An approach to operate high-powered legacy electrical appliances on small scale solar PV systems

Zaid Bin Tariq, Qasim Khalid, Jahangir Ikram and Naveed Arshad

Renewable Energy, 2017, vol. 104, issue C, 238-247

Abstract: Due to high cost, solar Photovoltaic (PV) systems are not an attractive option for places where energy buyback programs are not available. Mostly because small scale PV systems are incapable of operating legacy high-powered electrical devices such as room air conditioners, induction motors and other compressor-based devices on renewable energy. This is because these devices show either capacitive or inductive behavior which results in a high transient power during their startup cycle, not accommodable by small-scale PV systems. Solutions to solve this problem such as Variable Frequency Drives (VFDs) are expensive and restrictive in their applicability.

Keywords: Solar PV optimization; Transient detection; Fine-grained clustering; Intelligent building; Energy efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2016.12.006

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