Measurement of grid solar PV system in Oman

Author

Al-Badi, A. ; Yassine, A. ; Gastli, A. ; Al-Shaili, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Sultan Qaboos Univ., Muscat, Oman

fYear

2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

In this paper the measured results of Desert Type PV, in Muscat governorate in Oman, is discussed and analyzed. Several factors were measured and calculated for one whole year including, solar radiation, efficiency of the modules, temperature of the modules, energy production and number of sunshine hours. It was found that the average efficiency of this type of PV is 15% during the whole year. Although the number of sunshine hours is more during the summer time, the solar insolation is reduced owing to the high temperature. The power production and efficiency during winter are higher due to the reduction in the ambient temperature. From the measurements we can conclude that this type of PV is suitable for harsh weather such as the hot weather in Arabian Gulf Countries.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power grids; power system measurement; solar radiation; Arabian gulf countries; Muscat governorate; Oman; ambient temperature reduction; desert type photovoltaic; energy production; grid solar photovoltaic system measurement; harsh weather; hot weather; module efficiency; module temperature; power production; solar insolation; solar radiation; summer time; sunshine hours; winter; PV modules; efficiency; solar radiation; sunshine hours; temperature effect;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

Conference_Titel

Engineering and Technology (BICET 2014), 5th Brunei International Conference on

Print_ISBN

978-1-84919-991-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp.2014.1072

Filename

7120250