Photovoltaic Demonstration Projects 2 (Commission of the European Communities)

BOOK COVER......Page 1
HALF-TITLE......Page 2
TITLE......Page 4
COPYRIGHT......Page 5
PREFACE......Page 6
CONTENTS......Page 8
Part I— Overviews and summaries......Page 12
1.1 WELCOME......Page 14
1.2.2 Monitoring Techniques and Results Format......Page 15
1.2.4 The European Working Group on PV Plant Monitoring......Page 16
SE 466/83 Rural Electrification of 40 Houses in France......Page 18
SE 138/85 Photovoltaic Power Package for Remote Dwellings on Stromboli Island......Page 19
2.1.2 Presentation of Results and Discussion on Remote Housing......Page 20
SE 507/84 Solar Wind Cogeneration for Urban Residential Use......Page 21
2.2.2 Presentation of Results and Discussion on Grid-Connected Houses......Page 22
SE 084/84 Stand-alone Residential PV System with Motor Generator Backup......Page 23
2.3.2 Presentation of Results and Discussion of Farms and Hostels......Page 24
SE 692/84 Lighting of Archeological Sites......Page 25
SE 313/83 Gavdos Photovoltaic Power Plant......Page 26
2.5.2 Presentation of Results and Discussion of Island Community Houses......Page 27
3.1.1 Introduction......Page 29
3.1.3 Markets......Page 30
3.1.4 Infrastructure......Page 31
3.1.6 Conclusions......Page 32
3.2 ACTIVITIES OF THE JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE RELATED TO PHOTOVOLTAICS......Page 33
4.1 OVERVIEW OF SESSION IV LIGHTHOUSES......Page 35
4.2 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ON LIGHTHOUSES......Page 36
5.1 OVERVIEW OF SESSION V WARNING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS......Page 38
5.2 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ON WARNING AND MONITORING SYSTEMS......Page 39
6.1 OVERVIEW OF SESSION VI WATER PUMPING AND TREATMENT......Page 40
6.2 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF WATER PUMPING AND TREATMENT......Page 41
7.1 OVERVIEW OF SESSION VII TELCOMMUNICATIONS......Page 42
7.2 PRESENTATION OF RESULTS AND DISCUSSION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS......Page 43
8.1 CONCLUSIONS OF THE MEETING......Page 44
8.2 CONCLUDING REMARKS......Page 45
Part II— Papers presented......Page 46
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 47
2.1. Background......Page 48
2.2. Stand-alone installations......Page 49
2.3 Grid-connected projects......Page 50
3. MONITORING......Page 51
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 55
3. DEFINITIONS OF VARIABLES USED IN THESE REPORTS......Page 56
6. CONCLUSION......Page 57
REPORTING GUIDELINES......Page 61
4 DISCUSSION......Page 62
1. Objectives......Page 63
3. Key Topics Addressed......Page 64
5. Assessment Methodology......Page 65
SESSION II: HOUSE ELECTRIFICATION......Page 68
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 69
2. PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 70
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 71
4. DETAILS OF PHOTOVOLTAIC USER APPLIANCES (equipment)......Page 72
6. EXPERIENCE OBTAINED DURING INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING......Page 73
7. EXPERIENCE OBTAINED DURING OPERATION......Page 74
I— INTRODUCTION......Page 78
2.3— Energy meters:......Page 79
2.4— Monitoring station......Page 80
3.1— Meter results:......Page 82
4. CONCLUSION......Page 83
1— INTRODUCTION......Page 86
2.1 Photovoltaic electricity......Page 87
2.4 Solar heating......Page 88
3. CONDITIONING THE SOLAR ARRAY POWER OUTPUT......Page 89
5. MONITORING SCHEME......Page 90
7. EXPERIENCE OBTAINED DURING THE OPERATION......Page 91
2. PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 94
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 95
5. DATA MONITORING......Page 96
5.1 MONITORED DATA......Page 97
6. EXPERIENCE OBTAINED DURING INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING......Page 99
8. CONCLUSIONS......Page 101
1. MAIN COMPONENTS OF PLANT......Page 102
3. DESCRIPTION OF MAIN COMPONENTS......Page 103
CONTRACT NO SE/507/84......Page 104
1.0 INTRODUCTION......Page 106
2.1 PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 108
2.2 SOLAR CONTROLS......Page 110
4.1 Storage......Page 111
4.3 CONTROL STRATEGY......Page 112
8.0 EXPERIENCE OBTAINED DURING OPERATION......Page 113
Contract No. SE/280/85......Page 115
1. Introduction......Page 117
2. Photovoltaic Array......Page 118
6. Experience Acquired during Installation and Commissioning......Page 119
CONTRACT NO SE/412/85......Page 120
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 121
3 POWER CONDITIONING......Page 124
5 MONITORING SCHEME......Page 125
Summary......Page 126
2. The photovoltaic array......Page 128
3. Power Conditioning......Page 130
4. Details of PV USER appliances (equipment)......Page 131
5. Monitoring Scheme......Page 132
6. Experience obtained during Installation and commissioning......Page 134
7. Experience obtained during operation......Page 135
Summary......Page 136
2. PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 137
3.2 Back-up operation:......Page 138
5. MONITORING SCHEME......Page 139
CONTRACT NO. SE/573/84......Page 140
