Feasibility study of a small SPV power plant added to existing rooftop BTS

Author

Raviprasad, V. ; Ravindra, K.S.

Author_Institution

EED, MNNIT Allahabad, Allahabad, India

fYear

2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

This paper proposes a modification to the existing rooftop Base Transceiver Station (BTS) located in urban area. Due to growing subscriber base the telephone service providers (TSPs) are forced to install more rooftop BTS in densely populated urban areas amid tall concrete buildings. Due to huge running cost incurred on electric energy bills, fuel purchase and rentals, the TSPs are unable to run/maintain a wide spanning network. This scenario can be averted by adding a small solar photo voltaic power plant to existing rooftop BTS. This paper describes techno-economic optimum sizing of a small SPV power plant connected to existing rooftop BTS located in urban area. The prime concern is to determine PV array size for existing battery bank with limited area to install PV modules on rooftop.

Keywords

building integrated photovoltaics; concrete; power markets; roofs; solar power stations; telephone sets; transceivers; PV array; PV modules; SPV power plant; TSP; base transceiver station; battery bank; electric energy bill; fuel purchase; populated urban area; rental; rooftop BTS; solar photovoltaic; spanning network; subscriber base; tall concrete building; techno-economic optimum sizing; telephone service provider; Arrays; Batteries; Fuels; Power generation; Reliability; Solar radiation; Telecommunications; BTS power saving techniques; mobile base stations powering; solar powered telecom architecture; techno-economics of SPV power plant; telecommunication power supplies;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Electronics, Drives and Energy Systems (PEDES), 2012 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bengaluru

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-4506-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PEDES.2012.6484263

Filename

6484263