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Investigation and Performance Analysis of Two Identical Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Installations in Two Moroccan Cities Using a Monitoring Systems

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Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019) (AI2SD 2019)

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This work presents a daily performance analysis of two identical grid connected PV systems (1.86 KWP amorphous silicon), placed on the roof of two institutional buildings, the Faculty of Sciences Ben M’sik of Casablanca (FSBM) and the Faculty of Science and Technology of Mohammedia (FSTM). The performance evaluation based on the monitoring systems and under two daily climatic condition (sunny and cloudy day) includes: PV, inverter and system efficiency, reference, array and final yield as well as the performance ratio and the monthly and annual production of the two installations. The results show that the maximum values were in a sunny day at Mohammedia in inverter (Ƞinv) and system efficiency (Ƞsyst), reference (YR), array (YA) and final yield (YF) as well as the performance ratio (PR) with values of 94.9%, 8.24%, 7,28 kWh/kWp/day, 6,08 kWh/kWp/day and 83.49% respectively. The minimum values were in a cloudy day at Casablanca in Ƞinv, Ƞsyst, YA, YF and PR with values of 90.03%, 7.17%, 2.19 kWh/kWp/day, 1.98 kWh/kWp/day and 72.60% respectively. The investigation of the annual productivity shows that the installation under Mohammedia climate conditions delivers an energy of 1650.71 KWh/KWp, while under Casablanca climate conditions it delivers an energy of 1584.77 KWh/KWp. Not affected by the increase of the ambient temperature and the temperature of the modules, the use of amorphous technology is recommended in hot climate.

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All the sincere recognition to IRESEN for the financing of the project “PROPRE.MA”.

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  1. ERDyS Laboratory, MEEM & DD Group, Hassan II Casablanca University, FSTM BP 146, 20650, Mohammedia, Morocco

    Amine Haibaoui, Bouchaib Hartiti, Abderrazzak Elamim & Abdelkrim Batan

  2. LIMAT Laboratory, Department of Physics FSB, Hassan II Casablanca University, B.P 7955, Casablanca, Morocco

    Amine Haibaoui & Abderraouf Ridah

  3. Dept de chimie, FST d’Errachidia, UMI, Meknes, Morocco

    Abdelkrim Batan

  4. LMOPS Laboratory, Université de Lorraine, Metz, France

    Philippe Thevenin

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Haibaoui, A., Hartiti, B., Elamim, A., Ridah, A., Batan, A., Thevenin, P. (2020). Investigation and Performance Analysis of Two Identical Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Installations in Two Moroccan Cities Using a Monitoring Systems. In: Ezziyyani, M. (eds) Advanced Intelligent Systems for Sustainable Development (AI2SD’2019). AI2SD 2019. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 624. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36475-5_16

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