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Thesis |
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Document Title |
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Appraisal of Prospective Schemes in Solar Energy Applications تقويم المشاريع المتوقعة في تطبيقات الطاقة الشمسية |
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Subject |
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Faculty of Engineering - Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering |
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Document Language |
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Arabic |
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Abstract |
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The continued rise of electricity demand in Saudi Arabia requires an expansion of power generation. The conventional generation is one of the major causes for an environmental pollution and impact on the human health due to the emissions of Greenhouse gases. Therefore, it is essential to find an alternative generation which preserves the environment, human health and would support the existing conventional generation. Saudi Arabia has a suitable geographical location in the Sun Belt which lead it to be one of the largest solar energy producers. For that reason, it is valuable to generate a clean energy using a direct sunlight through photovoltaic cells. Accordingly, this thesis aims to design photovoltaic grid connected (PVGC) power plants in Saudi Arabia at proper locations that have higher solar radiation and are not located within sand dunes or in shifting sands areas. These power plants will cover 15% of the expected load by 2020 and will support the conventional generation during peak load. The study coveres economics of solar energy, environmental and health impacts, load forecasting, geographical location and design of solar power plants. It shows that solar energy will be competitor to conventional generation once hidden costs of fossil fuels are included. PVGC software was built to assist in the design of PVGC power plants. Results show that inserting 11273.25MW from solar energy in the grid of Saudi Arabia would save the emission of 3581151 Tons of CO2, 62869 Tons of SO2 and 42375 Tons of NOx. The tariff of PVGC power plants in this design varied between 0.45 to 0.72 SR/kWh. The solar radiation is the most significant factor in the design of PVGC plants. Accordingly, Saudi Arabia will be ready to insert PVGC in the network by 2020 to support the conventional generation to meet the increasing of power demand.
Keywords: Conventional generation, solar energy, photovoltaic cells, Saudi Arabia, solar radiation, hidden costs, PVGC software |
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Supervisor |
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DR. Abdulrahman Hamed Al-Masoud |
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Thesis Type |
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Master Thesis |
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Publishing Year |
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1434 AH
2013 AD |
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Saturday, March 9, 2013 |
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Researchers
| حاتم محمد قانديه | Gandayh, Hatim Mohammed | Researcher | Master | |
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