Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport

Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport

The contribution of aviation industry towards green house gas emission is getting attention all over the world. The carbon footprint of airport can be reduced by substituting the conventional source of energy with solar PV based power generation. The mandatory vast and free space areas around runway...

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Main Authors: Sukumaran, Sreenath, Sudhakar, K.
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Language:English
Published: Elsevier Ltd 2017
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TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
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spelling ump-181782019-07-17T07:19:43Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18178/ Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport Sukumaran, Sreenath Sudhakar, K. TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery The contribution of aviation industry towards green house gas emission is getting attention all over the world. The carbon footprint of airport can be reduced by substituting the conventional source of energy with solar PV based power generation. The mandatory vast and free space areas around runways can be utilised for utility scale solar PV power plants. The present research aims to analyze the operational performance of 12 MWp solar powered airport commissioned by Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), India based on first year operational data. The performance of the plant is also simulated using most popular PV simulation softwares – PVSyst and SolarGis, by accurately giving the plant specification. The average performance ratio (PR) of the plant is 86.56% and corresponding capacity utilisation factor (CUF) is 20.12% with final yield of 1984.1 h. The performance parameters obtained through the software was found to be in close match with the measured values. The economic and environmental analyses of the solar powered Cochin airports confirms its effectiveness in reducing the carbon footprint, leading to virtually zero emission, clean and green sustainable airport. Elsevier Ltd 2017 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/18178/1/Fully%20solar%20powered%20airport.pdf Sukumaran, Sreenath and Sudhakar, K. (2017) Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport. Journal of Air Transport Management, 62. pp. 176-188. ISSN 0969-6997 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.04.004 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jairtraman.2017.04.004
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Sukumaran, Sreenath
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Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport
description The contribution of aviation industry towards green house gas emission is getting attention all over the world. The carbon footprint of airport can be reduced by substituting the conventional source of energy with solar PV based power generation. The mandatory vast and free space areas around runways can be utilised for utility scale solar PV power plants. The present research aims to analyze the operational performance of 12 MWp solar powered airport commissioned by Cochin International Airport Limited (CIAL), India based on first year operational data. The performance of the plant is also simulated using most popular PV simulation softwares – PVSyst and SolarGis, by accurately giving the plant specification. The average performance ratio (PR) of the plant is 86.56% and corresponding capacity utilisation factor (CUF) is 20.12% with final yield of 1984.1 h. The performance parameters obtained through the software was found to be in close match with the measured values. The economic and environmental analyses of the solar powered Cochin airports confirms its effectiveness in reducing the carbon footprint, leading to virtually zero emission, clean and green sustainable airport.
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author Sukumaran, Sreenath
Sudhakar, K.
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title Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport
title_short Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport
title_full Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport
title_fullStr Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport
title_full_unstemmed Fully Solar Powered Airport: A Case Study of Cochin International Airport
title_sort fully solar powered airport: a case study of cochin international airport
publisher Elsevier Ltd
publishDate 2017
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