Design of Tracker based PV System for Health Care Facilities in Remote Islanded

Syafii, Lovely Son, Rahmad Fahreza

2021

Abstract

In this paper, the solar based electrical power system for health care facilities in the Mentawai island has been presented with different tracking mechanisms. First, the health center’s electrical system was designed for a photovoltaic (PV) system with fixed installations combined with diesel generators as backup systems. The optimal results with the lowest cost of energy (CoE) values are obtained with the PV/Diesel configuration and storage system in operation. Furthermore, the electrical system was tested using three different PV structure installations - fixed structures, single-axis tracking, and dual-axis tracking mechanisms. Among the three tracking configurations, the two-axis tracking system was found to be the most profitable in terms of PV electricity production 3,931 kWh in a year and had the lowest CoE of 0,307 $/kWh. The payback period for a flat PV system longer than the two-axis tracker PV system. Apart from the increase in power generation, PV systems with two-axis solar tracking will need fewer PV modules to supply the same load, hence requiring less space.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Syafii., Son L. and Fahreza R. (2021). Design of Tracker based PV System for Health Care Facilities in Remote Islanded. In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES, ISBN 978-989-758-615-6, pages 1415-1419. DOI: 10.5220/0010966400003260

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icast-es21,
author={Syafii and Lovely Son and Rahmad Fahreza},
title={Design of Tracker based PV System for Health Care Facilities in Remote Islanded},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES,},
year={2021},
pages={1415-1419},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0010966400003260},
isbn={978-989-758-615-6},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Applied Science and Technology on Engineering Science - Volume 1: iCAST-ES,
TI - Design of Tracker based PV System for Health Care Facilities in Remote Islanded
SN - 978-989-758-615-6
AU - Syafii.
AU - Son L.
AU - Fahreza R.
PY - 2021
SP - 1415
EP - 1419
DO - 10.5220/0010966400003260