Assessment of the Thermal and Electrical Energy Needs of an Autonomous Single-Family House

Abstract

The thermal and electrical energy needs of a self-contained single-family house where an average family of 6 lives, is covered by solar energy; the thermal collector connected to a storage tank supplies the home with domestic hot water, the photovoltaic panel modules provide electricity for the equipment and accessories; this approach was made by a simulation to determine the surface of the thermal collector and the number of modules of photovoltaic panels. After simulation, the thermal energy needs are evaluated at 4 MWh and electrical energy at 5 MWh per year, the thermal collector has a surface area of 4 m² and covers 30% of the needs, and the photovoltaic panel modules have a surface area of 32 m² and cover 70% of total needs.

Keywords

• autonomous house
• solar water heater
• simulation
• trnsys
• pv (photovoltaic panel)
• pt (thermal panel)