Performance investigation and estimation of the 1 kWp photovoltaic array for an isolated hilly area in India

Abstract

This paper presents the assessment of solar resources, investigation of performance, and estimation of normalized performance indices of a 1 kWp Solar PV system in India's climatology of an isolated hilly area. The monthly and yearly mean normalized performance indices are estimated. The annual mean values of the daylight hours, cell temperature, and ambient temperature are 12.7 h/d, 10.89 C, and 1.25 C, respectively. The yearly mean values and corresponding ranges of monthly mean values of capacity factor, performance ratio, array yield, reference yield, final yield, array capture loss and system loss are obtained as 23.60%, 59.82%, 2.83 h/d, 4.63 h/d, 2.69 h/d, 1.8 h/d, 0.14 h/d and (17.56-29.07)%, (47.93-75.55)%, (2.24-3.42) h/d, (2.85-6.1) h/d, (2.13-3.25) h/d, (0.60-2.99) h/d and (0.11-0.17) h/d, respectively.The Levelized Cost of energy is reduced to 85% and 68.22% by using the proposed solar PV/ battery system compared to DG and DG/Battery systems. A saving of 14.8 kl of diesel and the corresponding reduction of emissions of carbon monoxide (244.22 kilograms), unburned hydrocarbons (10.66 kg), particulates (1.48 kg), and nitrogen Oxides (229.42 kg) have also been achieved per year. These findings effectively provide optimal power solution strategies for policymakers in the concerned area.

تقييم الأداء والتقييم الاقتصادي والأثر البيئي لمحطة توليد الطاقة الكهروضوئية المتصلة بالشبكة قدرتها القصوى 134.55 كيلوواط في فلسطين

“…The results encourage investing in the installing PV system in the South West region. Moreover, (Almarshoud, 2017;Chaurasia et al, 2023;Divya Navamani et al, 2023;Pillai & Naser, 2018) studied the technical, economic, and environmental feasibility of implementing a grid-tied solar PV system and compare the results with similar systems in various geographical regions.…”

A novel robust maximum power extraction framework for sustainable PV system using incremental conductance based MRAC technique

“…The boost converter works well for PV applications as it has fewer switching losses and small inductivity, eliminating current ripples. The MPPT approaches alter the converter's duty cycle to transfer the maximum power produced by the PV source to the load or grid 2 . Off‐grid capacity of installed sustainable PV is increasing around the globe as per data released by IRENA, i.e., detailed in Figure 1 3…”

“…The MPPT approaches alter the converter's duty cycle to transfer the maximum power produced by the PV source to the load or grid. 2 Off-grid capacity of installed sustainable PV is increasing around the globe as per data released by IRENA, i.e., detailed in Figure 1. 3…”