Performance evaluation of a 2-mode PV grid connected system in Thailand-case study

Author

Jivacate, C. ; Mongconvorawan, S. ; Sinratanapukdee, E. ; Limsawatt, W.

Author_Institution

Electr. Generating Authority of Thailand, Thailand

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

5-9 Dec 1994

Firstpage

2333

Abstract

A PV grid-connected power system with a small battery bank has been set up in a rural district of North Thailand in order to demonstrate a 2-mode operation concept. The objective is to gain experience on the PV grid-connected concept without battery storage. However, due to the evening peak demand and a rather weak distribution grid which is typical in rural areas, a small battery bank is still required to enable maximum energy transfer to the grid, for the time being, before moving fully to the no-battery operation mode. The analyzed data seem to indicate possible a performance improvement by re-arranging the number of PV modules and the battery in the string

Keywords

DC-AC power convertors; battery storage plants; invertors; photovoltaic power systems; power system interconnection; secondary cells; solar cell arrays; solar cells; PV modules; PV power system; Thailand; battery bank; battery storage; case study; energy transfer; grid-connection; peak demand; performance evaluation; secondary batteries; two-mode operation; Batteries; Crystallization; Data acquisition; Data analysis; Energy exchange; Inverters; Mesh generation; Power generation; Switches; Voltage;

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.1994.521693

Filename

521693