Modeling and simulation of 1mw grid connected photovoltaic system in Karbala city

The increment of electricity demand in last few years and the wide difference between generation and load, led to support the national grid with additional generations, solar power is becoming most popular in generation sector because it is clean, inexhaustible, dependable and available in all sizes...

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Published in:International journal of energy and environment 2018-03, Vol.9 (2), p.153-168
Main Authors: Abbood, Afaneen A, Salih, Mohammed A, Mohammed, Ashraf Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alternative energy sources
Capacity factor
Capital costs
Carbon dioxide
Carbon dioxide emissions
Climatic conditions
Computer simulation
Converters
Cost analysis
Cycle ratio
Design engineering
Electric power demand
Electricity consumption
Emission analysis
Energy conversion efficiency
Energy industry
Engineering
Environmental impact
Feasibility studies
Financial analysis
Impact analysis
Life cycle assessment
Life cycle engineering
Life cycles
Mathematical models
Photovoltaic cells
Photovoltaics
Power plants
Renewable resources
Solar cells
Solar energy
Solar power
Solar radiation
Sun
Systems design
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Summary:The increment of electricity demand in last few years and the wide difference between generation and load, led to support the national grid with additional generations, solar power is becoming most popular in generation sector because it is clean, inexhaustible, dependable and available in all sizes in addition of its capital cost is continuously decreases. It has also become more efficient since the power conversion efficiency of converters devices and photovoltaic solar cells has increased. This work proposes a design of 1MW grid connected Photovoltaic system under Iraq climate condition. The work contains a studying the solar radiation estimations, system technical design, system losses estimations, environmental impact, performance and economic evaluations for this system. From the obtained results, it was found that the city has good solar radiation to build Pv systems in large scales, the estimated energy produced about (1757.8 MWh) produced in the first year and reach to 40,445 MWh for the total life cycle with performance ratio varied between 86.4% to 73 % and average capacity factor 19.83%. The system the system will save about 27794 tons of CO2 emission during total life. The financial analysis shows that the levelized cost of energy is around 0.0289 $/kWh which is economically feasible.
ISSN:2076-2895
2076-2909