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How big should my battery be?

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posted on 2018-01-01, 00:00 authored by Peter HoranPeter Horan, Mark LutherMark Luther
Solar photovoltaic systems have been planned using rules of thumb and theoretical models, often in Excel spreadsheets, to size and explore the system required. These programs implement models based upon first principles and consider seasonal changes, location and orientation. Several are beginning to model battery storage. These methods depend on average data and ignore possible extreme behaviour. In this paper, we report on using grid energy data from a smart meter and harvested solar energy data collected from an existing domestic solar PV system. We use this data to explore the effects of varying solar system size and of adding a battery of various sizes. We examine the relationship between available solar energy, solar PV system size, grid data, house load and battery size using this data.

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Pagination

249-256

Location

Melbourne, Vic.

Start date

2018-11-28

End date

2018-12-01

ISBN-13

9780992383558

Language

eng

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed, E Conference publication

Copyright notice

2018, The Architectural Science Association and RMIT University, Australia

Extent

Conference

Editor/Contributor(s)

Rajagopalan P, Andamon M

Title of proceedings

ASA 2018 : Engaging architectural science: meeting the challenges of higher density : Proceedings of the 52th International Conference of the Architectural Science Association

Event

Architectural Science Association. Conference (52nd : 2018 : Melbourne, Vic.)

Publisher

Architectural Science Association

Place of publication

[Melbourne, Vic.]

Series

Architectural Science Association Conference

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