STSF 6083
INSTRUMENTATION FOR ENERGY SYSTEM
PV SYSTEM DESIGN
Design a PV system for the following requirement:
A house with three bedrooms, two bath rooms, a kitchen and a lounge. In
each bed room there is a 20 W fluorescent lamp and a 60 W fan. In each bath
room there is a 20 W fluorescent lamp .In the kitchen, there is a 40 W
fluorescent lamp, a 150 W refrigerator and a 15 Amp power point for a kettle
or a rice cooker or a toaster when required. In the lounge there are two 20 W
fluorescent lamps, a 60 W fan and 120 W Television. All the equipment runs
on 240V AC.
The water for the house is pumped from a well using a DC pump Water is
pumped from the well into a storage tank placed on the roof. The total head
is 10 m .The pumping rate is 50 liters per minute.
SYSTEM LOADS WORKSHEET FORM
1.
AC Loads Calculations:
Description of load
1. Fluorescent lamp
in bed rooms
2. Fans in the bed
rooms
3. Fluorescent lamp
in bath rooms
4. Fluorescent lamp
in the kitchen
5. Refrigerator
6. A kettle {15Ampx
240 V=3600 W}
7. Fluorescent lamp
in the lounge
8. Fan for the lounge
9. Television
Watt
20
Unit
3
Hours
3
Days
7
WHour
1260
60
6300
20
560
40
1120
150
3600
1
1
24
0.5
7
7
25200
12600
20
1680
60
120
2
1
3
5
7
7
2520
4200
Total AC watt-hours per week =
55.440 WHour
2.
Actual AC watt-hours per week
55.440 Whours x 1.15 = 63.756 Whours
3.
Inverter DC input voltage : 24 volts
4.
Total amp-hours per week used by AC loads
63.756 : 24 = 2.656,5 WHours
= 2.657 WHours
5.
P=
DC LOAD CALCULATION
1
60 s
x 50 liter x 9.8 m/s2 x 10 m = 81.67 J S 81.67 Watt
Description of load
Pumping from the+ well
Watts
81.67
Unit
1
Hrs/Wk
WH/WK
81.6727 1143.38
Total DC watt-hours per week: = 1143.38
(6) DC system voltage: = 12
(7) Total amp-hours per week used by DC loads: 1143.38 24 Volt = 47.64
(8) Total amp-hours per week used by AC loads: 2.657 amp-hours
(9) The Total amp-hours per week used by all loads:
47,64 + 2.657 = 2704,64
(10) The Total average amp-hours per day:
2704,64 7 = 386,4 amp-hours
Battery Sizing Worksheet
(1)
Total solar array amp-hours per day required: = 386,4
(2)
Maximum numbers of continuous days of cloudy weather
expected in your area during one year:
= 5 days 12 month = 60
(3)
386,4 60 = 23.184
(4)
Maintaining a 20 % reserve after deep discharges period
23.184 : 0.8 = 28.980
(5)
Multiplier which corresponds to the batteries, wintertime
average ambient temperature = 1.0
(6)
The optimum battery size = 28.980 1.0 = 28.980
(7)
Amp-hours of battery chosen = 360 amp-hours (Trojan L-16)
(8)
The total number of batteries in parallel required:
28.980 360 = 80,5
(9)
Round off to the next highest whole number: = 81
(10) System voltage
battery voltage: 240 6 = 40
(11) The total number of batteries in parallel required
81 40 = 3240
Array Sizing Worksheet Form
(1) The Total average amp-hours per day: = 842.5
(2) Compensate for loss from battery charge/discharge:
842.5 1.2 = 1010.96
(3) Average sun hours per day in the area: = 6 hours
(4) The total solar array amps required: =101.96 6 = 168.5
(5) Optimum amps of solar module used: -
= 75 17 = 4.4
(6) Total number of solar modules in parallel required: = 168.5 4.4 = 38.2
(7) The Round off to the next highest whole number: = 38.00
(8) Number of modules in each series string to provide DC Battery
voltage: = 4
(9) Total number of solar modules required: 38.00 4 = 152
Total DC watt-hours per week: = 1143.3
(6) DC system voltage: = 12
(7) Total amp-hours per week used by DC loads: 1143.3 24 Volt = 47.6375
(8) Total amp-hours per week used by AC loads: (5849.6)
(9) The Total amp-hours per week used by all loads:
47.6375 +5849.6 = 5897.304167
(10) The Total average amp-hours per day:
5897.304167 7 = 842.4720239
