EFFICIENT ENERGY SOLUTION FOR WASA FAISALABAD TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT
Journal Title: Earth Sciences Pakistan - Year 2019, Vol 3, Issue 2
Abstract
This work describes the energy requirements for water supply and sewerage management of Faisalabad urban area and additionally suggests energy management improvements by incorporating grid connected renewable Photo- Voltaic (PV) based power generation. As the ground water in Faisalabad is mostly saline, Water and Sanitation Agency Faisalabad (WASA FSD) brings water from nearby soft water sources and pumps them to consumers within the city. To maintain water supply and sewerage disposal operations, WASA FSD requires to purchase 40k to 50k USD worth of electricity monthly from Faisalabad Electric Supply Company (FESCO) which is financially burdening for WASA. Additionally, as this energy demand is met from Pakistan’s already strained national grid, there is a need to better manage Agency’s energy requirements. In this work, we study utilization of an On-Grid PV solution for renewable power generation to meet the agency’s requirement of are 3.238 ×106 electricity units per month. Such systems can, in principle, eliminate dependency of WASA on the National Grid and additionally provide WASA with an energy efficient and sustainable power generation system with low environmental impact. In this paper, simulate a solar energy system without any energy storage system to determine its feasibility. Here, we present simulation results to estimate successfulness of such a project. Additionally, financial and technical aspects of the project have also been discussed suggesting a payback period less than 7 years.
Authors and Affiliations
Ijaz Ahmed Randhawa, Umer Ijaz, Abubaker Ijaz, Arslan Dawood Butt, Muhammad Malik
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- EP ID EP660682
- DOI 10.26480/esp.02.2019.09.13
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