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Design of Standalone PV System for a Typical Modern Average Home in Shewa Robit Town-Ethiopia

1Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia


American Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2018, Vol. 6 No. 2, 72-76
DOI: 10.12691/ajeee-6-2-4
Copyright © 2018 Science and Education Publishing

Cite this paper:
Mikias Hailu Kebede. Design of Standalone PV System for a Typical Modern Average Home in Shewa Robit Town-Ethiopia. American Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. 2018; 6(2):72-76. doi: 10.12691/ajeee-6-2-4.

Correspondence to: Mikias  Hailu Kebede, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, Debre Berhan University, Debre Berhan, Ethiopia. Email: hailumikias@dbu.edu.et, hailumikias@yahoo.com

Abstract

In this paper a standalone PV system for the electrification of a typical modern average home in Shewa Robit (Longitude and Latitude of 10°00′N, 39°54′E respectively with an elevation of 1280 meters above sea level) that can meet the electricity power demand successfully has been designed. So as to know the daily energy consumption, load estimation has been done by considering the floor plan of the home and the daily power consumption and energy demand of the house at peak hour were found to be 5.048kW/day and 11.619kWh/day respectively. The design result shows that a typical modern average home in Shewa Robit can be electrified by using sixteen sm-130 PV modules, six 6E120-13, 12V, 808Ah batteries, one 3kW inverter, one Schneider (Xantrex) C35, 12/24V charge controller and 20m, 53.5mm2 copper conductor with the total investment cost of $12,960.36 which gives a unit cost of energy (COE) of 0.058 $/kWh.

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