The effect of statistical fluctuations of solar radiation on PV-system sizing

Kaplanis, Socrates and Kaplani, Eleni ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4987-4388 (2005) The effect of statistical fluctuations of solar radiation on PV-system sizing. In: Proceedings of IASTED International Conference on European Power and Energy Systems (EuroPES 2005). UNSPECIFIED, ESP, pp. 86-91.

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Abstract

To cope with the uncertainty in weather conditions, especially in solar radiation, the PV sizing methodology has adopted the determination of the energy independence period of d days in PV stand-alone systems. d depends on the minimum value of the Peak Solar Hour (PSH) at a place and for the month which is used as a reference for the sizing process. This research study uses recorded data to investigate the statistical fluctuations of solar radiation for a day nj, as well as for a period of nj ± 2 days, with nj being the day whose solar radiation records are used for the sizing process. The current study gives a new approach to the PV sizing issue, leading to a considerable reduction in the estimated PV Peak Power, compared to results obtained by previous methodologies encountered in the literature. A similar reduction is achieved in the battery storage system capacity, for a stand-alone PV system, required to meet the loads for a number of d days.

Item Type: Book Section
Faculty \ School: Faculty of Science > School of Mathematics
Depositing User: Pure Connector
Date Deposited: 11 Nov 2015 11:00
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2022 23:50
URI: https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/55085
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