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A Study on the Power Saving Fraction of Site Electrical Load depending on the installation area of PV system in Apartment Complex  

Yoon, Jong-Ho (Dept. of Architectural Eng. Hanbat National University)
Park, Jae-Sung (EAGON Window System)
Shin, U-Cheul (Dept. of Architectural Eng. Daejeon University)
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Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society / v.28, no.3, 2008 , pp. 60-66 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study is to investigate an optimal size and position of PV system for apartment complex through the electrical load matching analysis. The 4 types of arrangements of apartment buildings are considered as follows; ㅡtype, alternative ㅡtype, ㄱtype and ㅁtype. We assume that the studied site is composed of 9 buildings. Firstly, solar access evaluation of roof and facade in apartment buildings was performed with the hourly simulations of total received insolation on each surface considering the shading effect of buildings. Electrical load profile of typical Korean apartments were investigated for the load matching analysis. To calculate an annual total PV output, we used MERIT program which is a hourly based load matching tool developed by ESRD. TRY weather data of Daejeon are applied for this analysis. Result shows that approximately 11% of total electric load of the site can be supplied by the PV system in the case of full installation of PV system at the whole south-face roof area of 9 buildings in this stuided apartment complex. Depending on a various installation option of roof and facade area, the possible ratio of PV supply in total electrical load varies from 9% to 42%. Among the 4 arrangement types, the ㅡtype revealed the best option for the maximum output of PV system.
Keywords
Apartments; Photovoltaic system, PV system; Electric load; Load matching; simulation;
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