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OPTIMAL SIZING OF STAND-ALONE AND GRID-CONNECTED SOLAR PV SYSTEMS IN BANGLADESH

Volume 21, Issue 2, 2020, pp. 107-124
DOI: 10.1615/InterJEnerCleanEnv.2020033438
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Barun K. Das
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Rajshahi University of Engineering and Technology, Rajshahi-6204, Bangladesh

ABSTRACT

The study investigates the sizing of a stand-alone and grid-connected solar photovoltaics (PV) option for the electric energy supply to a small community load of 131,765 kWh/yr. The Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Electric Renewables (HOMER) software tool is used to size the components based on the lower unit energy and the net present cost (NPC). The results show that the optimized stand-alone PV/battery system has the unit cost of 0.496 $/kWh and the NPC of $844,081. The stand-alone PV/battery system consists of 305-kW PV module, 1361-kWh lead acid battery, and 83.30-kW inverter. However, a significant amount of cost reduction is achieved by integrating the PV module into the grid. The excess energy produced from the PV module can be sold back to the grid, and in the absence of PV power, the energy requirement is fulfilled by grid energy. In this regard, the unit energy cost is reduced significantly to 0.068 $/kWh and the NPC of $184,428, having 95-kW PV module and 72.10-kW inverter. The grid-connected PV system generates 58% lower CO2 emissions compared to the grid only one while meeting the same load demand.

KEY WORDS: solar PV, energy, cost of energy, stand-alone, grid-connection
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