss caused by mismatch in the photovoltaic system. However, mismatch loss is seldom considered and may cause energy to be overestimated. In this paper, the energy acquisition characteristics of a joint-wing configuration are presented based on the simulation of an energy system to investigate the mismatch power loss. The results indicate a 4~15% deviation from the frequently used estimation method and show that the mismatch loss is influenced by the curved upper surface, the severity of shading and the circuit configuration. Then, the configuration energy acquisition factor is proposed to represent the energy acquisition ability of the joint-wing configuration. Finally, the matching between the aircraft configuration and flight trajectory is analyzed, demonstrating that the solar-powered aircraft with an unconventional wing configuration is more sensitive to the coupling between configuration and trajectory.

scholarly journals Solar Photovoltaic System in India: Challenges and Barriers

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (VI) ◽  
pp. 1060-1063
Author(s):  
Pushpendra Arya
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Indian Government ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic System ◽  
Main Component

In today’s world we are going towards the major share of renewable energy to reduce the effect Green House Gases (GHG) in the atmosphere. The limitation of energy sources which produces clean energy, the rise in the pollution in the environment, and programs initiated by the Indian Government have encouraged lots of open field researches on Solar Photovoltaic Systems or Solar Energy Systems. As producing the clean and renewable energy is main component of energy sector, solar photovoltaic could be considered as an alternative in various regions. Although Solar Photovoltaic does have different advantages and can be used for various purposes, but also there are several challenges for it. This paper took a whole overview of the advantages and uses of Solar Photovoltaic and barriers in their adaptation/opportunities.

scholarly journals Application of Energy Efficiency in A Company Through A Photovoltaic Energy System on Grid

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 634-645
Author(s):  
Samuel Guimaraes Ferreira ◽  
Livia Da Silva Oliveira ◽  
David Barbosa de Alencar
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Energy Consumption ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Technical Feasibility ◽  
Useful Life ◽  
A Company ◽  
Over Time

Energy consumption is a major factor in relation to an organization's costs and expenses, determining the need to apply methods that can minimize or reduce these expenses as much as possible. Having these factors in context, the present work aims to present the technical feasibility of implementing a project that uses solar energy through the on-grid solar system to supply the energy demand of a company. The methodology used was the descriptive, in which several data were collected and documentations were analyzed that supported and justified the elaboration of a photovoltaic project and development of the budget and analysis of the costs of a solar energy system. Through the results obtained, it was possible to arrive at a solar project that would be able to establish the necessary power for the company for a cost of R $ 20,916.96 and a payback of 5 years and 5 months. Thus, it is possible to conclude that the photovoltaic system is viable in its use and application, not only because of the advantages associated with the environment, but taking into account its self-sustainability over time and with a useful life of up to 25 years.

Creation of Financial and Environmental Values With Solar Photovoltaic Projects While Managing Risks

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 13-26
Author(s):  
Shantha Indrajith Hikkaduwa Liyanage ◽  
Fulufhelo Godfrey Netswera ◽  
Shivajyoti Pal ◽  
Isaac Nthomola
Keyword(s):  
Solar Energy ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Energy Market ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic System ◽  
The University

This study investigates 200 kWp roof-mounted solar photovoltaic system in a country where there is no legal, policy, and institutional framework to de-risk the solar energy market but present naturally conducive environment in the sun-drenched semi-arid country. The analysis of quantitative and qualitative data subject to interpretivist and positivist approaches paves the way to find out that the university, though created financial and environments values, has not addressed the risk associated with illiquid capital intensive investment and conventional financial metrics such as net present value, internal rate of return. Hence, it is recommended to manage the risk with four strategies including maintaining economic value added at 5% or more, leveraging the investment, and withdrawing a part of equity for reinvesting in diversified investment. The findings are significant for low carbon investors to identify opportunities and manage the risk in solar energy market. Energy engineers enable designing a system that meets the fundamentals of the business and environmental value.

Comprehensive Energy Modeling of Tri-Sol: A Three-in-One Solar Concentrating BIPV/Thermal/Daylighting System

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Lawless ◽  
Ravi Gorthala
Keyword(s):  
Numerical Model ◽  
Solar Energy ◽  
Tilt Angle ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
Energy System ◽  
Simulation Software ◽  
Energy Modeling ◽  
Hot Water ◽  
Transient Simulation ◽  
Geographical Locations

A numerical model was developed in the TRNSYS environment (a transient simulation software) for Tri-Sol, a novel three-in-one solar energy system that produces electricity, hot water, and daylight for commercial buildings, to simulate its annual performance in terms of the three useful energy streams. Even though this model was developed for Tri-Sol, it can also be used for calculating the annual performance of similar concentrating PV/thermal (PV/T) and daylighting systems for various geographical locations. The model simultaneously calculates the codependent electrical and thermal performances, and calculates the useful daylight harvested by the building. The model is versatile and flexible in that any configuration of the modeled system can be properly designed using by changing parameters and inputs inside of TRNSYS. This model was used to predict the annual performance a single Tri-Sol PV/T module and a single Tri-Sol unit with five such modules as a function of its tilt and geographical location. Then, this model was used to compute the monthly performance of a Tri-Sol array for a 10,000 ft.2 building for varying geographical locations at a fixed tilt angle. These results show the utility and the power of the model for designing combined PV/T-daylighting solar technologies such as Tri-Sol.

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