Energia solar fotovoltaica no laboratório de engenharia de energia - UFGD

Abstract

The increased demand for energy caused by the growth of human population and technological development, together with the decreasing supply of fossil fuels and concern about the environment has led to the search for new sources of energy that are renewable and / or facilitate resilience environment, and are feasible from a technical and economic standpoint. Given such a scenario, harnessing energy from the sun proves an excellent alternative since it is an abundant source that offers a potential much higher than human consumption. In this paper, the inclusion of a standalone photovoltaic system in the laboratory of Power Engineering of the Federal University of Great Golden (UFGD) was studied. It was considered that the building would be energy self-sufficient with only the solar resource to power generation. From the sizing was estimated annual generation of electricity to meet the local demand. Equipment costs of the system, being made a search with the same suppliers were estimated. Therefore, a simplified economic analysis was conducted to check the rate of return of photovoltaic technology.