System performance evaluation of UTeM solar PV system

Lew , Huey Sin (2014) System performance evaluation of UTeM solar PV system. Project Report. UTeM. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Renewable clean solar energy can be utilized by using a photovoltaic (PV) system to convert solar energy into electrical energy. This helps to reduce global warming and save the environment as it enables the user to reduce the amount of energy utilization from electricity grid, and it can also supply back the additional energy into the grid. This project presents the performances of the systems concerning mono crystalline silicon (Mono), thin film (TF), and heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) grid-connected solar photovoltaic (PV) system, which are installed in the Faculty of Electrical Engineering of Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. The research was carried out based on the climatic condition in Malaysia. The performances of the solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters were also taken into consideration. The research was conducted at every 5 minutes interval, whereby the data were recorded and analysed to determine the system with the production of the highest energy yield. Several factors, such as inverter losses, cable losses, mismatch, and cloudy weather that influenced the solar photovoltaic (PV) system performance were also considered in this paper. After the data were analysed and the evaluation was done, it was found that the thin film (TF) system performed better than the heterojunction with intrinsic thin layer (HIT) and mono crystalline silicon (Mono) for the highest energy yield and system performance.

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