A PV-house experience in Japan

Author

Sato, Katsuaki ; Ida, Hirofumi ; Ishikawa, Osamu

Author_Institution

Fac. of Technol., Tokyo Univ. of Agric. & Technol., Japan

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

1032

Abstract

A PV-house with a 3 kW solar-cells panel roof was constructed and has been used for ordinary family life by one of the authors. The PV output is interconnected to the utility power network with a reverse current flow. Average power output of the solar panel exceeded 13 kWh per day for sunny days and 6 kWh for cloudy days in May. Time-sequential data of power consumption and supply have been recorded. The PV generation system is found to be capable of generating 300 kWh per month on average and supplying as large as 100-200 kWh per month to the utility power network. This system has been proved to be effective in reducing the peak power demand in the hot summer days in Japan

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power consumption; solar cell arrays; solar cells; 100 to 300 kWh; 13 kWh; 3 kW; 6 kWh; Japan; PV generation system; PV output; PV-house; average power output; hot summer days; peak power demand reduction; power consumption; power supply; reverse current flow; solar-cells panel roof; time-sequential data; utility power network interconnection; Energy consumption; Fluorescent lamps; Guidelines; Inverters; Power generation; Power supplies; Power system interconnection; Power system relaying; Power system reliability; Solar power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 1994., Conference Record of the Twenty Fourth. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference - 1994, 1994 IEEE First World Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1460-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCPEC.1994.520137

Filename

520137