Performance Analysis of Solar PV System installed in Chitwan Medical College
Date
2024-06
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I.O.E
Abstract
In various places of the world grid-connected and off-grid rooftop solar PV systems
have been installed, either to export energy to the grid or to reduce electricity bills in
an industry, hospitals, etc. A 201.96 kWp solar PV plant with 7, identical 25 KW offgrid
inverters was installed in the Chitwan Medical College, Chitwan. The plan of the
study was to carry out the performance analysis of installed multi-crystalline solar
panels for a period of one year and to evaluate the results with the results simulated in
the PVsyst. The generation data has been extracted using the Wattmon Cloud Portal.
The main aim of this work was to evaluate and determine various performance
characteristics of an already-existent solar system that has been installed at Chitwan
Medical College, Chitwan. It was found that annual energy generation of 236.99 MWh,
Performance ratio was 79.80 %, Capacity Utilization Factor 13.58%, and specific Yield
was 1173.24 kWh per kWp per Year. The difference between the actual and simulated
generation (54.30 MWh) suggests there may be factors impacting the system's
performance. These could include equipment inefficiencies, shading, maintenance
issues, or inaccuracies in the simulation model used.
Description
In various places of the world grid-connected and off-grid rooftop solar PV systems
have been installed, either to export energy to the grid or to reduce electricity bills in
an industry, hospitals, etc. A 201.96 kWp solar PV plant with 7, identical 25 KW offgrid
inverters was installed in the Chitwan Medical College, Chitwan.
Keywords
Solar PV systems, Electricity