Experimental validation of pvsyst simulation for fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar pv system

Fahad Faraz Ahmad; Mohamed Abdelsalam; Abdul Kadir Hamid; Chaouki Ghenai; Walid Obaid; Maamar Bettayeb

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-4775-1_25

Experimental validation of pvsyst simulation for fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar pv system

Fahad Faraz Ahmad, Mohamed Abdelsalam, Abdul Kadir Hamid, Chaouki Ghenai, Walid Obaid, Maamar Bettayeb

University of Sharjah

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Abstract

The accurate prediction of power generation by the PV system is crucial during the designing stage and subsequently in the operation and maintenance phase. It provides a reference to evaluate the performance of the PV system. PVSYST is widely accepted simulation software for the PV system in the industry. In this study, a comparison of PVSYST simulation results and experimentally collected data for fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar system is analyzed. Five clear sunny days are selected for each case. The hourly average data has been used for comparison. The deviation of predicted values in case of fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar systems is 2.14% and 2.74%, respectively. This variation is primarily due to the mismatch of predicted weather data with real conditions. The results have concluded that PVSYST is reliable software to use for the prediction of PV energy generation with an acceptable margin. Further, the adaptation of azimuth tracking for the solar system is feasible and improves the average power production by 17.28% as compared to the fix-oriented solar system in the hot and humid environment of the UAE.

Original language	British English
Title of host publication	Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing - Proceedings of MoSICom 2020
Editors	Nilesh Goel, Shazia Hasan, V. Kalaichelvi
Publisher	Springer
Pages	227-235
Number of pages	9
ISBN (Print)	9789811547744
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4775-1_25
State	Published - 2020
Event	International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing, MoSICom 2020 - Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: 29 Jan 2020 → 31 Jan 2020

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Name	Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering
Volume	659
ISSN (Print)	1876-1100
ISSN (Electronic)	1876-1119

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing, MoSICom 2020
Country/Territory	United Arab Emirates
City	Dubai
Period	29/01/20 → 31/01/20

Keywords

Azimuth tracking
PV system
PVSYST
Tracking system

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Ahmad, F. F., Abdelsalam, M., Hamid, A. K., Ghenai, C., Obaid, W., & Bettayeb, M. (2020). Experimental validation of pvsyst simulation for fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar pv system. In N. Goel, S. Hasan, & V. Kalaichelvi (Eds.), Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing - Proceedings of MoSICom 2020 (pp. 227-235). (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; Vol. 659). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4775-1_25

Ahmad, Fahad Faraz ; Abdelsalam, Mohamed ; Hamid, Abdul Kadir et al. / Experimental validation of pvsyst simulation for fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar pv system. Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing - Proceedings of MoSICom 2020. editor / Nilesh Goel ; Shazia Hasan ; V. Kalaichelvi. Springer, 2020. pp. 227-235 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering).

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Ahmad, FF, Abdelsalam, M, Hamid, AK, Ghenai, C, Obaid, W & Bettayeb, M 2020, Experimental validation of pvsyst simulation for fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar pv system. in N Goel, S Hasan & V Kalaichelvi (eds), Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing - Proceedings of MoSICom 2020. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol. 659, Springer, pp. 227-235, International Conference on Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing, MoSICom 2020, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 29/01/20. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-4775-1_25

Experimental validation of pvsyst simulation for fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar pv system. / Ahmad, Fahad Faraz; Abdelsalam, Mohamed; Hamid, Abdul Kadir et al.
Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing - Proceedings of MoSICom 2020. ed. / Nilesh Goel; Shazia Hasan; V. Kalaichelvi. Springer, 2020. p. 227-235 (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering; Vol. 659).

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Ahmad FF, Abdelsalam M, Hamid AK, Ghenai C, Obaid W, Bettayeb M. Experimental validation of pvsyst simulation for fix oriented and azimuth tracking solar pv system. In Goel N, Hasan S, Kalaichelvi V, editors, Modelling, Simulation and Intelligent Computing - Proceedings of MoSICom 2020. Springer. 2020. p. 227-235. (Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-4775-1_25

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