scholarly journals A REVIEW PAPER ON QUANTITATIVE ASSESSMENT OF SOLAR PV SYSTEM IN JAIPUR

2021 ◽  
pp. 423-431
Author(s):  
Mr. Kishan Khatri ◽  
Dr. Shweta Choudhary
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Quantitative Assessment ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Actual Performance ◽  
Solar Plant ◽  
Open Ground ◽  
Solar Pv System ◽  
Pv Generation

The aim of research is to identify a performance gap of solar PV through the quantitative assessment. In the recent studies it has been observed that the actual performance is considered based on the overall irradiation on the major portion of the area, as the irradiation for low distance grade is challenging to collect across the globe. The study and analysis of the actual solar PV system is the open ground to study and benchmark the generation for particular Jaipur City. On the basis of cost analysis, it has been observed, the rooftop solar plant is a feasible solution as it provides a helping hand to meet the growing energy demand. Although, some challenges such as inflation rate, the current discount rate and life of the plant will remain with installation and generating but, can be mitigated with its long-term benefits. The current market scenario with low cost of renewable technology the role of other financial parameters affects the financial viability of the project therefore it is necessary to analyse all the parameters carefully before installing a PV plant especially in areas where land cost is a considerable parameter. KEYWORDS: Solar PV Generation, Jaipur Radiation, Photovoltaic, Kilowatt peak, Rajasthan Solar

scholarly journals Design of a Building-Integrated Photovoltaic System with a Novel Bi-Reflector PV System (BRPVS) and Optimal Control Mechanism: An Experimental Study

Electronics ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 119 ◽  
Author(s):  
Muhammad Khan ◽  
Kamran Zeb ◽  
Waqar Uddin ◽  
P. Sathishkumar ◽  
Muhammad Ali ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Cost ◽  
Input Voltage ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Building Integrated Photovoltaics ◽  
Pv Module ◽  
Solar Pv System ◽  
Zero Carbon ◽  
The Cost

Environment protection and energy saving are the most attractive trends in zero-carbon buildings. The most promising and environmentally friendly technique is building integrated photovoltaics (BIPV), which can also replace conventional buildings based on non-renewable energy. Despite the recent advances in technology, the cost of BIPV systems is still very high. Hence, reducing the cost is a major challenge. This paper examines and validates the effectiveness of low-cost aluminum (Al) foil as a reflector. The design and the performance of planer-reflector for BIPV systems are analyzed in detail. A Bi-reflector solar PV system (BRPVS) with thin film Al-foil reflector and an LLC converter for a BIPV system is proposed and experimented with a 400-W prototype. A cadmium–sulfide (CdS) photo-resistor sensor and an Arduino-based algorithm was developed to control the working of the reflectors. Furthermore, the effect of Al-foil reflectors on the temperature of PV module has been examined. The developed LLC converter confirmed stable output voltage despite large variation in input voltage proving its effectiveness for the proposed BRPVS. The experimental results of the proposed BRPVS with an Al-reflector of the same size as that of the solar PV module offered an enhancement of 28.47% in the output power.

scholarly journals Solar Concentrators In Malaysia: Towards The Development Of Low Cost Solar Photovoltaic Systems

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Firdaus Muhammad Sukki ◽  
Roberto Ramirez Iniguez ◽  
Scott G. Mcmeekin ◽  
Brian G. Stewart ◽  
Barry Clive
Keyword(s):  
Financial Analysis ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Good Alternative ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Financial Benefit ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Solar Concentrators ◽  
Pv Systems ◽  
Solar Pv System

