Design of hybrid power plants (solar module-generator set)

Abstract

Hybrid power plant which utilizes the solar module is the primary source and the generator set is the secondary source for backing up the solar module in battery charging in the village of western Meranti. The total energy needed in this village is 14.21 kWh per day and the use of this energy is from 18:00 to 6:00 o’clock. After the calculation is obtained that the capacity of the battery needed to store energy is 731 Ah with a total of 20 batteries capacity of 1 battery 150 Ah 12 V. In this area the average insolation is 4.87 kWh / m2 / day, irradiation hours in this village obtained 4.87 hours a day, then the solar module needed 40 modules with 2 circuits, each series is made 2 series and 10 parallel, the required Solar Charge Controller capacity is a minimum of 68.37 A for 2 units and for the inverter because the maximum load power is 2,880 W, the inverter with a capacity of 4,000 W is chosen and for the Genset to be used is a generator with an output of 4,500 W and a battery charger capacity minimum 54.825 A. The use of generator set is only for charging energy to the battery if the energy inside the battery has reached the planned DOD limit and the cost of electricity produced is Rp4.524,00/kWh.