TY - JOUR
T1 - Feasibility of using photovoltaic solar energy for water treatment plants
AU - Saavedra, Alexander
AU - Galvis, Nataly Alejandra
AU - Castaneda, Mónica
AU - Zapata, Sebastian
AU - Mesa, Fredy
AU - Aristizábal, Andrés Julián
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - The purpose of this research is to determine the feasibility of supplying photovoltaic solar energy for the electrical requirements of drinking water and wastewater treatment plants, in six regions of Colombia, with different geographic and climatological conditions: Andean Region, Amazon Region, Orinoquía Region, Caribbean Region, Pacific Region, and Insular Region. The study revealed that the costs of the photovoltaic systems oscillate between USD 32,486.86 and USD 40,716.86, without using a storage system with batteries, since the price of these makes the investment recovery unfeasible. Instead of using batteries to store energy, a water storage system is used. The total daily load of the sanitation systems is 57 kWh/day, which would avoid 7120.44 kg CO2 per year. Besides, during the entire useful life of the 20-year project, 142.4 tCO2 would not be released into the environment.
AB - The purpose of this research is to determine the feasibility of supplying photovoltaic solar energy for the electrical requirements of drinking water and wastewater treatment plants, in six regions of Colombia, with different geographic and climatological conditions: Andean Region, Amazon Region, Orinoquía Region, Caribbean Region, Pacific Region, and Insular Region. The study revealed that the costs of the photovoltaic systems oscillate between USD 32,486.86 and USD 40,716.86, without using a storage system with batteries, since the price of these makes the investment recovery unfeasible. Instead of using batteries to store energy, a water storage system is used. The total daily load of the sanitation systems is 57 kWh/day, which would avoid 7120.44 kg CO2 per year. Besides, during the entire useful life of the 20-year project, 142.4 tCO2 would not be released into the environment.
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U2 - 10.11591/ijece.v11i3.pp1962-1968
DO - 10.11591/ijece.v11i3.pp1962-1968
M3 - Research Article
AN - SCOPUS:85101187768
SN - 2088-8708
VL - 11
SP - 1962
EP - 1968
JO - International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
JF - International Journal of Electrical and Computer Engineering
IS - 3
ER -
