Table 4 Summary of the technical and economic criteria for the optimal design of the hybrid SPV/DG system
Energy model | Economic factors | DG factors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Daily solar | SPV | DG | Battery | Inverter | Initial | Operating | NPC | Diesel | DG |
(kWh/m 2 ) | (kW) | (kW) | (unit) | (kW) | Capital | ($/year) | ($) | (L) | (h) |
5.1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | $11,210 | 1,993 | 40,188 | 1,880 | 6,091 |
5.2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | $11,210 | 1,980 | 40,000 | 1,866 | 6,039 |
5.3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | $11,210 | 1,968 | 39,820 | 1,854 | 5,999 |
5.4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | $11,210 | 1,956 | 39,653 | 1,840 | 5,954 |
5.5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 1.5 | $11,210 | 1,946 | 39,497 | 1,830 | 5,923 |