Table 9 Daily energy generation and estimated water loss by evaporation in a solar PV array of 1.0 KWP capacity in Visakhapatnam.
Month | Solar Energy | Estimated Daily Water Evaporation Loss | Estimated Daily Energy Generation | Energy Improvement Compared to Reference PV Module | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
(L/d) | (Wh/d) | (Wh/d) | |||||||||
(MJ/m2d) | Seawater | Tap Water | Desalinated Water | Reference PV Module | Seawater PV Module | Tap Water PV Module | Desalinated Water PV Module | Seawater PV Module | Tap Water PV Module | Desalinated Water PV Module | |
January | 18.8 | 43.2 | 48.4 | 55.8 | 2954.7 | 3400.7 | 3411.2 | 3772.5 | 446.0 | 456.5 | 817.8 |
February | 20.9 | 47.9 | 53.7 | 61.8 | 3276.2 | 3770.7 | 3782.3 | 4183.0 | 494.6 | 506.1 | 906.8 |
March | 23.3 | 53.5 | 60.0 | 69.0 | 3658.2 | 4210.4 | 4223.3 | 4670.8 | 552.2 | 565.1 | 1012.6 |
April | 25.2 | 57.9 | 64.9 | 74.7 | 3957.8 | 4555.2 | 4569.2 | 5053.3 | 597.4 | 611.4 | 1095.5 |
May | 22.6 | 51.9 | 58.2 | 67.0 | 3550.8 | 4086.8 | 4099.4 | 4533.7 | 536.0 | 548.6 | 982.9 |
June | 17.8 | 40.8 | 45.7 | 52.7 | 2790.4 | 3211.6 | 3221.5 | 3562.8 | 421.2 | 431.1 | 772.4 |
July | 13.1 | 30.0 | 33.6 | 38.7 | 2050.5 | 2360.0 | 2367.3 | 2618.1 | 309.5 | 316.8 | 567.6 |
August | 14.1 | 32.3 | 36.2 | 41.6 | 2206.7 | 2539.8 | 2547.6 | 2817.5 | 333.1 | 340.9 | 610.8 |
September | 13.0 | 29.9 | 33.6 | 38.6 | 2047.3 | 2356.3 | 2363.5 | 2613.9 | 309.0 | 316.3 | 566.7 |
October | 17.8 | 40.9 | 45.9 | 52.8 | 2798.6 | 3221.1 | 3231.0 | 3573.3 | 422.5 | 432.4 | 774.7 |
November | 19.2 | 44.1 | 49.5 | 57.0 | 3019.1 | 3474.8 | 3485.5 | 3854.8 | 455.7 | 466.4 | 835.7 |
December | 17.5 | 40.2 | 45.1 | 51.9 | 2751.1 | 3166.4 | 3176.1 | 3512.5 | 415.3 | 425.0 | 761.5 |