Solar energy has become a matter of global attention in the past few years. This paper explores the use and benefit of solar concentrators in the solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. First, a short literature review of previous research on the usage of solar concentrators in improving solar PV system performance and reducing the cost of implementation is presented. This is followed by an overview of SolarBrane, an example of a Building Integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) system which uses an optical concentrator in the solar PV design. An optimised design of the SolarBrane is also discussed afterwards. A financial benefit study is conducted to compare the average return of investment of using the optimised SolarBrane and traditional solar PV installed in Malaysia’s environment. SolarBrane has proven to be a good alternative to achieve costeffective solar PV system. The financial analysis simulated under the new Malaysian Feed–In Tariff scheme indicates that the optimised SolarBrane could potentially reduce the initial cost of implementation by 40% and generate higher return, close to 20%, when compared to traditional solar PV systems. Key words: Solar photovoltaic; solar concentrator; solarBrane; dielectric totally internally reflecting concentrator; financial analysis

Sustainability in university campus: options for achieving nearly zero energy goals

2018 ◽  
Vol 19 (4) ◽  
pp. 790-816 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula Fonseca ◽  
Pedro Moura ◽  
Humberto Jorge ◽  
Aníbal de Almeida
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Lithium Ion ◽  
Energy Performance ◽  
Photovoltaic System ◽  
University Campus ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Zero Energy ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Pv Generation

Purpose The purpose of this study was to design a renovation plan for a university campus building (Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering) with the aim to achieve nearly zero energy performance, ensuring a low specific demand (lower than 44 kWh/m2) and a high level of on-site renewable generation (equivalent to more than 20 per cent of the energy demand). Design/methodology/approach The baseline demand was characterized based on energy audits, on smart metering data and on the existing building management system data, showing a recent reduction of the electricity demand owing to some implemented measures. The renovation plan was then designed with two main measures, the total replacement of the actual lighting by LEDs and the installation of a photovoltaic system (PV) with 78.8 kWp coupled with an energy storage system with 100 kWh of lithium-ion batteries. Findings The designed renovation achieved energy savings of 20 per cent, with 27.5 per cent of the consumed energy supplied by the PV system. This will ensure a reduction of the specific energy of the building to only 30 kWh/m2, with 42.4 per cent savings on the net-energy demand. Practical implications The designed renovation proves that it is possible to achieve nearly zero energy goals with cost-effective solutions, presenting the lighting renovation and the solar PV generation system a payback of 2.3 and 6.9 years, respectively. Originality/value This study innovated by defining ambitious goals to achieve nearly zero energy levels and presenting a design based on a comprehensive lighting retrofit and PV generation, whereas other studies are mostly based on envelope refurbishment and behaviour changes.

scholarly journals Solar Cooling Technologies in Jordan: A Technical Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
pp. 220-230
Author(s):  
Younis Badran ◽  
Ishaq Sider
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Air Conditioning ◽  
Storage System ◽  
Solar Thermal ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Solar Cooling ◽  
Solar Pv System ◽  
Air Conditioning Systems ◽  
Solar Thermal System

In the recent years, solar cooling technologies for buildings have garnered increased attention. This study aimed to evaluate the performance of current solar thermal and solar photovoltaic (PV) air-conditioning technologies. Hence, the annual heating/cooling load profile and energy consumption of a reference building in the climate of Aqaba, Jordan were simulated using the TRNSYS software. The solar thermal and solar PV air-conditioning systems were designed and simulated to compensate the cooling demands. It was found that the annual cooling energy accounted for 96.3 % of the total annual energy demand (heating plus cooling) of the reference building. The solar PV and solar thermal air-conditioning systems compensated for direct cooling by 35.8 % and 30.9 %, respectively, and the corresponding compensations of cooling energy by the storage system were 7.3 % and 11.9 %, respectively. Thus, through this comparative study, we found that the storage system significantly contributed in compensating the cooling demands of the solar thermal system; however, the compensation to direct cooling was lower relative to the solar PV system

scholarly journals Potential Effect and Analysis of High Residential Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems Penetration to an Electric Distribution Utility (DU)

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 179-185 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey Tamba Dellosa
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Potential Effect ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Load Profile ◽  
Pv Systems ◽  
Solar Pv System ◽  
Electric Distribution

