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1 Introduction 4
1.1 Background of the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.2 Type of Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
1.3 Location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
2 Demand Analysis 6
2.1 Load Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2.2 The Daily Load Curve . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
3 Resource Assessment 8
3.1 Detailed Resources Assessment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
3.2 Key Findings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8 Economic/Financial Analysis 18
9 Concluding Remarks 19
9.1 Conclusions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
9.2 Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Bibliography 20
Appendices 21
Appendix A Appendix A 21
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List of Tables
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List of Figures
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Chapter 1
Introduction
Energy plays a vital role in humans in everyday life. From the very beginning of human civilization,
fossil fuel has become the most used energy source throughout the whole world. Its demand has
increased drastically day by day. But fossil fuel reserve has been constrained. Also different calamities
such as climate change, global warming etc. are causing great harm to our life. The rate of energy
consumption is increasing and supply is decreasing. So, we need sustainable energy systems for
replacing conventional fossil fuel systems. Many of the worlds developed countries are trying to
produce their necessary energy from renewable resources. Our country is not out of this situation.
Total energy consumption in 2012 was 31.29 million tons of oil equivalents, out of which, traditional
biomass consumes and conventional energy i.e. fossil fuel consumes the most[1]. Bangladesh is also
trying to shift to renewable energy as its main power source. Our country is blessed with many natural
energy resources such as water, solar, wind etc. Among these, solar energy is the most attractive and
suitable. Following this motive, different projects have been placed throughout the country. Our main
objective through the project is to design and develop a 5kW hybrid solar photo-voltaic system in
Moheshkhali, Bangladesh and to analyze its financial and technical performance. We will focus on
the simplicity of the function, high efficiency, high durability and low maintenance of the hybrid solar
photo-voltaic system.
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1.3 Location
Our study was conducted to know the real scenario the Maheshkhali area, situated in Chittagong,
Bangladesh. It helped to understand the necessary steps and project goal. Its latitude is 21°31’13”
and longitude is 91°58’10” [2]. A feasibility study was conducted over the location. We found that the
area was green grassland, no obstacle was found for setting the Solar PV system. No legal boundaries
were found that may cause violation due to setting up this system. Digital location from map link
collected from Global Solar Atlas is provided bellow.
URL: https://globalsolaratlas.info/map?s=21.52021,91.96954m=sitec=21.52021,91.96954,11
Figure 1.1: A Map Showing the Location of the Power Plant Site
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Chapter 2
Demand Analysis
A small was hypothetically observed determining the load demand of the area. The market we
planned was consist of 12 shops. Among them, two cloth shops, one pharmacy, two grocery shops, one
stationary shop, two general stores, one tea store, one fruit shop, one confectionery and one barbershop.
Each shop will have lights and fans in general. Some shop will have devices regarding their service.
Grocery shops, departmental stores and confectionery will use refrigerators for preserving products.
The stationary shop may have a printing and photocopy machine. Tea stalls will have a television for
their customers’ recreation. Other devices and charging ports are also considered.
All the electric devices were chosen based on efficiency and performance. Energy-saving CFL lights
were chosen for each shop. It will provide high lumination using low electric power. Lights will be
active for an average of 6 hours as the shops will need all of it in the evening for a few hours and
few wills kept on all night. Energy-efficient electric fans were also chosen. Gorilla Efficio Ceiling fan,
which can save 65% energy than other fans, will be used. The fan will be used from 8 am to 10
pm as there will be shopkeepers and customers at that time. At night, when the shops are closed,
all fans will be kept switched off. Four different types of the fridge, such as ice cream fridge, cold
drinks fridge etc. will be used. The refrigerators will be kept active 24 hours as it is used to keep
product preservation. A small energy-efficient led television will be used for customers recreation in
the tea store. It will keep running from the morning as the shop starts and will be switched off at
the closing time. Sharp AR-7024 photocopy machine will take a very high load. But considering the
high price of low power usage photocopy machine, we had to consider this one. It will remain active
for several hours following customer demand. Other devices will be kept as much efficient as possible.
