Abstract
Renewable energy is the most sustainable and viable option to meet the increased demand for energy in today’s world. On the basis of different available resources for generation of renewable form of energy, solar photovoltaic is the mostly used because solar energy is abundantly available in most parts of our earth. In this study, a grid-tied photovoltaic (PV) 10 kW power plant at the location of Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University (32.94 ºN, 74.95 ºE)), Jammu has been designed and analyzed. The performance of the system was simulated using PVsyst software V6.86. Performance parameters such as performance ratio and annual system production were used to study the effects of variation of different design parameters on the system performance. Different design parameters like tilt angle, cable cross-sectional area, and type of conductor material used in DC cables are also considered. The output results revealed that the system performs best at tilt angle of 35° using copper as cable conductor with cross-sectional area of 6 mm2, giving maximum performance ratio i.e. 81.35% and, the minimum performance ratio i.e. 81.11% is observed at tilt of 25° and by using aluminium as cable conductor with cross-sectional area of 2.5 mm2. This study helps the new researchers for design the new PV power plant with minimum area.
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