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 141
2. PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 142
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 144
5. MONITORING SCHEME......Page 145
Contract n° SE/146/85......Page 148
Summary......Page 149
3. REFRIGERATOR GROUP......Page 150
Contract n° SE 540/85......Page 151
1. Foreword......Page 152
3) Power conditioning......Page 160
4) Data acquisition system......Page 161
SUMMARY......Page 164
2. PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 165
5. DATA MONITORING SYSTEM......Page 166
6. PRESENT STATUS, EXPERIENCE OBTAINED......Page 168
Contract n° SE 098/85......Page 170
1) INTRODUCTION......Page 171
2) DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEM AND COSTS......Page 173
3) POWER CONDITIONNING......Page 177
4) DETAIL OF PV USER APPLIANCES......Page 178
5) MONITORING SHEME......Page 180
6) PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERD DURING INSTALLATIONJ AND COMMISIONNING......Page 181
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 182
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 183
5. MONITORING SCHEME......Page 184
Summary......Page 185
3 POWER CONDITIONING......Page 186
5 MONITORING SYSTEM......Page 187
CONTRACT NR SE/314/83......Page 188
Summary......Page 189
2. Photovoltaic array......Page 190
3. Power conditioning......Page 192
5. Monitoring scheme......Page 193
6. Experience obtained during Installation and Commissioning......Page 194
CONTRACT NR SE/404/83......Page 195
Summary......Page 196
1. Introduction......Page 197
2. Photovoltaic array......Page 198
4. Details of PV User appliances (equipment)......Page 199
CONTRACT NO. SE 187/85......Page 200
SUMMARY......Page 201
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 202
2 PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 205
3 POWER CONDITIONING......Page 206
6. EXPERIENCES OBTAINED DURING INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING......Page 207
7 EXPERIENCES OBTAINED DURING OPERATION......Page 208
Past and Present Activities......Page 211
Future Activities......Page 212
Summary......Page 214
2 PHOTOVOLTAICC ARRAY......Page 215
3 POWER CONDITIONING......Page 216
5 TELEREPORTING SYSTEM (DIGISPONDER)......Page 217
Summary......Page 218
1 INTRODUCTION......Page 219
3 POWER CONDITIONING......Page 220
4 MONITORING SYSTEM......Page 221
5 INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING......Page 222
2. PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY(S)......Page 223
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 224
5. MONITORING SCHEME......Page 225
6. EXPERIENCE OBTAINED DURING INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING......Page 226
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 227
2. PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 228
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 230
5. MONITORING SCHEME......Page 231
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 233
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 234
5. PRESENT STATUS, EXPERIENCE OBTAINED......Page 235
CONTRACT NR SE/123/83......Page 238
Summary......Page 239
Introduction......Page 240
1.1. Fog detection and signalling system......Page 242
1.2. Experimental system......Page 246
2. MONITORING SCHEME......Page 249
3. EXPERIENCE OBTAINED DURING OPERATION......Page 252
Summary......Page 254
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 255
5.2 DC-energies......Page 256
SUMMARY......Page 257
2— PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 258
3— POWER CONDITIONING......Page 260
4— DETAILS OF PV USER APPLIANCE (equipment)......Page 261
5— MONITORING SCHEME......Page 262
Contrat Nr. SE/143/85......Page 265
Summary......Page 266
1 .1 Prefabricated photovoltaic desalination plant......Page 267
1.3 Technical description......Page 268
2. TECHNICAL FEATURES......Page 269
5. THE WATER PRODUCTION......Page 271
6. MEASUREMENT AND MONITORING PROGRAM......Page 272
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 273
2. PHOTOVOLTAIC ARRAY......Page 274
3. POWER CONDITIONING......Page 280
4. DETAILS OF THE LOAD......Page 281
5. MONITORING SCHEME......Page 282
6. EXPERIENCE AQUIRED SO-FAR......Page 283
7. RESULTS......Page 284
Summary......Page 288
3 RESULTS OF MONITORING......Page 289
REFERENCES......Page 290
Project No. SE 114/85 FR......Page 291
3— ADVANTAGES OF THE PV/DEG HYBRID SYSTEM......Page 292
4.4— Principle of operation (see figure II)......Page 293
4.5— Using conditions of the battery......Page 294
5.4— Battery......Page 295
6.7— Battery control unit (BCU)......Page 296
7.1— Overvoltage......Page 297
8— FIRST OPERATION RESULTS......Page 298
9.2— Data acquisition block diagram......Page 299
SUMMARY......Page 300
1.1. Present status of the Project......Page 302
1. 2. General specifications......Page 303
3.1. Control strategy......Page 304
4.1. Television relay transmitters......Page 305
5.1. Parameters monitored......Page 306
6. EXPERIENCE GAINED DURING INSTALLATION AND COMMISSIONING......Page 307
LIST OF PARTICIPANTS......Page 309
INDEX OF AUTHORS......Page 314