Performance test of a grid-tied PV system to power a split air conditioner system in Surabaya

International Conference on Informatics, Technology and Engineering 2017

计算机科学

Tarigan, E.^1

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Surabaya, Raya Kalirungkut, Surabaya

60293, Indonesia^1

关键词: Air conditioner systems;    Energy productions;    Grid-tied PV systems;    Performance tests;    Photovoltaic systems;    Solar irradiation;    Split air conditioners;    Tropical climates;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/245/1/012010/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/245/1/012010

学科分类：计算机科学（综合）

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Air conditioner for cooling air is one of the major needs for those who live in hot climate area such as Indonesia. This work presents the performance test of a grid-tied PV system to power air conditioner under a hot tropical climate in Surabaya, Indonesia. A 800 WP grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) system was used, and its performance was tested to power a 0.5 pk of split air conditioner system. It was found that about 3.5 kWh daily energy was consumed by the tested air conditioner system, and about 80% it could be supplied from the PV system. While the other 20% was supplied by the grid during periods of low solar irradiation, 440 Wh of energy was fed into the grid during operation out of office hours. By using the grid-tied PV system, the energy production by PV system did not need to match the consumption of the air conditioner. However, a larger capacity of PV system would mean that a higher percentage of the load would be covered by PV system.