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    Calculation of off-grid solar power system

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    Calculation of off-grid solar power system
    Eng Abdiwahab Mohamed Ismail, Email: [email protected]

    Let’s assume we needed 2500Wh power and the total connected load in watts 350W
    ✓ Total power consumption is 2500Wh
    ✓ Total connected load is 350W
    Inverter rating should be greater than the total connected load. So the inverter we are going to
    use with the system can be 500-100W
    The inverter should provide 2500Wh output a day. Every inverter has an efficiency factor. This
    means it can’t provide the same amount of power we give to it using batteries. We assume a
    typical inverter has 80% efficiency.
    Battery side

    𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛


    𝐼𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = . . (𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟)
    𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦

    2500
    𝐼𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = = 3125 𝑊ℎ . . (𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟)
    0.8
    Every battery has charging and discharging losses here we again consider battery efficiency as
    80%. It is not the depth of discharge. We will take that into account later.

    𝐼𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦


    𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 =
    𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦

    3125
    𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = = 3906 𝑊ℎ
    0.8

    𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟


    𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐴ℎ =
    𝐵𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑣𝑜𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑔𝑒

    3906
    𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐴ℎ = = 325 𝐴ℎ
    12
    Every battery has s depth of charge. Foe Li batteries it is more than 90%. modern lead-acid
    batteries designed for solar applications have nearly 80% depth of discharge. Consider depth of
    discharge as 80%
    𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐴ℎ = 𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐴ℎ × 1.2

    𝑇𝑜𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑖𝑛 𝐴ℎ = 325 × 1.2 = ~ 400 𝐴ℎ

    Total battery Ah should be 400 Ah. This means you can use a single 400Ah 12V battery (12V
    system) or two 200Ah 12V batteries in series. (24V system)

    Charge Controller
    Then there is charge controller. It’s what regulates the power coming in from the solar panel. A
    solar controller also has an output efficiency of 90%.
    𝐴𝑐𝑡𝑢𝑎𝑙 𝑏𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑦 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟
    𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 =
    𝐸𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑐𝑖𝑒𝑛𝑐𝑦

    3906
    𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟 = = 4340 𝑊ℎ
    0.9

    Solar Panel
    When we divide this value by peak solar hours in your area you will get the solar panel size.

    𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑡𝑟𝑜𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑟 𝑖𝑛𝑝𝑢𝑡 𝑝𝑜𝑤𝑒𝑟


    𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 =
    𝑠𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑖𝑟𝑟𝑎𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

    4340
    𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑎𝑟 𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑒𝑙 𝑠𝑖𝑧𝑒 = = 789 = ~ 800 𝑊
    5.5

    That is how off grid solar power system is sized

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