TITLE:
Optimisation of Electrical Distribution System by Using Solar Thermal Powered Systems and Its Impact on Electrical Distribution Feeders
AUTHORS:
Punnaiah Veeraboina, G. Yesuratnam
KEYWORDS:
Solar Thermal Power Systems, Electrical Distribution Feeder, Energy Consumption, Automatic Power Factor Correction, Electrical Heaters
JOURNAL NAME:
Energy and Power Engineering,
Vol.8 No.4,
April
29,
2016
ABSTRACT: In this research, the performance of the solar thermal powered systems (STPS) is analyzed with different models (without inserts, with inserts and with Nano fluids with different concentrations) and its impact on the Electric load in a residential/Institutional Electrical Distribution system. For this purpose, the electrical and solar thermal water heater is tested and validated. Solar thermal powered systems and its impact on the Institutional electrical distribution feeders are tested and compared with the energy efficiency (EE) and cost optimization. The goal of this paper is to analyze the impact of solar thermal energy on electrical energy consumption in the electrical distribution feeder level. The electrical system cost and energy consumptions are tabulated and observed that there is a considerable savings.