Dimensioningofa solar/batterybackupsystem

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Agenda

Whatisdimensioning? Userrequirementsandinputdata Solardimensioning Batterydimensioning

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Whatisdimensioning?

Howmuchenergyisavailable? Whatvoltage/currentdoIwanttoobtain?

Whatismyload?

HowlongdoIneedautonomy? WhatequipmentdoIneedtocovermyneedsin termsofelectricity?

Howmanysolarpanelsandbatteries?
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Howmuchenergyisavailable?

Radiantenergythathitsasurfaceismeasured inIrradiance(G) MeasuredinW/m2

Statisticaldatafromweatherstations

Solarhistory

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Irradiation

Theamountofsolarenergyavailable

Dependingonyourlocation Alwaysplanfortheworst!

Sunpeakhours/day

Normalizedvalueofsolarradiationof1000W/mat25C

5peaksunhourscorrespondstoadailysolarradiationof 5000W/m. Nigeria:4peaksunhours

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Userrequirements

Powerconsumption

Totalconsumptionofallelectricaldevices

Anatomy

Howmanydaysshouldthesystemworkwithout powerinput?

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Equipmentspecification

Battery

Capacity(Ah) Maxdischarge(%) Voltage(V)

SolarPanels

Nominalpower(W)

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Practicalexample

Load:120W Autonomy:5days Battery

Voltage:12V Capacity:100Ah Maxdischarge:50%

Howmanybatteriesdoweneed?
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Howmuchcurrentdoweneed?
Power=Voltage*Current=V*I I=P/V=120/12=10A Weneedanoutputof10Afromthebatteries

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Howmuchenergydoweneed?
In1day: 10A*24h=240Ah 12V*240Ah=2880Wh In5days: 5*240Ah=1200Ah
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Howmuchenergydoweneed?
Assuming: Maxdischargelevel:50% Batterycapacity:100Ah Energystoragerequired:1200Ah/0,5=2400Ah Noofbatteries:2400Ah/100Ah=24

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Howmanysolarpanelsareneeded?
Assuming: 4sunpeakhours4000W/m2 Panelpeakcurrent:5A Energyneeded/day:240Ah Energyprovided:5A*4h=20Ah Nopanels:240/20=12
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Conclusion

Useradiationdatafortheworstmonth Measureyourloadcarefully

Aretheyanypossibleenergysavings?

Becarefulwiththeunits!

WvsWh=V.Ah AvsAh

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ProjectAssignment

Measurepowerconsumptioninyourapartment Designasolarpowerbackupsystem Provideabudgetfortheinstallation Assumptions:

12Vinstallation Batteriesof100Ah,50%discharge 2sunpeakhourworsemonth 60Wp,5Apanelatsunpeak

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