Optimum Technical Design of a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic System Solar Power Plant in Iran (Case study: Qazvin city)

Subject Areas : Renewable energy

Pedram Ahadi ¹ , Farbod Fakhrabadi ² , Alireza Pourshaghaghi ³ , Farshad Kowsari ⁴

1 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
3 - Department of Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran
4 - Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Qazvin Branch, Islamic Azad University, Qazvin, Iran.

Received: 2021-07-16 Accepted : 2021-10-23 Published : 2022-02-20

Keywords: Renewable Energy, grid-connected photovoltaic solar power plants, optimal technical design. PVsyst,

Abstract :

The purpose of this research is to determine the amount of equipment used in the design of the photovoltaic solar power plant with a capacity of 200 kW. In this research conducted by PVsyst software, 500 w MonoTrina solar panel with 400 pieces, 25kw Growatt MID KTL3-X inverter with 8 pieces, which are arranged in 40 rows and 10 panels in each row. The optimal panel installation angle was 35 Degree °and the optimal azimuth angle was 0 Degree (case study: Qazvin city). According to the considered space and the designs made, including the percentage of permissible losses in cable calculations, the length and cross-sectional area of the DC side cable made of copper and aluminum are 800 meters, 16 and 25 mm square respectively, the length and cross-sectional area . AC side cable made of copper and aluminum is determined to be 100 meters, 16 and 25 mm square, respectively. The amount of total annual production energy of the desired point was determined by considering the losses, which was about 337.1 megawatt hours per year.