Design of Solar PV System for Educational Institutes in Rural Areas of Khyber Pukhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Abstract

Pakistan is the country facing deficiency of electrical power. The metropolitan areas of the country, however, have the moderate electric energy supply while rural areas suffer from the problem of no supply of electric energy as one of the serious problems in these areas. In this paper, the Solar PV System parameters are calculated for educational institutes as the solution of this no or insufficient electric energy supply in rural areas of Kpk. The main aim of this research is to increase the social and computer literacy level in these areas keeping in mind the cost effectiveness of the Solar PV system. Computer literacy rate improvement requires the uninterrupted power supply in rural areas which can be done by the installation of Solar PV System in these areas. The average load of one High, one Middle and one Primary school is forecasted for computer labs is made on daily, weekly, monthly and annual basis. The current WAPDA supply system for these areas is examined which is insufficient for the operation of computer labs in educational institutions. According to the WAPDA tariff rules, the electricity consumption for operating computer labs in these schools have been calculated if there is uninterrupted electric power supply. At the end the cost effectiveness of the WAPDA power supply system and that of the proposed Solar PV System is analyzed. At the end it has been concluded that Solar PV System is the best option for eliminating the electric energy supply problem for improving the social living standards and computer literacy in these areas.