Assignment No.

(1)

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1. Given the schematic diagram of an off-grid PV-connected house in the figure below, which is
located in your home town.

• List the daily load profile:

- For the daily load profile, list the electrical load in your house (home town). Use the following
table representing the load profile for all months of the year as reference.
Daily Hours
Power 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Load Type W hours
Kitchen light (l.) 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 3
Dining room l. 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 6
Living room l. 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 4
Bedroom l. 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2
Bathroom l. 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 2
Fan 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4
Refrigerator 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 12
TV 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 5
Water pump 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2
Emergency light 24 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 24

Total Power 352 24 24 24 24 24 24 124 214 148 24 124 24 124 124 24 124 124 166 250 328 286 174 48 24 Watt

• Select the PV panel:

- Use Homer to select/add solar panels. Provide the specifications of the selected solar panel.
- Find the capital cost of 1kW PV installation for the selected panel.
- Calculate the PV capacity with DC electrical bus.
- Assuming there is no tracking system, calculate the panel slope required.

• Select the storage (battery):

- Use Homer to select/add solar batteries. Provide the specifications of the selected battery.
- Find the capital cost of the battery.

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 • PV and battery Sizing:

- Size the PV and the battery assuming the longest night in the winter.

2. Homer simulation software

• Use Homer simulation software to find a technical feasible solution considering the conditions
for the system in part 1. Show all the steps including screen shots.

Location: Solar Global Horizontal Irradiance (GHI): download from internet

• How are the results in part 2 compared with the ones in part 1? Explain.

3. Study the most feasible solution when considering different sensitivity variables pertaining to the
solar panel slope and azimuth values that are given below. What would be the most optimal
configuration? Explain?

• Slope angle: 30 ˚, 50˚ and 45.5 ˚

• Azimuth angle: 0˚, -40 ˚ and 40 ˚