Analyzing the Off-Grid Performance of the Hybrid Photovoltaic/Diesel Energy System for a Peripheral Village

Table 1

Electric load demand estimation.

Types of load	Primary	Secondary	Tertiary	Full option
Poor households (50)	Lighting load for 5–10 pm in the evening:	Same as primary scenario	2 h in the morning and 5 h in the evening:	Same as tertiary
Middle-income households (42)	Electric load for 5 h in the evening time: of light, of fan in summer, and 1 TV of 80 W	Same as primary scenario	Lighting load for 8 h: , fan load in summer for 18 h: , and 1 TV of 80 W: 10 h in a day	Same as tertiary including 80 W extra load for 10 h in a day
Rich households (16)	Electric load for 5 h in the evening time: of light, of fan in summer, and 1 TV of 80 W	Same as primary scenario	Lighting load for 8 h: , fan load in summer for 18 h: , and 1 TV of 80 W: 10 h in a day	Same as tertiary including 500 W extra load for the whole day
Load commercial	Nil	5 h in the evening: 500 W load	14 h a day: 500 W	Full day: 2 kW
Load productive	Nil	Maximum 10 kW: in off-peak time	Maximum 10 kW: at any time in a day	Maximum 10 kW: at any time in a day