Peer-graded Assignment: Capstone Project
Project Title : Capstone Project
1. Site area = 241 m^2
Residential Building
Single Family Home
One floor (Ground floor)
Daily full sun hours=4.4
Average annual sunlight hours=1606 hours / year
2.
Solar Energy Basics
Peer-graded Assignment
Part 2- Calculating electrical load and reducing the load through efficiency improvements
Daily Electrical
Appliances No.s Power(W) Hrs/day Days/yr Annual Electrical Usage (kWh)
Usage (kWh)
Washing machine 1 500 1 300 0.5 150
Tubelights 5 40 19 350 3.8 1330
Television 1 200 1 200 0.2 40
Personal
1 200 6 260 1.2 312
Computer
AC 2 1000 10 120 20 2400
Fans 5 35 22 310 3.85 1193.5
Water Heater 1 1500 1 90 1.5 135
CFL Bulbs 3 15 3 355 0.135 47.92
Refrigerator 1 225 24 360 5.4 1944
Total Daily Electrical Usage For Building (KWh) = 36.585
Total annual electrical usage(KWh) = 7552.425
Efficiency Improvements
Daily Electrical
Appliances No.s Power(W) Hrs/day Days/yr Annual Electrical Usage (kWh)
Usage (kWh)
Washing machine 1 225 1 300 0.26 67.5
LED Tubelights 5 16 19 350 1.52 532
Television 1 200 1 200 0.2 40
Personal
1 200 6 260 1.2 312
Computer
AC 2 1000 10 120 20 2400
Fans 5 35 22 310 3.85 1193.5
Water Heater 1 1500 1 90 1.5 135
LED Bulbs 3 10 3 355 0.09 31.95
Refrigerator 1 225 24 360 5.4 1944
Total Daily Electrical Usage For Building (KWh) = 34.02
Total annual electrical usage (KWh) = 6655.95
3.
Panel power=250 w
Panel area=1.65 m^2
Panel power/Panel area=power/m^2
i.e.panel power/panel area=260w/1.65m^2=151.15w/m^2
Annual solar irradiance at Nellore=5.14KWh/m^2/day
25% loss during pv generation and conversion
conversion efficiency=18%
(Energy demand/Annual full sun hours)/Efficiency=pv system size
Module power=250 watts*4.4 sun hours per day=1100wh/day
Here's a formula for calculating the solar panel's power output.
Solar panel watts x average hours of sunlight x 75% = daily watt-hours.
250 watts x 4.4 hours x .75 = 1100 daily watt hours
System power/Module power=number of modules 1100/250=4.
