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Performance evaluation of a 10kWp PV power system prototype for isolated building in Thailand

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  • Sasitharanuwat, Achitpon
  • Rakwichian, Wattanapong
  • Ketjoy, Nipon
  • Yammen, Suchart

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This paper describes the design and testing of a 10kWp photovoltaic (PV) system and summarizes its performance results after the first 6 months of operation. This system functions as a stand-alone power system that is used to supply electricity for isolated buildings and is designed for integration with a micro-grid system (MGS), which is the future concept for a renewable energy-based power network system for Thailand. The system is comprised of the following components. An array with three different types of PV modules consisting amorphous thin film of 3672W, polycrystalline solar cell of 3600W and hybrid solar cell of 2880W, making up a total peak power of 10.152kW. In addition, there are three grid-connected inverters of 3.5kW each, three bi-directional inverters of 3.5kW each and an energy storage system of 100kWh. After the first 6 months of system operation, it was found that all the components and the overall system had worked effectively. In total, the system had generated about 7852kWh and the average electricity production per day was 43.6kWh. The average efficiency of amorphous thin film panel, polycrystalline panel, hybrid solar cell panel and entire PV panel system was 6.26%, 10.48%, 13.78% and 8.82%, respectively. From the analysis of the daily energy production, daily energy consumption and energy storage, the results seem to indicate that there was some mismatching between energy supply and demand in the system. However, this can be overcome by integrating the system to a micro-grid network whereby the energy from the system can be diverted to other loads when there is a surplus and additional energy can be drawn from external sources and fed to the system when the internal supply is insufficient.

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  • Sasitharanuwat, Achitpon & Rakwichian, Wattanapong & Ketjoy, Nipon & Yammen, Suchart, 2007. "Performance evaluation of a 10kWp PV power system prototype for isolated building in Thailand," Renewable Energy, Elsevier, vol. 32(8), pages 1288-1300.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:renene:v:32:y:2007:i:8:p:1288-1300
    DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2006.05.002
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