PVAnalytX: A MATLAB toolkit for techno-economic analysis and performance evaluation of rooftop PV systems

Masood Ul Hassan; Sajeeb Saha; Md Enamul Haque

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2021.120074

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PVAnalytX: A MATLAB toolkit for techno-economic analysis and performance evaluation of rooftop PV systems

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PVAnalytX: A MATLAB toolkit for techno-economic analysis and performance evaluation of rooftop PV systems

Masood Ul Hassan, Sajeeb Saha and Md Enamul Haque

Energy , Vol.223, pp.1-18

2021

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2021.120074

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Abstract

Performance evaluation

Techno-economic analysis

Rooftop PV Systems

Solar PV Batteries

Energy storage systems

The adaptation of rooftop solar PV systems has increased significantly in recent years. Batteries have become an essential part of the rooftop solar PV systems, which ensures maximum utilisation of solar energy. With a view to present a clear insight to benefits of a rooftop solar PV system, considering both the technical and economic benefits, a MATLAB based PVAnalytX software toolkit has been presented in this paper. The end users can evaluate both the technical and economic benefits of a rooftop solar PV system considering solar generation and electricity demand variability, as well the battery performance degradation over the course of its usage. In addition, the mechanism to generate forecasted solar power generation and electricity demand data is also included as a feature in the proposed software toolkit. Furthermore, the toolkit considers actual electricity imports and export tariffs that allow the end consumers to know their financial expenditures for electricity consumption and income generated through the export of access rooftop PV energy to the grid. A thorough validation of the proposed toolkit has been presented through two case studies using actual dataset of rooftop PV systems located at CBD region of Sydney, Australia.

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Title: PVAnalytX: A MATLAB toolkit for techno-economic analysis and performance evaluation of rooftop PV systems
Authors: Masood Ul Hassan (Author) - Deakin University
Sajeeb Saha (Author) - Deakin University
Md Enamul Haque (Author) - Deakin University
Publication details: Energy , Vol.223, pp.1-18
Publisher: Elsevier Ltd
DOI: 10.1016/j.energy.2021.120074
ISSN: 1873-6785
Organisation Unit: University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; School of Science, Technology and Engineering
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99532307802621
Output Type: Journal article

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