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Chapter 8 – Conclusion Conclusions and Recommendations 8.1 Conclusion
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| Abstract | The objective of this research, which was to develop an interactive menu-driven design tool that is capable of analyzing the technical and economic aspects of a stand-alone photovoltaic system has been achieved. The interactive menu-driven design tool developed in the course of this research is called PVONE. It was developed based on the Matlab programming language. All the results presented in Chapter 7, were obtained using the PVONE program. The basic equations for the insolation part of the model came from [2,15]. The author of this research then used these equations to develop the PVONE program that is interactive and user-friendly. Also incorporated into the PVONE program is a system design analysis, an energy output analysis, a storage analysis, and an economic analysis. PVONE is a design tool that can be used to estimate insolation at any location on the earth surface, design a stand-alone PV system, compare the energy output of the array designed to the load demand, size the storage requirement, perform an economic analysis, and then make a decision based on the net present value whether the PV system designed can be implemented at the location. The PVONE program predicts insolation available at any location on the earth's surface under clear sky conditions and then uses the standard classification criteria to determine the range of insolation levels for the various day types and finally classifies the days of a chosen month according to day types then predicts a new set of insolation. The program also predicts the instantaneous insolation that is available for a chosen location under clear sky conditions and also predicts the total insolation that is available for a specific time interval for any location. From the results presented in Chapter 7, the predicted insolation is quite close to the actual insolation for Blacksburg. Observe that, Blacksburg was used only to test the model in this research. The question then is, why should a designer of photovoltaic systems use the PVONE program? The answer to this question is quite simple. In most remote regions of the world, there is no data available for actual insolation. The PVONE program can be used to estimate the insolation available for the remote location under clear sky conditions and then determine the range of insolation levels for the various day types based on the type of collector that will be used. The inhabitants of the remote location can be … |
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