Design and Analysis of Photovoltaic Systems to
Supply DC-Microgrids: case study
S. Balaji
PG scholar,
Anna University,
Chennai, India
balajisriram15@gmail.com
Dr. C. Sharmeela
Asst. Prof (Sr. Gr), Dept of EEE,
Anna University,
Chennai, India
sharmeela20@yahoo.com
Er. P. Sivaraman
Electrical engineer – Power system,
TECh Engineering Services,
Chennai, India
psivapse@gmail.com
Abstract— Anna University is an educational
institution that has several academic departments,
administration offices, hostels, laboratories,
seminar halls, food courts etc. The major load
demand arises from lighting, ventilation systems
and other intermittent loads. The advantages of
using DC over AC has led to an increasing demand
for DC supply. Currently, almost all of the DC
loads are connected to a rectified supply which
provides AC to DC conversion resulting in energy
losses in the converter and current harmonic
injection to the grid. This paper proposes the
design and analysis of a solar powered 110V DC
micro grid for lighting, ventilation, refrigeration
systems and other intermittent loads such as
laboratory equipment.
INTRODUCTION:
A photovoltaic system, also PV system or solar power
system, is a power system designed to supply usable
solar power by means of photovoltaics. It consists of
an arrangement of several components, including
solar panels to absorb and convert sunlight into
electricity, a solar inverter to change the electric
current from DC to AC (if required),as well as
mounting, cabling, and other electrical accessories to
set up a working system [1].
The objective of this paper is to let the reader clearly
analyze the simulation reports of a Photovoltaic
system to facilitate the implementation of a DC micro
grid powered by Solar Photovoltaic modules. A study
has been conducted to estimate the average load
requirement at ANNA University CEG campus, the
respective report states that the average energy
consumed by the network in a day is 1.54 MWHr.
Hence if a PV System must power the network
Intended, it must produce 1.77MWHr in a day
(Considering a 15% margin as a standard deviation).
A simulation has been made using PV-SYST software
to obtain a detailed analysis on the performance,
losses & the efficiency of a PV-Solar plant which can
feed the intended network.
Inputs for the simulation being:
* Site & geographical co-ordinates
* Orientation
* The PV-Array parameters
* The loss parameters
* The required power
(Values as shown in the first page of simulation
results)
SYSTEM MODEL:
The system model consists of a PV Array which
supplies the 110V DC grid (The intended
network) through a regulation unit as shown in
figure 1.
Figure 1: Block diagram of electrical distribution
SIMULATION RESULTS(ANALYSIS):
CONCLUSIONS: average daily yield is 1.77MWHr. Hence the power
Thus a detailed analysis of the system performance, generated by the designed PV plant is sufficient to
losses and the efficiency has been made. As per the meet the demands of the intended network.
analysis, the yearly energy yield is 646MWHr or the
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AUTHORS:
Mr. Balaji, DR. Sharmeela, Dr. Sivaprakasam & Mr.
Sivaraman
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION:
Mr. Balaji graduated from SASTRA UNIVERSITY in the
year 2016, he holds a B.Tech degree in Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, currently pursuing M.E. in
High Voltage Engineering in Anna University, Guindy.
He is an electrical enthusiast with hands-on
experience in Design of Electrical Insulations &
Switch gear Equipment for Medium & High Voltage,
PV Solar panels and cooling systems for PV-panels
and also Design of Power factor correction and
control mechanisms for BLDC motors.
He received an in-plant training from ABOND Strands
pvt.LTD in 2014 & interned at VI Micro Systems in
2016.
He has also acquired adequate training on Electrical
system design, Electrical Transients, Electrical
Protection & Safety.
He has lectured on the topics: Electrical system
design using ETAP & Design and mitigation of issues
in Micro Grids using PV-SYST.
He has one year of professional experience with
TATA Communications LTD, which has enabled him
to get a hands-on Experience with a Wide range of
Network and Cyber-security Products such as CISCO
ASA, Fortigate, Juniper SRX& cloud based Proxy.
Dr. C. Sharmeela (CS) holds a B.E. in Electrical and
Electronics Engineering, M.E. in Power Systems
Engineering from Annamalai University,
Chidambaram and a Ph.D in Electrical Engineering
from Anna University, Chennai in 1999, 2000 & 2009
respectively. She did P.G Diploma in Electrical Energy
Management and Energy Audit from Annamalai
University, Chidambaram in 2010. At present, she
holds the post of Assistant Professor (Sr.Gr.) in
department of EEE, CEG campus, Anna University,
Chennai.
She has 16 years of teaching experience and taught
various subjects to undergraduate and post graduate
students. She did number of research projects and
consultancy work in renewable energy, power quality
& design of compensators for various industries. She
published more than 30 research publications in peer
reviewed journals, more than 50 research papers in
international and national conferences in India and
abroad. CS talks importance of power quality more
than 10 years. She guides 14 PhDs (two completed
and 12 ongoing), 55 Master’s level, 2
Undergraduate’s level and 2 AMIE students. She co-
ordinate and organized short term course on power
quality for Tamilnadu Electricity Board Engineers in
various years. She received best paper award in IEEE
POWERCON 2004 conference held in Singapore. She
is a Life-member of the Institution of Engineers
(India), ISTE and SSI.
Er. P. Sivaraman was born in Vellalur, Madurai
district, Tamilnadu. He completed schooling in Govt.
Higher Secondary School, Vellalur, B.E. in Electrical
and Electronics Engineering from PGP College of
Engineering and Technology, Namakkal and M.E. in
Power Systems Engineering from M. Kumarasamy
College of Engineering (autonomous), Karur affiliated
to Anna University, Chennai in 2012 & 2014
respectively. Presently, he is working in TECh
Engineering Services, Chennai as an electrical
engineer – power system. He has three plus years of
experience in the field of power quality assessments,
harmonic assessments, trouble shooting analysis,
providing the techno economical solution to various
power quality problems for various industries like ITs,
ITES, production and manufacturing, automobile,
banking, academic institutions etc in across India. He
visited more than 400 industries for power quality
assessments. He had published many research papers
in national and international conference.