Design and Simulation of a 10MW Grid-Conected PV System
The main goal of this final master thesis is to design and make a comparative analysis of two different solar cell technologies (monocrystalline solar cell and polycrystalline solar cell) in a 10MW grid-connected PV system located in Cabrera de Mar. This comparison was done by analyzing the Levelize...
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| Tipo de recurso: | tesis de maestría |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2019 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/133277 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/133277 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Photovoltaic power generation Renewable energy sources Energia solar fotovoltaica Energies renovables Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria elèctrica |
| Sumario: | The main goal of this final master thesis is to design and make a comparative analysis of two different solar cell technologies (monocrystalline solar cell and polycrystalline solar cell) in a 10MW grid-connected PV system located in Cabrera de Mar. This comparison was done by analyzing the Levelized Cost of Energy (LCOE) and the payback time of the projects. The thesis was divided in three main parts. The first part exposes the state of art of the photovoltaic applications showing how the solar energy is converted to electricity, and a summary of the different solar cell technologies. The second part present the legislation requirements in Europe and Spain and fishes with an explanation of the Spanish electric market. The third part present the sizing of the different systems which includes the geographical situation and the meteorological data of the selected location, the component selection and the sizing and simulation of the two PV systems evaluated. In this last part the results obtained are presented showing the requirements and the economic analysis of each PV system. The simulation has been done by using the software PVSYST, which have a wide database of the components and meteorological parameters required for the PV systems simulation. After analyzing the results obtained for the different PV systems is possible to determine which photovoltaic technology is preferable. The results show that polycrystalline PV system is more cost effective, because the LCOE or in other words the cost per kWh produced is lower than the cost obtained for the monocrystalline PV and in addition the investment payback is produced in less time. |
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