The activity of these devices will vary from time to time.
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2.2 The Daily Load Curve
A daily load curve is drawn assuming the daily activities of the shops. Such as, in zero hours, there
will be only some lights and refrigerators working. Till 7 am, this load will be continued. Then some
shops will be opening, the load will be increasing. At 12 am, all the shops will be at their maximum
peak time and the load will be very high. Then it will be decreasing from 2 pm as lunchtime has
started. In the evening, it will rise again. At 6 pm all the electric devices will be active, then the load
will touch its peak point. After 10 pm, it will touch its lower load value.
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Time [Hour]
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Chapter 3
Resource Assessment
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Figure 3.3: Average hourly profile of solar radiation
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Chapter 4
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4.2 Selection of Components through Literature Review
A brief study of different components was conducted on different websites. We searched on the web-
site and social media page and channels of several solar PV system components supplier and provider
of our country. We compared and analyzed market review, durability, efficiency, customer satisfac-
tion and cost of those products from different providers. After a satisfactory comparison, we found
these listed products more eligible for our project than other products available in our market. Some
components were not available on the exact point that we need. Some were without any specifica-
tion data provided in the suppliers’ website or social media platform. For that chase, we have taken
data from the producer website and chose a product available on the top point. Such as, we didn’t
have any good 5kW hybrid solar inverter in the market. So we choose a 7 kW inverter from Luminous.
Sl. No. Component No. of Units Price/unit (Taka) Total (Taka) Remarks (if any)
1 Solar PV Modules 19 16000 304000 Akhter Group PLC
2 Charge Controller 1 2820 2820 Ensysco Solar-mate
3 Battery Bank 8 18000 144000 VOLVO Solar Battery
4 Inverter 1 220000 220000 Luminus NXT
5 Balance of System – 5000 5000 Wiring, Switches etc.
6 Installation Charge – 50000 50000 Labour, transport etc.
Total= 725820
• Solar PV Module used: Akhter Group PLC ASL- 250W/24V. (URL: akhtersolar.com )
• Charge controller used: Ensysco Solar-mate charge controller, Type : PWM MPPT, 3 years
warranty. (URL: ensyscobd.com)
• Battery used: VOLVO Solar Battery 130 Ah, Model: SOLAR - 130, Capacity: 130 Ah, Warranty
: 5 Years for DC Solar. (URL: daraz.com.bd)
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Chapter 5
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5.2 Performance Analysis
While doing the analysis, three systems has been developed. Performance analysis using HOMER
Grid software is shown below.
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Figure 5.4: Data table of system 3
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5.4 Technical Specifications of the Final Design
In our final design, we used components and system setup as per our initial plan. We used Akhter
Group PLC as our Solar PV Modules. Nineteen units of modules were used as we need 4.75kW elec-
tricity as per our assumption. We tried to save additional cost for making an exact 5 kW system. Our
solar charge controller was Ensysco Solar-mate, a well-known product in our country. This product is
cost-efficient and also have 3 years warranty. Volvo Solar battery, from a worldwide famous company
Volvo, has been used in our design. A battery pack of 8 batteries, of 130 Ah and 1kWh as per the
generic model was developed. We didn’t have a 5 kW inverter available in our country. So we used
the Luminus NXT 7kW inverter. For the balancing system, good quality wires, switches and other
components were considered. The final design was not changed due to some factors. As our goal was
to design and fulfil the criteria of Designing a 5kW Solar Photo-voltaic Power Plant in Maheshkhali,
we did not change the preliminary design due to lack of proper data and time.
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Chapter 6
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Chapter 7
7.1 Local
Fossil fuel power plants have serious air pollution issues. Because they emit Greenhouse gas like COX
,N OX , SOX etc. These emissions degrade the quality of air making it harmful for living creature on
the earth. Using solar PV this air pollution can be replaced. Fossil fuel power plants also pollute water
by disposing of toxic waters in rivers. Water becomes contaminated by getting mixed up with toxic
waters. This is very harmful to living creatures under the water. The water also becomes unsuitable
for any kind of use. Using solar PV water pollution can be e terminated. These conventional power
plants also pollute the land by disposing of toxic water on land. This toxic wastage degrades the
quality of the land. The soil loses its fertility. It hinders the growth of the quality of food stock
making the soil poisonous. Using solar PV this type of land pollution can be removed.
