Title :
Performance of a grid connected residential photovoltaic system with energy storage
Author :
Palomino, G. Ernest ; Wiles, John ; Stevens, John ; Goodman, Frank
Author_Institution :
SRP, Phoenix, AZ, USA
fDate :
29 Sep-3 Oct 1997
Abstract :
In 1995, Salt River Project (SRP), a public power utility located in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, collaborated with the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) and Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) to initiate a research project to evaluate the feasibility of using a photovoltaic (PV) power system with battery energy storage to match PV output with residential customer peak energy demand periods. The PV power system, a 2.4 kW PV array with 25.2 kWh of energy storage, was designed and installed by the Southwest Technology Development Institute (SWTDI) at an SRP-owned facility, known as the Chandler Research House during August 1995. This paper presents an overview of the system design, operation and performance
Keywords :
battery storage plants; economics; load (electric); photovoltaic power systems; power system measurement; project engineering; secondary cells; solar cell arrays; 2.4 kW; 25.2 kWh; PV array; USA; battery energy storage; customer peak energy demand; design; grid connection; operation; performance; research project; residential PV power system; Batteries; Collaboration; Control systems; Energy storage; Inverters; Photovoltaic systems; Power systems; Production systems; Renewable energy resources; Solar power generation;
Conference_Titel :
Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1997., Conference Record of the Twenty-Sixth IEEE
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3767-0
DOI :
10.1109/PVSC.1997.654347
