Chapter 01: Introduction
Introduction
Background of the thesis
Related Work
Motivations
Specific Objectives
Layout of thesis
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1.1: Introduction
The purpose of this chapter is to present the background of the thesis, the literature review,
and the motivation behind the work. The chapter also provides the main objectives of the
research as well as the thesis layout organization.
1.2: Background of the thesis
In the present world, utilizing the fossil fuel to generate energy is the mainstream. However,
this leads to severe drawbacks such as environmental pollution, greenhouse gas, climate
change, energy insecurity, etc. Since the total amount of extractable fossil fuel is limited and
reduced by every minute, an energy crisis is ensuing shortly. The necessity of proper
arrangements in anticipation of the scarcity of fuel with its high cost is a recognized threat to
policymakers. To avoid such a future, the solution researchers came up with is renewable
energy. Currently, the use of renewable energy for the generation of energy is increasing at a
rapid pace. Many countries, including our own, are actively promoting renewable energy
technologies in as many ways as possible. Among the renewable energy sources, solar energy is
available in an unlimited amount and is the easiest to handle. It is the most suitable source of
energy where solar radiation is available all around the year. It is a clean source of energy free
of carbon and other harmful greenhouse gas emissions. Therefore, it controls global warming
and is environmentally- friendly.
The sun delivers energy in the main two forms: heat and light. Thus, depending on the utilized
form of energy, two types of solar power systems, solar thermal systems that trap heat to
warm up water, and solar PV systems that convert sunlight directly into electricity as shown in
Figure 1
Figure 1: The difference between solar thermal and solar PV systems
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1.3: Literature Review
Shalini et al. <1> have presented a pre-feasibility estimation of a 550.8KW grid-connected roof-
mounted solar PV system. They used PV*SOL Premium to design the three-dimensional (3-D)
building blocks with solar panels adjusted optimally on shade-free regions of the roof with
optimum tilt angle (equal to latitude angle) to tap maximum solar radiation and in turn increase
the productivity of the system and SAM to make the performance and financial predictions,
while defining the system specifications in the input pages of SAM the result parameters
obtained during PV*SOL Premium simulation are considered as the reference. They showed
that the designed system can generate an adequate amount of electrical power as compared to
Consumption and mitigate the energy consumption from grid supply as well as reduce the grid
dependency.
Ronak et al. <2> present a system designing methodology for a 234 kW grid-connected solar
photovoltaic system that can serve the energy demand and alleviate grid reliance. Financial
analysis of these systems by assuming some parameters is also done in this study. In addition,
They used PV*SOL Premium to calculate various performance indicators.
Mehedi et al. <3> propose a design and software simulation of a cost-effective and self-reliant
solar energy model by utilizing a monofacial solar photovoltaic panel-based energy harvesting
system. In the design, the 3D model of the system is demonstrated by utilizing PVSOL software,
and monthly energy production is obtained by performing the simulation in three software
named PVSOL, PVsyst, and System Advisor Model (SAM). They tabulated the monthly
consumption, depicted a graphical presentation, and illustrated the energy flow diagram
showing that the proposed PV system can contribute 18.4% to the annual demand.
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1.4: Motivations
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