Design of Grid Connected PV System Using Tracking Technique
Saeed Mansour El-Saeed El-Saeed;
Abstract
The use of renewable energy resources to produce the electricity is a rising trend in various
countries worldwide. This is especially because these energies do not produce the
greenhouse gases; therefore, don’t become a destructive factor on the ozone layer and the
environment. Besides, the fossil energies are always exposed to price changes and will
eventually end, while the renewable energies don’t pose such problems and are freely
acquired from the nature. Some of the most important of these reproducible energy
resources are the energies of the wind and the solar energy. The generation capability of a
photovoltaic power plant is largely dependent on the intensity of the sun radiation. On the
other hand, the changing of position causes the sun to have a variable shining intensity in
different seasons and different times of the year; therefore, some of the solar power plants
possess solar tacking systems.
With continuous decrease of PV panels cost, it is interesting to consider generation of
electricity from PV system. To provide electric energy to a load in a remote area where
electric grid utility is not available or connection with grid utility is available, there are two
approaches of photovoltaic system, PV without tracking system (Fixed System) and PV with
tracking systems. The result shows that the energy production by using PV with tracking
system generates more energy in comparison with fixed panels system. However the cost
per produced KWH is less in case of using fixed panels. This is the backbone in choice
between two approaches of photovoltaic system. In this work a system design and cost
analysis for two approaches of photovoltaic system are considered.
countries worldwide. This is especially because these energies do not produce the
greenhouse gases; therefore, don’t become a destructive factor on the ozone layer and the
environment. Besides, the fossil energies are always exposed to price changes and will
eventually end, while the renewable energies don’t pose such problems and are freely
acquired from the nature. Some of the most important of these reproducible energy
resources are the energies of the wind and the solar energy. The generation capability of a
photovoltaic power plant is largely dependent on the intensity of the sun radiation. On the
other hand, the changing of position causes the sun to have a variable shining intensity in
different seasons and different times of the year; therefore, some of the solar power plants
possess solar tacking systems.
With continuous decrease of PV panels cost, it is interesting to consider generation of
electricity from PV system. To provide electric energy to a load in a remote area where
electric grid utility is not available or connection with grid utility is available, there are two
approaches of photovoltaic system, PV without tracking system (Fixed System) and PV with
tracking systems. The result shows that the energy production by using PV with tracking
system generates more energy in comparison with fixed panels system. However the cost
per produced KWH is less in case of using fixed panels. This is the backbone in choice
between two approaches of photovoltaic system. In this work a system design and cost
analysis for two approaches of photovoltaic system are considered.
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| Title | Design of Grid Connected PV System Using Tracking Technique | Other Titles | "تصميم نظام فوتوفولطى مرتبط بالشبكة الكهربية وباستخدام نظام التتبع الشمسى” | Authors | Saeed Mansour El-Saeed El-Saeed | Issue Date | 2015 |
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