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An Economic Analysis of a Low-Voltage Residential Electricity Consumer at a Detached House When Renting a Photovoltaic Generator (단독주택 저압 주택용 전기 소비자가 태양광 발전기 대여시 경제성 분석)

  • Kim, Tae-Hyun
    • Journal of IKEEE
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    • v.23 no.2
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    • pp.687-694
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    • 2019
  • Residential electricity consumer can rent a photovoltaic power generator, whose profit can be exist if the decreased electric fee is larger than the rent fee. But the exact function of the profit have not expressed until now, which is shown in this paper. Two assumptions are supposed. The first assumption is that the generated electric power by the renting photovoltaic generator is 300kWh per month. The second assumption is that the rent fee 362300 won is paid once when the photovoltaic generator is installed. The earings rate, the payback time and the sensitivity of a low-voltage residential electricity consumer's profit consuming 401~1000kWh per month at a detached house for the initial 7 years is calculated by the induced exact function.

Hybrid Photovoltaic/Thermal Solar System with Pulsating Heat Pipe Type Absorber (진동형 히트파이프 흡열판이 결합된 하이브리드 태양광/열 시스템)

  • Kim, Chang-Hee;Jeon, Dong-Hwan;Kong, San-Gun;Kim, Jong-Su
    • Proceedings of the KSME Conference
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    • 2007.05b
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    • pp.2148-2153
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    • 2007
  • The electricity conversion-efficiency of solar cell for commercial application is about 6-15%. More than 85% of the incoming solar energy is either reflected or absorbed as heat energy. Consequently, the working temperature of the photovoltaic cells increases considerably after prolonged operations and the cell's efficiency drops significantly. PV/T refers to the integration of a PV module and a solar thermal collector in a single piece of equipment. By cooling the PV module with a fluid steam like air or water, the electricity yield can be improved. At the same time, the heat pick-up by the fluid can be to support space heating or service hot-water systems. In this study, a pulsating heat pipe solar heat collector was combined with single-crystal silicon photovoltaic cell in hybrid energy-generating unit that simultaneously produced low temperature heat and heat and electricity. This experiment was investigating thermal and electrical efficiency for evaluation of a PV/T system.

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Optimal installation of electric vehicle charging stations connected with rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems: a case study

  • Heo, Jae;Chang, Soowon
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.937-944
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    • 2022
  • Electric vehicles (EVs) have been growing to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. The increasing number of EVs requires adequate recharging infrastructure, and at the same time, adopts low- or zero-emission electricity production because the GHG emissions are highly dependent on primary sources of electricity production. Although previous research has studied solar photovoltaic (PV) -integrated EV charging stations, it is challenging to optimize spatial areas between where the charging stations are required and where the renewable energy sources (i.e., solar photovoltaic (PV)) are accessible. Therefore, the primary objective of this research is to support decisions of siting EV charging stations using a spatial data clustering method integrated with Geographic Information System (GIS). This research explores spatial relationships of PV power outputs (i.e., supply) and traffic flow (i.e., demand) and tests a community in the state of Indiana, USA for optimal sitting of EV charging stations. Under the assumption that EV charging stations should be placed where the potential electricity production and traffic flow are high to match supply and demand, this research identified three areas for installing EV charging stations powered by rooftop PV in the study area. The proposed strategies will drive the transition of existing energy infrastructure into decentralized power systems. This research will ultimately contribute to enhancing economic efficiency and environmental sustainability by enabling significant reductions in electricity distribution loss and GHG emissions driven by transportation energy.

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Supply Method of Photovoltaic Equipment for Detached Houses Using Payback Period Analysis (투자비회수기간 분석에 의한 단독주택용 PV설비 보급방안)

  • Kang, Seok-Hwa;Kim, Jae-Yeob
    • Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Building Construction Conference
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    • 2014.05a
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    • pp.154-155
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    • 2014
  • Small photovoltaic equipment spreads to the detached house owing to the support of government. This study analyzed the payback period of small photovoltaic equipment, and presented a plan of spreading PV equipment by electricity consumption according to the results. The results of payback period analysis showed that a household of 500kWh or above in the average monthly electricity consumption could produce an economic effect without the subsidies of government, and a household of 300kWh or above could secure economical efficiency in case of receiving the subsidies of government and municipality. However, it was shown that the economic effect was not large in case of a household of less than 250kWh. Therefore, the analysis showed that it would be necessary to be supported by additional subsidies or to develop a new supporting policy with regard to a household of less than 250kWh.

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Neural Network Self-Organizing Maps Model for Partitioning PV Solar Power

  • Munshi, Amr
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.1-4
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    • 2022
  • The growth in global population and industrialization has led to an increasing demand for electricity. Accordingly, the electricity providers need to increase the electricity generation. Due to the economical and environmental concerns associated with the generation of electricity from fossil fuels. Alternative power recourses that can potentially mitigate the economical and environmental are of interest. Renewable energy resources are promising recourses that can participate in producing power. Among renewable power resources, solar energy is an abundant resource and is currently a field of research interest. Photovoltaic solar power is a promising renewable energy resource. The power output of PV systems is mainly affected by the solar irradiation and ambient temperature. this paper investigates the utilization of machine learning unsupervised neural network techniques that potentially improves the reliability of PV solar power systems during integration into the electrical grid.

