Analysis of the potential of floating photovoltaic systems on dead sea water surface

Other Title(s)

تحليل إمكانية استخدام أنظمة الخلايا الشمسية العائمة على سطح المياه في البحر الميت

Dissertant

al-Maayitah, Isra Abd al-Hamid

Thesis advisor

al-Jabburi, Sallum Ahmad Dawud

Comitee Members

Mustafa, Ramadan Jabr Muhammad
al-Sarayirah, Falah Mustafa Sulayman
Abbadi, Usamah Yusuf Hasan

University

Mutah University

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

Department

Mechanical Engineering Department

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2017

English Abstract

Esraa A.

AL- Maaitah Recently, the high energy demand and the continues depletion of the fossil fuels in the world lead us to shift focus to renewable energy source ,Jordan as a developing country that depends on imported fuel needs such a trend ,solar energy not only the future unlimited ,it is also viable for the environment, on other hand Solar energy can be installed in any place.

The major issue with the solar energy is the requirement of land which is scarcely available in the world and even costly to get.

But floating solar plants can be installed in any water bodies which will not only reduce the cost of the land but will increase the amount of generation with the cooling effect of water, and reduce the evaporation .

However, little attention has been paid to the potential placement of floating photovoltaic (PV) systems operated on water bodies in Jordan , this work analyzed the potential of floating PV systems on Dead Sea surface water, using manual calculation and software program to assessment and identify the solar radiation data in Dead sea.

The layout of the floating PV system was designed in consideration of the optimal tilt angle and array spacing of the PV panels, and the PVsyst Model was used to conduct energy simulations based on weather data and the system design.

The results indicated that the proposed PV system could generate 1491 MWh/year, the economic analysis showed that the total investment value would be 630.423 JOD, and a payback period of about 3.1 years.

Compare with the system on the ground where the longest period of 4.78year as a payback period, The annual reduction of greenhouse gas emissions was analyzed and found to be 29788 tCO2/year, also with reduction of evaporation by 12% from area which has been covered.

Finally this system is more efficient than conventional (land based) system with efficiency higher by 0.8% than the system on the ground, It is the result of the effect of water in the cooling of cells and thus a 8.5% drop in the degree of cells to the degree of these cells on the surface of the earth

Main Subjects

Mechanical Engineering

No. of Pages

114

Table of Contents

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-778867