ASSESSMENT OF THE FEASIBILITY OF A

FLOATING PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM AT

GULSHAN LAKE

Submitted By Supervising By
1. Md Abdullah All Mamun (ID: 191001026) Md Hasan Maruf
2. Nayem Ahmed Noyon (ID:191001028) Assistant Professor
Department of EEE
Green University of Bangladesh
3. Farzana Akter Moli (ID: 191001162) Email: maruf@eee.green.edu.bd
Content
Introduction

Objective

Working map

Hand calculation

Software calculations

Prototype Setup

Reference

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Introduction

Solar Energy Floating Solar panel Inverter Transformer Grid line

Fig: Diagram of Floating solar system

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 20 Solar panel/row, 12 Array/Slots 100KW,
13 Inverter

11KV/132KV
Transformer

Grid Line
400V/11KV
Transformer

Solar Floating Grid

Energy Solar panel Inverter Transformer line
Objective
 Study on basics of the floating solar plant.
 Study on advantages and disadvantages, opportunities,
and challenges of the floating solar plant.
 Select an area with proper load profiles.
 The simulation is prepared in Homer software to compare
the result.
 Find per unit cost of the selected area.
 Set up a prototype to compare the result.

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Working Map

Literature Review Hand Calculations Software Calculations Prototype Setup

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Hand calculations
100KW,
13 Inverter
20 Solar panel/row, 12 Array/Slots

Grid Line
400V/11KV 11KV/132KV
Transformer Transformer

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Software Calculations

Per Unit Cost For 1MW

Year Theatrical COE (BDT.) Software COE (BDT.)
20 10.92 12.17

25 7.23 11.85
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Prototype Setup Data

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 Voltage Current
25 0.7
20 0.6
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15 0.4
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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 Day 5 Day 6 Day 7 Day 8
Day 6 Day 7 Day 8 Day 9 Day 10 Day 9 Day 10

Power Voltage, Current And Power Curve

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Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4 Day 5 10
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Voltage Current Power

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 References
 Alok Sahu, Neha Yadav, K. Sudhakar, Floating photovoltaic power plant: A review 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.08.051

 Patil (Desai) Sujay S., Wagh M. M., Shinde N. N, A Review on Floating Solar Photovoltaic Power Plants 2017.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/347818468

 Mevin Chandel, G.D. Agrawal, Sanjay Mathur, Anuj Mathur , Case Studies in Thermal Engineering, 2014,
www.elsevier.com/locate/csite

 Solar systems USA, 2011, http://www.solarsystemsusa.net/solar-panels/panels/sanyo/hit-n215a01/

 Parsons B. Photovoltaic feasibility assessment. PB Australia Pvt. Ltd; 2008 (July).

 Tidball R, Bluestein J, Rodriguez N, Knoke S, Cost and performance assumptions for modeling electricity generation
technologies, Subcontract Report NREL/SR-6A20-48595, November 2010.

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