A PV-house experience in Japan

Conference · Sat Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:208238

Sato, Katsuaki ^[1]; Ida, Hirofumi; Ishikawa, Osamu ^[2]

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1. Tokyo Univ. of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Tokyo (Japan). Faculty of Technology
2. Misawa Homes Inst. of Research and Development, Suginami, Tokyo (Japan)

A PV-house with a 3 kW solar-cells panel roof was constructed and has been used for ordinary family life of one of the authors. The PV output is interconnected to the utility power network with a reverse current flow. Average power output of the solar panel exceeded 13 kWh per day for sunny days and 6 kWh for cloudy days in May. Time-sequential data of power consumption and supply have been recorded. The PV generation system is found to be capable of generating 300 kWh per month in average and supply as large as 100--200 kWh per month to the utility power network. This system has been proved to be effective in reducing the peak power demand in the hot summer days in Japan.

• OSTI ID: 208238
• Report Number(s): CONF-941203-; ISBN 0-7803-1459-X; TRN: IM9616%%566
• Resource Relation: Conference: 1. world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion, Waikoloa, HI (United States), 5-9 Dec 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of 1994 IEEE first world conference on photovoltaic energy conversion: Conference record of the twenty fourth IEEE photovoltaic specialists conference -- 1994. Volume 1; PB: 1303 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
HOUSES
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
JAPAN
PERFORMANCE
SELLBACK
SURPLUS POWER
INVERTERS
ROOFS
PEAK LOAD
POWER RANGE 01-10 KW