Annotated Summary

N.D. Nordin, H. Abdul Rahman (2015). A novel optimization method for designing stand-alone photovoltaic system. Renewable Energy 89 (2016) 706e715.

This article studies the optimum size and design of a stand-alone photovoltaic system to ensure maximum efficiency of the system. With reference to Malaysia’s metrological data, it talks about the specification requirements of different components in a stand-alone photovoltaic system for an estimated load demand. Using simulations and mathematical calculations to compare and determine the most optimal sizing of the components. Some components that are taken into considerations for design are the generators, battery, charge controller and the inverter. The loss of power supply probability analysis has been done to test the generation system reliability. An economic analysis has also been calculated to determine the lowest investment required for the most optimum configuration. There is also a comparison of the optimal stand-alone photovoltaic system design to selected 3 designs by past researchers the results are tabled in this article. The authors from the Universiti Teknogi Malaysia aims to create a new method to determine the optimum size and design of a stand-alone photovoltaic system which can also fulfil the system requirements.