Year: 2024 | Month: April | Volume: 11 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 318-327
DOI: https://doi.org/10.52403/ijrr.20240435
PVsyst and Homer for the Evaluation of a Project to Size a Photovoltaic Solar Power Plant in Reinforcement of the CEET Network in Lomé in Togo by Characterization of the Electrical Energy Consumed
APALOO BARA Komla Kpomonè1,2, KOMBATE Damipi3
1Department of Electrical Engineering, Polytechnic School of Lomé (EPL), University of Lomé, Togo
2Engineering Sciences Research Laboratory (LARSI), University of Lomé, Togo
3Department of Renewable Energy, Directorate of Thermal Production and Renewable Energy, (DPTER), SYSAID FASO, Burkina Faso
Corresponding Author: APALOO BARA Komla Kpomonè
ABSTRACT
The world is currently affected by climate change and the primary cause is the pollution of nature by the sources used for the production of electricity. This article aims to improve this situation by the insertion of photovoltaic sources. Consumption data from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. from the CEET Lomé A substation in Togo are considered. A statistical characterization is carried out then the PVsyst and Homer software are used to explore the possibilities of installing the solar power plant. The theoretical target area is a no man’s land in the locality of Noèpé near the Togo-Ghana border. The results of the characterization show that the data are well distributed around a central value in relation to Gauss's normal law and made it possible to find 73.23 MW as the power requirement. The domestic power factors cosphi =0.9 and industrial cosphi =0.81 imposed by the CEET for network stability are used as correction factors. The results of the project are as follows: PVsyst gives a module power of 550Wp, 25 modules in series for 3640 in parallel and 46 inverters. In addition, we have 95,894 modules by Homer with an energy proposal of 40,936 GWh per year, for an autonomy of 14.5 hours, an operating cost of 2,442,160,000 FCFA and the price per KWh which amounts to 154.2 FCFA. The implementation of such a project will contribute to the protection of nature. However, it is the state which must decide on the installation site for the implementation of the project.
Keywords: Characterization, Electrical Energy Consumption, Homer, PVsyst, Solar Photovoltaic.
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