Studying the performance of second-generation PV solar technology under Baghdad climate
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6084/rjas.v1i2.389Keywords:
thin film, Grid tied, CIGS, PV system, performance, solar energyAbstract
The second generation technology studied in this work is CIGS technology. The CIGS cell is manufactured from Copper-Indium Gallium Selenide. This study exhibits the performance assessment of a 5kWp CIGS PV solar system Grid-tied, installed at Al-Mansour Factory/Baghdad-Iraq (latitude 33.3°N, longitude 44.4°E and 41m above the sea level). The current system was monitored and studied throughout 2018. The annual daily average of the final, array and reference yields of the system are 4.866 kWh/kWp, 5.03kWh/kWp and 6.20kWh/kWp respectively. The annual yield of the system's energy is 1769.12kWh/kWp. The annual energy output of the system is 8792.5kWh, while the annual global horizontal solar irradiation received in Baghdad is 1986.4kWh/m2. The annual daily average of the overall array and system losses are 1.62 kWh/kWp, 1kWh/kWp and 0.167kWh/kWp respectively. The annual average of the inverter, system and array efficiencies are 96.7%, 12.32%, and 12.74% respectively. The performance ratio (PR) and capacity factor (CF) are 81.1% and 20.3% respectively. This study indicates the good performance of CIGS technology under Baghdad-Iraq climate.
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