Feasibility assessment of the installation of a photovoltaic system as a battery charging center in a mexican mining company

Author

Banda, Diana ; Pena, Rafael ; Gutierrez, Geydy ; Juarez, Edith ; Visairo, Nancy ; Nunez, Ciro

Author_Institution

Fac. de Ing., Univ. Autonoma de San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosí, Mexico

fYear

2014

fDate

5-7 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

This paper presents a study of feasibility assessment of the installation of a photovoltaic system to supply energy to the external lighting of a private mining company, located in Cerro de San Pedro, San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The photovoltaic system will charge batteries during the day, and then these batteries will be used to provide the electricity to the external lighting over the night. This scheme aims to replace the utilization of diesel generators used in conjunction with the lightning system. For completeness of this work, the economical study including the payback time is reported.

Keywords

battery management systems; diesel-electric generators; lighting; mining industry; photovoltaic power systems; Mexican mining company; battery charging center; diesel generator utilization; feasibility assessment; lightning system; photovoltaic system installation; Batteries; Companies; Inverters; Lighting; Photovoltaic systems; Regulators; Solar radiation; Feasibility Study; Lighting System; Photovoltaic System; Renewable Energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power, Electronics and Computing (ROPEC), 2014 IEEE International Autumn Meeting on

Conference_Location

Ixtapa

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ROPEC.2014.7036352

Filename

7036352