Abstract:
Rural health service is an important national and international
priority. However, the availability of electricity to support proper rural
health services is less than adequate in many countries. In recent years
the development of reasonably priced and reliable energy systems has
made it possible to provide vaccines and other basic health care services
in remote areas. A number of international, national, local institutions
and private companies are now deploying renewable energy systems to
rural communities in the developing world where health care in rural
areas is a national priority.
This thesis presents a study and sizing of a complete stand-alone
photovoltaic (PV) system for providing the electrical loads in an
emergency health clinic according to their energy requirements. Typical
energy consumption daily profiles for Kenana area seven health center.
The PV system is optimally sized to be an optimal economic system.
Computer software is used to sizing and optimization tool to determine
the size of photovoltaic system components, system corresponding
produced electrical energy. The results were 74 solar modules (200watt),
32 batteries (12V, 180Ah), 1 Inverter (4825w, 48Vdc, 230Vac) and 1
charge controller (80A, 48Vdc). The results show that the sizing of PV
stand-alone system depends on the load data, the solar resource data and
system components.
