Tutorial for April 10, 2016.

Q1.
A village comprising of 100 houses is to be electrified using Solar PV array, a suitable
battery bank an Inverter to convert DC to AC, 400 V three phase distribution line and
other accessories.
1. There are 20 houses having high consumption with 5 Nos. 10 W lamps, 10 Nos.
8 W lamps three ceiling fans of capacity 60 W each and a 20 TV of 80 W
capacity.
2. There are 50 medium size houses having 3 Nos. 10 W lamps, 5 Nos. 8W lamps,
one ceiling fan of 60 W capacity and a 15 TV of 60 W capacity.
3. The balance 30 houses have 2 Nos. 10 W lamps, 4 Nos. 8 W lamps and a 12
TV of 30 W capacity.
The village is to be given electricity for 1 Hr. in the morning and 3 Hrs. in the evening.
The battery is a special deep discharge type battery which can go to a depth of
discharge of 80% and the battery is to have an autonomy (should be able to operate
independent of the solar PV system) for 2 days. Daily average solar insolation is to be
taken as 5.5 kWh/m throughout the year. Find the capacity of the Solar array using
the commercially available solar PV panels of which specifications are given , the
DC/AC inverter of which the specifications are attached.Design the battery bank using
200Ah lead acid special deep discharge batteries. Assume a mismatch factor of 95%,
Inverter efficiency of 97% and the effective capacity of the solar panel drops by 20%
due to ambient temperature throughout the day and the Battery efficiency of
90%..Design a Stand Alone Solar Power system for the village and draw the Lay out
Diagram.
Q2.
A roof top solar PV system is to be designed for a household with a monthly electricity
consumption of 300kWh. If the net consumption is to be assumed zero from the
national grid, what is the required solar PV array size taking into consideration
effective solar peak hours if the average solar Insolation is 4.3 kWh/m per day and
the Inverter capacity . Assume a mismatch factor of 95%, Inverter efficiency of 97%
and the effective capacity of the solar panel drops by 20% due to ambient
temperature throughout the day
Q3.
A remote holiday home is to be provided with solar PV system to meet its entire load
comprising of 20 Nos. 15 W lamps operated for 4 Hrs. , 3 Nos. 10 W lamps operated
for 5 Hrs. , and 4 Nos. 6 W lamps operated for 4 Hrs. . A refrigerator of capacity of 300
W with a duty cycle of 20% is used. A micro wave oven of 1000W which is used for a
maximum of 20 Min per day is available. 4 Fans of 150W capacity are available with a
duty cycle of 6.8 Hrs per day on the average. A 32 , 150/4 W TV is available with a
usage of 4 Hrs. a day and stand by throughout the day (at 4 W) There are other
miscellaneous equipment such as toasters , washing machines etc which are rarely

uses but they consume roughly 0.5 kWh per day. What is the required solar PV array
size taking into consideration effective solar peak hours if the average solar Insolation
is 5.5 kWh/m per day , the Inverter capacity and the batteries 12 V 200 Ah
considering 4 Days of autonomy. Assume a mismatch factor of 95%, Inverter efficiency
of 97% and the effective capacity of the solar panel drops by 20% due to ambient
temperature throughout the day. The depth of Discharge of the batteries is to be taken
as 80%, Battery efficiency of 90% and the Charge Controller efficiency of 96%.
Calculate the total cost of the Solar PV installation assuming other BOS cost is 60% of
the solar PV array cost. Calculate the unit cost of electricity