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Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods

The paper presents a simple technique in pre feasible design of grid-connected photovoltaic systems for the application in all energy sectors. A user-friendly simulation tool named Pre-Installation Design for GCPV (PIDGCPV) was developed to assist PV installer or any energy consumer in preliminary e...

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Main Authors: Nordin, Nur Dalilah, Abd. Rahman, Hasimah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Published: 2015
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TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59427/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.03.234
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spelling my.utm.594272021-12-01T05:27:23Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59427/ Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods Nordin, Nur Dalilah Abd. Rahman, Hasimah TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The paper presents a simple technique in pre feasible design of grid-connected photovoltaic systems for the application in all energy sectors. A user-friendly simulation tool named Pre-Installation Design for GCPV (PIDGCPV) was developed to assist PV installer or any energy consumer in preliminary evaluation on PV system sizing to avoid over/under size of system. The developed simulation tool uses an iterative method embedded in Macro Excel integrated with Microsoft Visual Basic application. The simulation tool covers three constraints, which are space, energy requirement and budget. The iterative method is used for the selection of optimal number of photovoltaic (PV) module and inverter for a proposed system. In addition, a database for PV modules, inverters, and meteorological data for each state in Malaysia is also embedded in the software. The analysis shows straightforward comparison between the simulated result and the actual installed data based on the constraint selection. It indicates that the capability of the developed simulation tool is giving higher accuracy and can be used as pre installation design tool. 2015 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed Nordin, Nur Dalilah and Abd. Rahman, Hasimah (2015) Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods. In: 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Energy Engineering and Application, ICSEEA 2014, 14-16 Oct 2014, Bandung, Indonesia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.03.234
institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
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topic TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
spellingShingle TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Nordin, Nur Dalilah
Abd. Rahman, Hasimah
Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods
description The paper presents a simple technique in pre feasible design of grid-connected photovoltaic systems for the application in all energy sectors. A user-friendly simulation tool named Pre-Installation Design for GCPV (PIDGCPV) was developed to assist PV installer or any energy consumer in preliminary evaluation on PV system sizing to avoid over/under size of system. The developed simulation tool uses an iterative method embedded in Macro Excel integrated with Microsoft Visual Basic application. The simulation tool covers three constraints, which are space, energy requirement and budget. The iterative method is used for the selection of optimal number of photovoltaic (PV) module and inverter for a proposed system. In addition, a database for PV modules, inverters, and meteorological data for each state in Malaysia is also embedded in the software. The analysis shows straightforward comparison between the simulated result and the actual installed data based on the constraint selection. It indicates that the capability of the developed simulation tool is giving higher accuracy and can be used as pre installation design tool.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Nordin, Nur Dalilah
Abd. Rahman, Hasimah
author_facet Nordin, Nur Dalilah
Abd. Rahman, Hasimah
author_sort Nordin, Nur Dalilah
title Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods
title_short Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods
title_full Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods
title_fullStr Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods
title_full_unstemmed Pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods
title_sort pre-installation design simulation tool for grid-connected photovoltaic system using iterative methods
publishDate 2015
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/59427/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.egypro.2015.03.234
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