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On the performance assessment of King Faisal University grid-connected solar PV facility
Mounir BOUZGUENDA
download PDFAbstract. This paper evaluates the performance of the 9.8 kW grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system mounted on the rooftop of the College of Engineering within the King Faisal University campus. The facility consists of four fields rated 2.45 kW each. Each field consists of ten 10 solar panels connected to a 3kW. The collected data include hourly and sub-hourly measurements of the radiation, ambient and module temperatures, AC and DC voltages, currents, and power outputs. Other measurements include cumulative produced energy and CO2 savings. The assessed parameters of the PV facility include daily, and monthly energy, final yield, efficiency, and module performance ratio (PR). Aggregate performance analysis results show that the station operated as planned. The annual radiation measured in 2017 reached 2449 kWh/m2 with a daily average of 6.710 kWh/m2. The annual energy production reached 16.047 MWh with an average of 43.964 kWh/day. The system efficiency and capacity factor are 11.22% and 17.25%, respectively.
Keywords
Energy Performance Index, Array Yield, Final Yield, Performance Ratio, Capacity Factor, System Efficiency, KSA 2030 Vision
Published online 7/15/2024, 8 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Mounir BOUZGUENDA, On the performance assessment of King Faisal University grid-connected solar PV facility, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 43, pp 277-284, 2024
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644903216-36
The article was published as article 36 of the book Renewable Energy: Generation and Application
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