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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HYDROGEN ENERGY
Volume 42, Issue 10, Pages 6502-6510Publisher
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijhydene.2017.01.033
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Comparative performance analysis; Off-grid residential solar photovoltaic power system; Solar radiation; Solar tracking modes
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [71573121, 11302097, 51505212]
- Ort-job Doctorate Foundation of Nanjing Inatitum of Technology [ZKJ202401]
- School of Mechanical Engineering, Nanjing Institute of Technology [JXKJ201511]
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This paper compares the performance of a 2.02 kWp off-grid residential solar photovoltaic (PV) power system using PVSYST simulation software for a household in Kunming, Yunnan province, China. The monthly available solar energy; missing energy; array, final, and reference yields, performance ratio; and array capture and system losses were analyzed for five solar tracking modes: fixed tilted plane, seasonal tilt adjustment, horizontal axis tracking, vertical axis tracking, and dual axis tracking. Although there were some similar aspects across the five systems, minimum available solar energy (2461 kWh/y) and maximum missing energy (134.68 kWh/y) were obtained using the fixed tilted plane system (tilt angle = 25 degrees, azimuth angle = 0 degrees), whereas maximum available solar energy (3081 kWh/y) and minimum missing energy (48.53 kWh/y) in October were obtained using the dual axis tracking system. Average monthly performance ratio was maximal for the fixed tilted plane system (0.689), and minimal for the dual axis tracking system (0.596). (C) 2017 Hydrogen Energy Publications LLC. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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