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COBEM 2021
26th International Congress of Mechanical Engineering
Feasibility study of the deployment of photovoltaic energy at the Hospital Senhora Aparecida, in the city of Luz - MG
Submission Author:
Franciane Cristina Rodrigues Carvalho , MG , Brazil
Co-Authors:
Elaine Gonçalves da Costa, Gabriella Caetano , Jorge Luís Ferreira, Franciane Cristina Rodrigues Carvalho
Presenter: Franciane Cristina Rodrigues Carvalho
doi://10.26678/ABCM.COBEM2021.COB2021-1999
Abstract
The scarcity of energy resources has encouraged research and implementation of new ways of obtaining clean and renewable energy. As a result, significant diversification was observed in the Brazilian energy matrix, decreased dependence on the water system and minimized environmental damage. Brazil has a privileged condition, as it has a large solar incidence and a vast territorial extension, making it an excelled country in harvesting energy from the sunlight. Within this context, the case study for implementation of a photovoltaic power plant was carried out in a philanthropic hospital located in the city of Luz - MG. Thus, this work has as its main objective to report the viability, optimization, and the logistics from the system's implementation. The adopted methodology consisted initially of data survey on the hospital's electric power consumption and the solar incidence in the region. Next, the model already installed was evaluated regarding its sizing and the number of installed plates (solar panels). Finally, a payback analysis was performed to assess the practicability of implementing the photovoltaic system. The relevance of the study consists in identifying financial benefits, mainly after the payback period; besides the evident reduction of the socio-environmental impact. It is expected, at the end of this study, to verify if the implementation of a photovoltaic system is feasible in hospital units, in order that the same procedure can possibly be replicated in other units in the region. Thus, it is concluded that the photovoltaic system acquired by Hospital Senhora Aparecida presented a Payback of 35 months, that is, after 2 years and 11 months the energy generated by the solar incidence covered the investments made. In addition to the financial benefits, there were also benefits related to the cancellation of the environmental impact, as well as diversification of the Brazilian energy matrix.
Keywords
Payback, photovoltaic, Photovoltaic system, renewable energy, Solar incidence
