Improved power flow resilience in grid-connected photovoltaic systems using PV design software

Authors

  • Zeeshan Ahmad Arfeen Department of Electrical Engineering, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), 63100 - Bahawalpur- Pakistan
  • Syed Kamran Ali Shah Department of Electrical Engineering, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), 63100 - Bahawalpur- Pakistan
  • Zeeshan Rashid Department of Electrical Engineering, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), 63100 - Bahawalpur- Pakistan
  • Shahrin Md Ayub Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 JB Johor, Malaysia
  • Sardi Salim Faculty of Engineering Universitas Negeri Gorontalo, Indonesia
  • Muhammad Rashid Department of Electrical Engineering, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), 63100 - Bahawalpur- Pakistan
  • Zain-ul-Abiden Akhtar Department of Information and Communication Engineering, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), Bahawalpur- Pakistan
  • Saleh Masoud Abdallah Altbawi Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, 81310 JB Johor, Malaysia

Abstract

Traditional electrical generation methods are expensive with disturbing ecological effects and excessive maintenance costs. So, combat with contemporary scenario, alternative sources of energy that are environmental friendly are adopted. This research is marked by an efficient, economical ON-Grid Photovoltaic (PV) system installation in Lodhran City, in the South Asian country Pakistan, to solve this forthcoming issue. Lodhran is a place where the intensity of the sun’s power is quite high. The Global Diurnal Horizontal (GDH) sun insolation at the proposed location is 1828 kWh/m2, having gross sun insolation is 5 kWh per m2 per day whilst the gross temperature is 27.45° Centigrade. In this paper, the variant potential deficits, decrements prices in photo voltaic module, inverter efficiency, and temperature variation are given dire consideration and calculated by the PVSyst software. By the smart installation of solar panels, the industry can save 1003-ton coal per day i.e. equivalent to planting 50,000 trees over a whole lifespan. From the software, the numerical value of the performance ratio reaches 68.8%, and the total units generated per year is 1758 MWh. The performance parameters of the grid-tied system can be enhanced by the modeling, analysis, operation, and maintenance of grid-tied networks for different sites near the model city Lodhran in southern Punjab.

Author Biography

  • Zeeshan Ahmad Arfeen, Department of Electrical Engineering, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur (IUB), 63100 - Bahawalpur- Pakistan

    Zeeshan Ahmad Arfeen is an Assistant Professor at “The Islamia University of Bahawalpur”, Pakistan in the Electrical Power Engineering Department. He doctorate from University Technology Malaysia (UTM) Skudai Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia. He is a senior member of the IEEE organization NJ, USA, member of IEEE Power and Energy Society (PES), a member of IEEE Pakistan, and a member of The Institution of Engineers Pakistan (IEP). Further, he is also a life member of the Pakistan Engineering Council.  He is an author of many highly indexed Journals and a potential reviewer of more than 250+ papers in ISI, Scopus, and Conference proceeding Journals. Arfeen was awarded a Partial doctoral scholarship from Higher Education Commission (HEC) Pakistan. He also got an International doctoral fellowship (IDF) and a UTM Young Scholarship Grant from the University of Technology Malaysia (UTM). His one paper is the most downloaded paper in 2019 and 2020 and the top 10 cited papers in the year 2020 by Wiley publisher. He is invited as a guest speaker at many prestigious international conferences. His research interests include electrical transportation, microgrids, energy management systems, and sustainable energy.

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2026-07-16

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Engineering Review, Vol. 46, No. 1

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Improved power flow resilience in grid-connected photovoltaic systems using PV design software. (2026). Engineering Review, 46(1). https://engineeringreview.org/index.php/ER/article/view/2805

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