A case study of PV installation for an urban building in downtown Montreal

Siraki, Arbi Gharakhani; Pillay, Pragasen; Williamson, Sheldon S.

doi:10.1109/epec.2009.5420959

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“…However, for rooftop solar PV plants, the choice of location is usually limited, thus the shading effect of surrounding building should be considered carefully. To account for the building shading effects in the estimation of energy generation of PV system based on satellite data, modelling software with 3D CAD capability (Ecotec, PVsyst) is required, while the generic modelling software (HOMER, RETScreen, Hybrid2) over estimates the PV outputs by more than 100% [16]. Therefore, the use of a low-cost PV monitoring system would help the designer of solar PV plants as it provides accurate data of solar energy resource and the energy generated by PV plants without employing sophisticate modelling software.…”

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“…The coarse spatial resolution may result in a significant discrepancy between satellite-derived data and ground-measured data. Furthermore, the effects of local conditions such as the shading of high building may amplify the discrepancy [16]. Therefore, for the design of efficient and reliable solar PV plants, the assessment of PV potential based on ground-measured data is required.…”

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Assessment of Solar Energy Resource for PV Plant Development Using a Low-cost PV Monitoring System

Sunarso

Andriani

Iswanda

et al. 2023

ELKHA

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In this work, we propose the use of a low-cost PV monitoring system for providing accurate and comprehensive data required in the development of efficient and reliable solar PV plants. The system is developed based on an open-source Arduino platform with the capability to monitor solar irradiance, and electric outputs and temperature of multiple solar panels, which should enable the accurate assessment of solar energy resource, as well as electrical energy produced by PV plant under real operating conditions. To demonstrate its applicability, the system has been installed at the campus of Politeknik Negeri Pontianak in Pontianak City, and the data collected by the system is used to assess solar energy resource at the location. Data collected by the system from August 2020 to September 2021 shows that the values of solar irradiation are in the range of 2.9–4.1 kWh/m2 per day, and electric energy produced by commercial solar panels are in the range of 0.30–0.46 kWh/m2 per day, correspond to the monthly averaged efficiencies of 8–13%. The values of solar irradiation are 15–40 % lower than those obtained from the space-averaged satellite data which are in the range of 4.1–5.8 kWh/m2 per day. This shows the significant effects of local conditions, and confirms the advantage of assessment using the low-cost monitoring system that directly accounts for the effects of local conditions without the need of simulation using complex model and sophisticated software that required in the assessment using satellite-derived data.

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Assessment of Solar Energy Resource for PV Plant Development Using a Low-cost PV Monitoring System

Sunarso

Andriani

Iswanda

et al. 2023

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“…The cycle of design and simulation was connected by the interoperability between Revit and Ecotect. [3,4,5] Autodesk Ecotect Analysis 2010. Ecotect provided lighting, thermal, energy using and acoustic analysis which included natural and artificial lighting levels, hourly thermal comfort, monthly space loads and environmental impact, acoustic reflections, and reverberation time as well.…”

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A Solar Power Computerized Platform for Energy-Saving Management of Green Building

2013

AMM

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Among all kinds of renewable energy, solar energy is the most accessible and inexhaustible that can be applied unconditionally and has the least impact on the environment. We selected Beitou Library in the northern Taipei as the site to simulate the output energy of Photovoltaic panels (PV panels), since the building passed the Diamond Certification set by Taiwan Green Building Rating System (EEWH). The simulation was divided into two different angle settings: one set with a fixed angle for the whole year, and the other one with angles varied in certain time period. Results showed that in Taipei, when the set angle of solar panel was fixed, the output energy of Photovoltaic panels (PV panels) was the biggest when the set angle was 16 degree. In the situation of the variable angle setting, the shorter the cycle of angle variation, the lager the output energy of PV panels was.

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“…In addition, Photovoltaic (PV) is becoming more popular in worldwide within few decades due to less expensive. To do so, Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) is used to reduce the manufacturing cost which is more applicable for urban areas [6]. Moreover, photovoltaic (PV) panels are helped to reduce the cost for government provided power electric supply as well which is actually very economical for industrial purposes [7][8] and the implementations of using photovoltaic panel in the case of economical benefits for long term energy planning view [9].…”

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Battery-equivalent DC Supply from Leakage Current: PV to Transformer-less Inverter Topology

Khan¹,

Ahmad²,

Zahan³

et al. 2016

IJPEDS

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Solar panels are highly used for electricity generation, which can be gotten through switching-based transformer-less inverters. Hence, grid system with no galvanic-isolation, is taking the peak level in the world, which is effective and delivers power with enhanced efficiency. The PV generation presented here is for stand-alone system installed in remote areas on when and as the resulting power gets connected to electronic load installation instead of being tied to the grid. In this paper will be discussed the use of leakage current. Transformer-less inverter topology for exploring the issue of common mode (CMV) voltage development, which can be utilized as a Battery-Equivalent DC Supply after adding on places as when found suitable for such installations.

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A case study of PV installation for an urban building in downtown Montreal

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Assessment of Solar Energy Resource for PV Plant Development Using a Low-cost PV Monitoring System

Assessment of Solar Energy Resource for PV Plant Development Using a Low-cost PV Monitoring System

A Solar Power Computerized Platform for Energy-Saving Management of Green Building

Battery-equivalent DC Supply from Leakage Current: PV to Transformer-less Inverter Topology

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