Standalone Photovoltaic System Sizing using Peak Sun Hour Method and Evaluation by TRNSYS Simulation

Dimas Firmanda Al Riza, Syed Ihtshamul-Haq Gilani

Abstract


This paper presents sizing and evaluation of a standalone photovoltaic system for residential load. Peak Sun Hour method is used to determine photovoltaic panel and battery capacity, then the sizing results is tested and evaluated using hourly time-step transient simulation model by using TRNSYS 16.0. The results shows for typical Malaysian terraced house that have about 6 kWh daily electricity load, the photovoltaic system requirement consist of 1.9 kWp photovoltaic panel and 2200 Ah battery capacity for a 24V system.

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Photovoltaic system sizing, peak sun hour, transient simulation

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DOI (PDF): https://doi.org/10.20508/ijrer.v4i1.1026.g6253

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