The Renewable Energy Act of 2008 in the Philippines provided an impetus for residential owners to explore solar PV installations at their own rooftops through the Net-Metering policy. The Net-Metering implementation through the law however presented some concerns with inexperienced electric DU on the potential effect of high residential solar PV system installations. It was not known how a high degree of solar integration to the grid can possibly affect the operations of the electric DU in terms of energy load management. The primary objective of this study was to help the local electric DU in the analysis of the potential effect of high residential solar PV system penetration to the supply and demand load profile in an electric distribution utility (DU) grid in the province of Agusan del Norte, Philippines. The energy consumption profiles in the year 2015 were obtained from the electric DU operating in the area. An average daily energy demand load profile was obtained from 0-hr to the 24th hour of the day based from the figures provided by the electric DU. The assessment part of the potential effect of high solar PV system integration assumed four potential total capacities from 10 Mega Watts (MW) to 40 MW generated by all subscribers in the area under study at a 10 MW interval. The effect of these capacities were measured and analyzed with respect to the average daily load profile of the DU. Results of this study showed that a combined installations beyond 20 MWp coming from all subscribers is not viable for the local electric DU based on their current energy demand or load profile. Based from the results obtained, the electric DU can make better decisions in the management of high capacity penetration of solar PV systems in the future, including investment in storage systems when extra capacities are generated.Article History: Received July 15th 2016; Received in revised form Sept 23rd 2016; Accepted Oct 1st 2016; Available onlineHow to Cite This Article: Dellosa, J. (2016) Potential Effect and Analysis of High Residential Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Systems Penetration to an Electric Distribution Utility (DU). Int. Journal of Renewable Energy Development, 5(3), 179-185.http://dx.doi.org/10.14710/ijred.5.3.179-185

scholarly journals Sustainable green campus in NEPAL: 3E analysis

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bharosh Kumar Yadav ◽  
Pankaj Kumar Rauniyar ◽  
K Sudhakar ◽  
Tri Ratna Bajracharya ◽  
S Shanmuga Priya
Keyword(s):  
Power Plant ◽  
Energy Demand ◽  
Clean Energy ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Software Analysis ◽  
Pv Systems ◽  
Solar Pv System ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Utility Cost

ABSTRACT In today’s world, where global warming is one of the greatest human challenges, sustainable energy generation is becoming increasingly relevant. The use of green and clean energy sources is the best way to minimize CO2, CO, NOX and other emissions of conventional energy usage. Solar photovoltaic (PV) systems are more beneficial and an exciting application to set up an eco-friendly green educational campus. In this regard, the potential sites within Tribhuvan University, Institute of Engineering, Purwanchal Campus, Dharan city, Nepal are analysed for grid-tied solar PV power plant installation to meet the 100% energy demand of the campus using energy, economic and environment-friendly analysis. The daily, monthly and annual load and solar irradiance data of past years of the campus have been analysed to estimate the solar PV plant’s capacity and system performance using PVSYST V7.0 software analysis tools .The simulation results show that 110 kWp of solar PV power plant will be sufficient for the entire campus to qualify for the first fully green-powered campus in Nepal, which corresponds to fulfill 66.4 MWh/year daytime energy demand out of total 161 MWh/year energy consumption of the campus with a capacity to generate a total of 181.5 MWh/year energy from the designed solar PV system. The result also shows that 115.1 MWh/year of surplus energy produced from the PV power plant can be injected into the utility grid to yield considerable savings in utility cost. On the basis of these results, campus authorities and stakeholders may commit to investing and implementing of this project to ensure that the campus is completely green.

scholarly journals Annualized Electricity Cost of Residential Solar PV System under Malaysia’s NEM Scheme

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 50-54
Author(s):  
Abdul Hafiz Razali ◽  
Md Pauzi Abdullah ◽  
Dalila Mat Said ◽  
Mohamad Yusri Hassan
Keyword(s):  
Solar Irradiation ◽  
Net Energy ◽  
Solar Photovoltaic ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Electricity Cost ◽  
Energy Metering ◽  
Solar Pv System ◽  
Pv Generation ◽  
Net Energy Metering

