Visibility and Potential of Solar Energy on Horizontal Surface at Kuwait Area

Al-Enezi, F.Q.; Sykulski, J.K.; Ahmed, Nabil A.

doi:10.1016/j.egypro.2011.10.114

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“…The three-day average irradiance energy is 2.95 kW/m² and the standard deviation is 0.14 kW/m² (4.8%), which is small. The small deviation in irradiance implies that the weather is consistently clear in the summer at the test site, with the absence or minimum presence of clouds or suspended sand dust [16]. Winter Figure 5 shows the temporal variation of irradiance during the winter on 10-12 December 2013.…”

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“…Unfortunately, seasonal data are both expensive and difficult to obtain in many countries, including Kuwait. Although studies on solar irradiation were reported, for example in the work by Al-Enezi et al [16], these studies only estimated solar radiation in Kuwait through a readily developed model. In a different work, Ghoneim and Abdullah [17] conducted a feasibility study of solar heating by using TRNSYS.…”

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Characteristics of solar energy radiation on typical summer and winter days in Kuwait

Bou-Rabee

Sulaiman²,

Choe³

et al. 2015

Int. J. Automot. Mech. Eng.

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The energy received by solar collectors for power generation is limited to various conditions. The average data on solar irradiation are normally used to determine the potential of solar energy at any location. However, the variation of solar energy due to seasonal differences could affect the actual performance of the collectors, consequently leading to poorly justified system installations, which are high in cost. In this work, the characteristics of solar energy radiation in Kuwait were studied by measuring irradiance and comparing the data of selected time periods in two extreme seasons. A pyranometer, mounted two meters above the ground on a tubular beam in a shade-free area at a solar energy laboratory in Kuwait was used to measure irradiance on three consecutive days in summer and winter. The radiation data were recorded at five-minute intervals in each season for comparison. It was found that the average irradiance energy in the winter was up to 61% less than in the summer. In addition, the study revealed that the day-to-day variation of irradiance in winter (31%) was approximately 6.5 times higher than in the summer (4.8%). Clearly, the operation of solar power generation systems in the area during winter would face significant day-to-day fluctuations. As a result, this would necessitate frequent operation of backup power systems in order to meet the electrical power load demand.

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Characteristics of solar energy radiation on typical summer and winter days in Kuwait

Bou-Rabee

Sulaiman²,

Choe³

et al. 2015

Int. J. Automot. Mech. Eng.

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“…In addition to CO 2 savings, energy efficiency and renewable energy application will reduce 16% of water consumption in power generation sector. This will save 11 trillion liters of water per year that will not only have ecological benefits but will also reduce energy consumption for water desalination [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47].…”

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Renewable Energy-Driven Desalination Hybrids for Sustainability

Shahzad¹,

Ybyraiymkul

MuhammadBurhan

et al. 2018

Desalination and Water Treatment

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The expansion trend of current desalination processes is expected to boost brine rejection to 240 km 3 and CO 2 emission to 400 million tons per year by 2050. This high brine rejection and CO 2 emission rates are copping COP21 goal, maintaining temperature rise below 2°C. An innovative and energy-efficient process/material is required to achieve Paris Agreement targets. Highly efficient adsorbent cycle integration is proposed with well-proven conventional desalination processes to improve energy efficiency and to reduce environmental and marine pollution. The adsorbent cycle is operated with solar or low-grade industrial waste heat, available in abundance in water stress regions. The proposed integration with membrane processes will save 99% energy and over 150% chemical rejection to sea. In case of thermally driven cycles, the proposed hybridization will improve energy efficiency to 39% and will reduce over 80% chemical rejection. This can be one solution to achieve Paris Agreement (COP21) targets for climate control that can be implemented in near future.

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“…Assuming S H to be equal to 5.64 kWh/m 2 /day (Kuwait annual averaged SR) and S s (SR at PV cell level under STC) as 1 kW/m 2 [5,6] yields the estimated rated power, (P array ) dc , to be equal to approximately 100 MW.…”

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Grid-connected photovoltaic module and array sizing based on an iterative approach

Al-Enezi¹,

Sykulski²,

Rotaru³

2014

ijsgce

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This paper deals with the sizing of a simple but efficient grid-connected photovoltaic (GCPV) system to minimize the difference between the electrical energy generated by the GCPV system and the required energy. It provides a technical sizing procedure based on an iterative approach for meeting specific amount of GWh output required by a future PV system considered for Kuwait. The iterative sizing algorithm has been implemented to determine the configuration of the PV array, actual rated output power with its relative energy, area of the array and efficiency of the system using an existing PV module and inverter database. Consequently the size of the array has been estimated based on a particular PV module and inverter combination. Optimum inverter-to-PV array sizing factor for a gridconnected PV system was determined in terms of the total system output.

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Visibility and Potential of Solar Energy on Horizontal Surface at Kuwait Area

Cited by 28 publications

References 9 publications

Characteristics of solar energy radiation on typical summer and winter days in Kuwait

Characteristics of solar energy radiation on typical summer and winter days in Kuwait

Renewable Energy-Driven Desalination Hybrids for Sustainability

Grid-connected photovoltaic module and array sizing based on an iterative approach

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