Performance evaluation of an off-grid photovoltaic system in Saudi Arabia

Shafiqur Rehman; Ibrahim El-Amin

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2012.08.004

Performance evaluation of an off-grid photovoltaic system in Saudi Arabia

Shafiqur Rehman^*
, Ibrahim El-Amin

^*Corresponding author for this work

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Sustainable Energy Systems

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Abstract

The paper presents the performance evaluation analysis of a 5.28 kW installed capacity isolated grid photovoltaic power plant installed at King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals, Dhahran Saudi Arabia in June 2010. The plant was equipped with temperature, solar radiation intensity, and PV (Photovoltaic) panel power output recording sensors for performance evaluation of the plant. The analysis presented the effect of PV surface temperature and dust collected on the panels on the power output of individual arrays and total power from complete plant. Furthermore, the PV panel performance was studied by DC (Direct current) performance ratio variation with PV panel backside surface temperature. Hourly mean energy yield was found to be decreasing with increasing PV panel surface temperature during the months of July & August 2010. The daily energy yield showed a decreasing trend with days of the month which could be accounted for dust accumulation on the PV panel surface. The DC performance ratio also showed a decreasing trend with increasing PV panel surface temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	451-458
Number of pages	8
Journal	Energy
Volume	46
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2012.08.004
State	Published - Oct 2012

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Funding Information:
The authors would like to acknowledge the support and facilities of King Fahd University of Petroleum & Minerals; (KFUPM) ; Dhahran Saudi Arabia Special thanks are extended to the Center of Research Excellence in Renewable Energy at KFUPM for providing the technical and financial supports to undertake this study under grant CoRE-RE-07 .

Keywords

DC performance ratio
PV efficiency
PV panel surface temperature
PV system
Solar radiation

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Civil and Structural Engineering
Building and Construction
Modeling and Simulation
Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment
Fuel Technology
Energy Engineering and Power Technology
Pollution
General Energy
Mechanical Engineering
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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Performance evaluation of an off-grid photovoltaic system in Saudi Arabia

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