Solar Radiation Pattern Analysis for Electricity Generation of Bangladesh

Abstract

Power is one of the most important factors in a developing country and for a sustainable economy. Like the rest of the countries of the planet, in Bangladesh, the demand for power is increasing day by day. The existing reserve of oil and gas will be exhausted very soon. In that case, we have to think about another source of energy. Solar energy can be that alternative source of energy. Solar energy has the greatest potential of all the sources of renewable energy. If only a small amount of solar energy could be used, it will be one of the most important supplies of energy. The main aim of our research is to find out the irradiation of sun in Dhaka city so that the power production by the solar panel can be estimated. For this reason, we collect the solar irradiation and the maximum power data from the solar panel in Dhaka for (October & November) two months and then analyze the data to get average irradiation. We also find out the relationship between solar irradiation and power. From this analysis, we can easily understand the electricity production by the solar home system and create a standard form of power production of the solar home system in 2018. For analyzing the irradiance and power we take all day data in each of hour in daytime. Then we convert the data into all day average data. We also find out the efficiency of the solar panel. We also collect some data from previous years and compare them with our data. In this research, we try to clarify that how much power can be produced in the month of October and November 2018.