Effects of Photovoltaic System Introduction in Detached Houses with All-Electrified Residential Equipment in Japan

In this paper, in order to investigate the effects of photovoltaic system introduction to detached houses in Japan, two kinds of works were done. Firstly, the hourly generation amount of a 4.2kW photovoltaic system were simulated in 46 cities to investigate the potential of the system in different regions in Japan using a simulation model of photovoltaic system. Secondly, based on the simulated electricity generation amount, the energy saving, the environmental and the economic effect of the photovoltaic system were examined from hourly to annual timescales, based upon calculations of typical electricity, heating, cooling and hot water supply load profiles for Japanese dwellings. The above analysis was carried out using a standard year-s hourly weather data for the different city provided by the Expanded AMeDAS Weather Data issued by AIJ (Architectural Institute of Japan).

Authors:

• Qingrong Liu
• Tetsuo Hayashi
• Yuji Ryu

Keywords:

• Photovoltaic system
• Energy saving
• Environmental effect
• Japanese dwelling
• Detached house.

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