Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System
Turkey is among the countries largely dependent on energy import. This dependency has increased interest in new and alternative energy sources. Installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (RSPSs) in Turkey is increasing continuously regarding geographical and meteorological conditions. This p...
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| author | Alper Nabi Akpolat Erkan Dursun Ahmet Emin Kuzucuoğlu Yongheng Yang Frede Blaabjerg Ahmet Fevzi Baba |
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| description | Turkey is among the countries largely dependent on energy import. This dependency has increased interest in new and alternative energy sources. Installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (RSPSs) in Turkey is increasing continuously regarding geographical and meteorological conditions. This paper presents an insight into the potential situation for Turkey and a simulation study for the RSPS designing and calculation for the faculty building at Marmara University in Istanbul. This simulation study demonstrates that 84.75-kWp grid-connected RSPS can produce remarkable power. The system is performed in detail with the PV*SOL software (Premium 2017 R8-Test Version, Valentin Software GmbH, Berlin, Germany). Detailed financial and performance analysis of the grid-connected RSPS for faculty building with various parameters is also carried out in this study. According to the simulation results, the system supplies 13.2% of the faculty buildings’ annual electrical energy consumption. The annual savings value of faculty buildings’ electrical consumption is approximately 90,298 kWh energy which costs roughly $7296. A photovoltaic (PV) system installation for the faculty building, which has considerable potential for solar energy and sunshine duration, is indispensable for clean energy requirements and was supported by the simulation results. This paper can be considered to be a basic feasibility study prior to moving on to the implementation project. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d344283fda3444f97d0765d5a9213af2022-12-22T04:00:46ZengMDPI AGElectronics2079-92922019-08-018890510.3390/electronics8080905electronics8080905Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic SystemAlper Nabi Akpolat0Erkan Dursun1Ahmet Emin Kuzucuoğlu2Yongheng Yang3Frede Blaabjerg4Ahmet Fevzi Baba5Department of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Marmara University, 34722 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Marmara University, 34722 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Marmara University, 34722 Istanbul, TurkeyDepartment of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkDepartment of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, 9220 Aalborg, DenmarkDepartment of Electrical-Electronics Engineering, Marmara University, 34722 Istanbul, TurkeyTurkey is among the countries largely dependent on energy import. This dependency has increased interest in new and alternative energy sources. Installation of rooftop solar photovoltaic systems (RSPSs) in Turkey is increasing continuously regarding geographical and meteorological conditions. This paper presents an insight into the potential situation for Turkey and a simulation study for the RSPS designing and calculation for the faculty building at Marmara University in Istanbul. This simulation study demonstrates that 84.75-kWp grid-connected RSPS can produce remarkable power. The system is performed in detail with the PV*SOL software (Premium 2017 R8-Test Version, Valentin Software GmbH, Berlin, Germany). Detailed financial and performance analysis of the grid-connected RSPS for faculty building with various parameters is also carried out in this study. According to the simulation results, the system supplies 13.2% of the faculty buildings’ annual electrical energy consumption. The annual savings value of faculty buildings’ electrical consumption is approximately 90,298 kWh energy which costs roughly $7296. A photovoltaic (PV) system installation for the faculty building, which has considerable potential for solar energy and sunshine duration, is indispensable for clean energy requirements and was supported by the simulation results. This paper can be considered to be a basic feasibility study prior to moving on to the implementation project.https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/8/8/905faculty buildingperformance analysisrooftop solar photovoltaic |
| spellingShingle | Alper Nabi Akpolat Erkan Dursun Ahmet Emin Kuzucuoğlu Yongheng Yang Frede Blaabjerg Ahmet Fevzi Baba Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System Electronics faculty building performance analysis rooftop solar photovoltaic |
| title | Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System |
| title_full | Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System |
| title_fullStr | Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System |
| title_full_unstemmed | Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System |
| title_short | Performance Analysis of a Grid-Connected Rooftop Solar Photovoltaic System |
| title_sort | performance analysis of a grid connected rooftop solar photovoltaic system |
| topic | faculty building performance analysis rooftop solar photovoltaic |
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