Clustering of PV Load Patterns Based on Any Colony Centroid Model

  • Munshi, Amr
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.22 no.5
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    • pp.67-72
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    • 2022
  • There has been a significant growth in global population and industrialization, as a consequence demand for electricity is increasing rapidly and the power systems need to increase the electricity generation. Currently, most of generated electricity is generated from fossil fuels. However, there are many financial and environmental concerns associated with the generation of electricity from such resource. Photovoltaic )PV) solar as a renewable resource is promising. The power output of PV systems is mainly affected by the solar irradiation and ambient temperature. This paper attempts at reducing the burden and improving the accuracy of the extensive simulations related to integrating PV systems into the electrical grid.

The Performance and Energy Saving Effect of a 2kWp Roof-Integrated Photovoltaic System (주택지붕용 2kWp BIPV시스템의 성능 실험 및 전기 부하 감당에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Kang-Rock;Oh, Myung-Tack;Park, Kyung-Eun;Kim, Jin-Hee;Kim, Jun-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Solar Energy Society
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    • v.26 no.1
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    • pp.13-19
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    • 2006
  • The efficiency of building-integrated photovoltaic(BIPV) system is mainly determined by solar radiation and the temperature of PV modules. The performance of BIPV systems is reported to be different from that of conventional PV systems installed in the open-air. This paper presents the relationship of solar radiation and electricity generation from a 2kWp roof-integrated PV system that is applied as building elements on an experimental house, and the energy saving effect of the BIPV system for a typical house. For the performance evaluation of the BIPV system, it produced a regression equation with measured data for winter days. The regression equation showed that a comparison of the measured electricity generation and the predicted electricity generation of the BIPV system were meaningful. It showed that an annual electricity generation of the system appeared to cover around 52% of an annual electricity consumption of a typical domestic house with the floor area of $96m^2$.

Characteristics Analysis of Proto-type Microconverter for Power Output Compensation of Photovoltaic Modules (태양광 모듈 출력 보상을 위한 마이크로컨버터 시제품 동작 특성 분석)

  • Jihyun, Kim;Ju-Hee, Kim;Jeongjun, Lee;Jongsung, Park;Changheon, Kim
    • Current Photovoltaic Research
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    • v.10 no.4
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    • pp.133-137
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    • 2022
  • The economic feasibility of a photovoltaic (PV) system is greatly influenced by the initial investment cost for system installation. Also, electricity generation by PV system is highly important. The profits competitiveness of PV system will be maximized through intelligent operation and maintenance (O&M). Here, we developed a microconverter which can maximize electricity generation from PV modules by tracking the maximum power point of PV modules, and help efficient O&M. Also, the microconverter mitigates current mismatch caused by shading, hence maximize power generation. The microconverters were installed PV modules and demonstrated through the field tests. Power outputs such as voltage, string current were measured with variuos weather environments and partial shadings. We found that PV modules with the microconvertors shows 12.05% higher power generation compared to the reference PV modules.

Performance Evaluation of BIPV Systems Applied in School Buildings (학교 건축에 대한 BIPV시스템의 성능 평가)

  • Park, Kyung-Eun;Kim, Jin-Hee;Kim, Jun-Tae
    • Journal of the Korean Institute of Educational Facilities
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    • v.11 no.5
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    • pp.14-23
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    • 2004
  • Building-integrated photovoltaic(BIPV) systems can operate as a multi-functional building components, which generates electricity and serves as part of building envelope. It can be regarded as a new architectural elements, adding to the building's aesthetics. Besides of these benefits, the application of PV systems into school buildings tends to play an important role in energy education to students. In this context, this study aims to analyse the applicability of PV systems into school buildings. For an existing school building, four types of BIPV designs were developed; rooftops, wall-attached, wall-mounted with angle, and sunshading device. Based on energy modeling of those BIPV systems, the whole 60.1kWp rated PV installation is expected to yield about 65.6MWh of electricity, that is about 50% more than the annual electricity consumption of the school, 44MWh. It was also found that the applicability of the PV systems into the school building was very high, and the rooftop systems with the optimized angle was the most efficient in energy production, followed by sunshading, wall-mounted with angle and wall-attached. It concludes that school buildings have a reasonable potential to apply PV systems in the aspects of building elements and electricity production.

Load Control between PV Power Plants and Diesel Generators

  • Mohamed Khalil Abdalla MohamedAli;AISHA HASSAN ABDALLA HASHIM;OTHMAN KHALIFA
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.24 no.6
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    • pp.33-40
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    • 2024
  • Introducing renewable energy sources, such as wind and photovoltaic arrays, in microgrids that supply remote regions with electricity represents a significant leap in electricity generation. Combining photovoltaic panels and diesel engines is one of the most common ways to supply electricity to rural communities. Such hybrid systems can reduce the cost of electricity generation in these remote power systems because they use free energy to balance the power generated by diesel engines. However, the combination of renewable energy sources and diesel engines tends to complicate the sizing and control of the entire system due to the intermittent nature of renewable energy sources. This study sought to investigate this issue in depth. It proposes a robust hybrid controller that can be used to facilitate optimum power sharing between a PV power source and diesel generators based on the dynamics of the available PV energy at any given time. The study also describes a hybrid PV-diesel power plant's essential functional parts that produce electricity for a microgrid using a renewable energy source. Power control needs to be adjusted to reduce the cost of power generation.