Multi-criteria fuzzy algorithm for energy management of a domestic photovoltaic panel

Chokri Ben Salah, Maher Chaabene and Mohsen Ben Ammar

Renewable Energy, 2008, vol. 33, issue 5, 993-1001

Abstract: This paper presents a fuzzy algorithm which makes decision so as to connect domestic apparatus on either the electrical grid or a photovoltaic panel (PVP). The decision is made in real time with respect to multi-energy save criteria and upon the PVP maximum available power and apparatus states. The algorithm is validated on a 1kW peak (kWp) PVP and domicile apparatus of different powers installed at the Energy and Thermal Research Centre (CRTEn) in the north of Tunisia. Criteria are verified on the system behaviour during days covering the different seasons of the year. The power audit, established using measures, confirms that the energy save during daylight reaches 90% of the PVP available energy.

Keywords: Energy management; Fuzzy decision; Photovoltaic; Energy saves (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2007.05.036

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