Abstract
dc:descriptionIN THIS THESIS A NOVEL METHOD IS PRESENTED TO SELECT THE OPTIMUM TILT ANGLE, PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY AREA AND BATTERY STORAGE CAPACITY OF STAND-ALONE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS. THIS METHOD USES MONTHLY AVERAGE METEOROLOGICAL DATA AND EASILY ACQUIRABLE SYSTEM PARAMETERS IN ORDER TO DETERMINE POSSIBLE PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM SIZES, CAPABLE OF SUPPLYING ANY GIVEN MONTHLY AVERAGE HOURLY LOAD PROFILE. THE OPTIMUM SYSTEM SELECTED IS THAT WITH THE MINIMUM LIFE-CYCLE COST COMPUTATIONS A BATTERY-LIFE MODEL HAS BEEN USED TO DETERMINE THE NUMBER OF BATTERY BANK REPLACEMENTS. THE RELIABILITY CRITERION USED IS THE LOSS-OF-ENERGY PROBABILITY. THE METHOD CAN BE IMPLEMENTED ON A PERSONAL COMPUTER AND IS APPLIED TO AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE, WHERE THE OPTIMUM SYSTEM SIZE PROPOSED BY THIS METHODOLOGY IS COMPARED WITH THAT OF A NEWLY INSTALLED SYSTEM ON A GREEK ISLAND.
Degree
thesis:*- Grantor dc:publisher
- Πανεπιστήμιο Πατρών
- Year dc:date
- 1989
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
-
- Σώρρας, Κωνσταντίνος
Subjects
dc:subject × 17- BATTERY LIFE-TIME MODEL
- HOURLY UTILIZABILITY
- Life - cycle cost
- LOSS OF ENERGY PROBABILITY (LOEP)
- PROBABILISTIC PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
- Solar energy
- STAND-ALONE PHOTOVALTAIC SYSTEMS
- ΑΥΤΟΝΟΜΑ ΦΩΤΟΒΟΛΤΑΙΚΑ ΣΥΣΤΗΜΑΤΑ
- Ηλιακή ενέργεια
- ΚΥΚΛΟΒΙΟΤΙΚΟ ΚΟΣΤΟΣ
- ΜΟΝΤΕΛΟ ΔΙΑΡΚΕΙΑΣ ΖΩΗΣ ΣΥΣΣΩΡΕΥΤΩΝ
- ΠΙΘΑΝΟΤΗΣ ΑΠΟΤΥΧΙΑΣ ΚΑΛΥΨΕΩΣ ΤΟΥ ΦΟΡΤΙΟΥ
- ΩΡΙΑΙΑ ΕΚΜΕΤΑΛΛΕΥΣΙΜΟΤΗΣ
- Engineering and Technology
- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering
- Επιστήμες Μηχανικού και Τεχνολογία
- Επιστήμη Ηλεκτρολόγου Μηχανικού, Ηλεκτρονικού Μηχανικού, Μηχανικού Η/Υ
Rights
- Language dc:language
- gre
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Identifier
- 10.12681/eadd/1054
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:10442/1054