Net energy metering (NEM) is a financial scheme that allows a consumer to generate, use and sell their excess energy to the grid. The main purpose of NEM is for self-consumption to reduce demand from the grid. It will allow customer to avoid being charged with expensive electricity tariff and hence reducing their monthly electricity bill. In other words, the annualized electricity cost could be reduced. NEM is commonly offered to residential solar photovoltaic (PV) system. Different PV size will determine the amount of energy that can be generated. This paper compares the annualized electricity cost of different residential customer types (large, medium and small) for different PV size under Malaysia’s net energy metering (NEM) scheme. This paper utilizes the load profile and solar irradiation data for Malaysia. The results show that high PV size does not guarantee reduction in annualized electricity cost especially for medium customers as the excess PV generation can only be accumulated for 24 months. Large customers may have benefited the most with lower annualized cost with larger PV system, while small customers may not have benefited at all.

scholarly journals Reduced Switches Count of Five Level H-bridge Inverter with Integrated Boost Converter in Solar PV System

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (11) ◽  
pp. 1243-1252
Author(s):  
Dr. T. Murali Mohan
Keyword(s):  
Energy Demand ◽  
Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Boost Converter ◽  
Total Harmonic Distortion ◽  
Control Technique ◽  
Duty Ratio ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Integrated Boost ◽  
Solar Pv System

Abstract: PV systems are becoming more popular now a days, due to increase in the energy demand and it also reduces the environment pollution around the world. This paper proposes a reduced switches count of five-level H-bridge inverter with integrated boost converter in solar PV system. The proposed 5-level reduced switches count H-bridge MLI configuration requires less no.of power semiconductor devices compared to that of conventional MLI topology. In this paper INC MPPT control technique is used, which provides a duty ratio for controlling dc-dc boost converter and allowing the PV cells to operate more efficiently and extract maximum solar energy. The phase shifted sinusoidal pulse width modulation (PSCPWM) control technique is used for controlling the gating pulse of 5-level reduced switches H-bridge inverter. To improve the quality of PV based 5-level reduced switches h-bridge inverter output parameters mainly contribute switching losses and total harmonic distortion. The proposed model is modeled and simulated in MATLAB/SIMULINK software. Keywords: PV array, H-bridge multilevel inverter, boost converter, phase shifted PWM, maximum power point tracking (MPPT), incremental conductance, total harmonic distortion (THD).

scholarly journals Design and Simulation of Improved Soft Computing Based MPPT for Solar PV System Under Variable Irradiance Condition

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 1881-1891
Author(s):  
Surendra Singh Dua, Dr. Ruchi Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Renewable Energy Sources ◽  
Optimization Technique ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Energy Sources ◽  
Solar Pv ◽  
Pv System ◽  
Partial Shading ◽  
Solar Pv System

Renewable energy sources are becoming more common in the energy generation field these days. Renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic (PV) systems, wind power (WP), and biomass are gaining popularity due to their ease of use, low cost, and low environmental impact. The environmental issues, declining fuel supplies, and increasing energy demands have drawn our attention to the glimmer of hope for a future focused entirely on sustainable and non-polluting energy sources. Photovoltaic (PV) power generation is becoming more common in comparison to other renewable energy sources due to advantages such as ease of access, low cost, low environmental emissions, and lower maintenance costs. In this dissertation, three separate Maximum power point monitoring techniques are used to construct a solar PV system (MPPT). Modeling and simulation using the MATLAB Simulink programmeare being used to check the effectiveness of the proposed scheme. The model is investigated using two partial shading patterns. By providing different values of input radiations to all four modules connected in sequence, we were able to create partial shading conditions using the PV array block. The panel's output is fed to the optimization technique block, which then feeds the boost converter from their duty cycle output. Under partial shading, the results show that the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm outperforms the Perturb and Observe and Incremental Conductance algorithms..

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