7.2 Regional
Emissions from these fossil fuel power plants also contain N OX ,SOX . When these N OX ,SOX are
emitted into the air they can go very high into the atmospheric layer. There they mix and react with
the atmospheric components and form more acidic pollutants known as acid rain. This acid rain is
harmful to both lives below water and life on land. As it falls onto the earth making both the water
and Earth acidic. It also makes many diseases even worse. It causes harm to the Infrastructures.
Using a solar PV system this acid rain may be stopped. These harmful emissions deplete the ozone
layer. Depletion of the Ozone layer increases the level of ultraviolet radiation on earth. This ozone
layer also likes an umbrella for the earth protecting it from harmful ultraviolet radiation. If the ozone
layer depletion continuous it will be very harmful to human health. Using a solar PV system this
ozone layer depletion can be stopped.
7.3 Global
Over the last 50 years, the average global temperature has increased at the fastest rate in recorded
history. This increase in temperature is called global warming. Global warming contributions to
climate change that occurs in Earth’s average weather over an extended period. Greenhouse gases
emitted from fossil fuel power plants play a vital role in accelerating Global Warming. Due to this
global warming ice in many regions of the earth have started to melt at an alarming rate. The
temperature of the area is rising. Many natural disasters are also triggered due to global warming. If
this continues to happen in future, the existence of human will be in great danger. Many parts of the
land will be submerged underwater. Many species will be extinct. By using solar PV system instead
of these fossil fuel plants global warming can be slowed down.
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Chapter 8
Economic/Financial Analysis
Through the simulation of the project, it was clear that this project has a payback time of 6.21
years. This is a great opportunity for the sustainable development of our country. With an on-time
investment and very low maintenance cost, it can save a huge amount of money. It can save a large
amount of electricity bill every year. As per our simulation, only a little part needs to be taken from
the grid line. This is a high chance of improvement. This Power Generation system has an annual
worth of 898,309 takas. It will be able to return 12.1% investment and the internal rate will be 15.7%.
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Chapter 9
Concluding Remarks
9.1 Conclusions
Throughout this project, our most important part of work and study was to develop a design based
on the available resources. We started with studying in Maheshkhali area, land properties, natural
resources and other environmental criteria. Then we developed a 5kW grid-connected hybrid solar
photovoltaic power plant for a hypothetical market. We assumed all the parameters can be affecting
the power generation and usage process. After all these, we ended up with a good performance power
plant design which can repay its cost within 6 years only. Our most valuable lessons learned from the
project,
• We didn’t have much idea before about the natural resources of power generation of our country.
Our country is blessed with a lot of natural power resources. These are only needed to be
identified and implemented proper measures to convert them into electric or mechanical energy.
While working on this project, we had experience with different power sources which will help
us in future to gain more knowledge and to implement them in the practical field.
• This project helped us to understand different local, regional and global impacts on an energy
resource and power generation system. SDGs, environmental, financial impact, local rules and
conducts can be very important for such type of work. This factor will cooperate us to work on
any project with a view of designing that based on a global view.
• We also learned different software and websites which are very helpful for designing this type of
systems.
9.2 Recommendations
While working on this project, we faced lots of difficulties. We had overcome most of them and
completed our job successfully. Some recommendation are listed below that may help for further
work,
• We have a lack of quality products available in our country. We should take steps to make them
spread out in the out market.
• Using proper data and analysis system in software is quite difficult. We faced a problem while
using BDT instead of USD. So, the use of USD will be useful for better accuracy.
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Bibliography
[1] A. Faysal and P. K. Ghosh, “Design and Performance Evaluation of Large Scale Grid Connected
PV System in the Context of Developing Countries,” vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 157–162, 2012.
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Appendix A
Appendix A
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