Computer Modeling of Renewable Power Systems

Lilienthal, Peter; Lambert, T.W; Gilman, Paul

doi:10.1016/b0-12-176480-x/00522-2

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“…It was originally developed by National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and is available for universal access in its Legacy version. Homer simulates a system for power generation over the time period of 25 years at intervals of 60 minutes, presenting the results for a period of one year [35] [36].…”

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Feasibility Study of a Hydro PV Hybrid System Operating at a Dam for Water Supply in Southern Brazil

Teixeira¹,

Caux²,

Beluco³

et al. 2015

JPEE

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Dams for water supply usually represent an untapped hydroelectric potential. It is a small energetic potential, in most situations, usually requiring a particular solution to be viable. The use of pumps as power turbines often represents an alternative that enables the power generation in hydraulic structures already in operation, as is the case of dams in water supply systems. This potential can be exploited in conjunction with the implementation of PV modules on the water surface, installed on floating structures, both operating in a hydro PV hybrid system. The floating structure can also contribute to reducing the evaporation of water and providing a small increase in hydroelectric power available. This paper presents a pre-feasibility study for implementation of a hydroelectric power plant and PV modules on floating structures in the reservoir formed by the dam of Val de Serra, in southern Brazil. The dam is operated to provide drinking water to about 60% of the population of the city of Santa Maria, in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in southern Brazil. The pre-feasibility study conducted with Homer software, version Legacy, indicated that the hydroelectric plant with a capacity of 227 kW can operate together with 60 kW of PV modules. This combination will result (in one of the configurations considered) in an initial cost of USD$ 1715.83 per kW installed and a cost of energy of USD$ 0.059/kWh.

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Feasibility Study of a Hydro PV Hybrid System Operating at a Dam for Water Supply in Southern Brazil

Teixeira¹,

Caux²,

Beluco³

et al. 2015

JPEE

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“…Methods and tools that deal with the this type of integration are already present in the literature. An example is HOMER computer model (Lambert et al, 2005;Lilienthal et al, 2004): it is an easy to use tool that simplifies the task of evaluating design options for both off grid and grid connected renewable power systems for remote, stand alone, and distributed generation applications (https://analysis.nrel.gov/homer/). It comprises three different modules: · a simulation module, at hourly time scale, that compares the electrical and thermal demand to the energy that a mixed renewable/fossil system can supply, and estimates the cost of installing and operating the system over the lifetime of the project.…”

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Methods and tools to evaluate the availability of renewable energy sources

Angelis-Dimakis

Biberacher

Bravo

et al. 2011

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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The recent statements of both the European Union and the US Presidency pushed in the direction of using renewable forms of energy, in order to act against climate changes induced by the growing concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. In this paper, a survey regarding methods and tools presently available to determine potential and exploitable energy in the most important renewable sectors (i.e., solar, wind, wave, biomass and geothermal energy) is presented. Moreover, challenges for each renewable resource are highlighted as well as the available tools that can help in evaluating the use of a mix of different sources.

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“…There exist many references of using HOMER as a simulation tool including [Ani, 2013;Ani and Nzeako, 2012;Nfah et al, 2008;Rehman et al, 2007;Georgilakis, 2005;Khan and Iqbal, 2005;Lilienthal et al, 2004], among others. [Al-Karaghouli and Kazmerski, 2010] applied HOMER to study the life cycle cost of a renewable system for a rural health clinic in Iraq.…”

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Feasibility Assessment of a PV-Diesel Hybrid Power System for an Isolated Off-Grid Catholic Church

Ani

2013

Electron. J. Energy Envron.

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Energy is essential for today's society and it is difficult to imagine life without electrical energy. This paper presents an analysis of the load requirements of the Catholic Parish Church, along with a technical and economical feasibility assessment of the option of incorporating solar Photo Voltaic (PV) generation to supplement the existing diesel power system that currently supplies power to the church. The proposed system would meet around 53% of the average annual parish church electrical load and result in 47% reduction in diesel use and CO 2 emissions compared to the diesel-only option. From the analyses, the solar PV-diesel system has less total net present cost and less emission as a result of less fuel consumption of the diesel generator when compared to the existing system (diesel only).

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Computer Modeling of Renewable Power Systems

Cited by 64 publications

References 10 publications

Feasibility Study of a Hydro PV Hybrid System Operating at a Dam for Water Supply in Southern Brazil

Feasibility Study of a Hydro PV Hybrid System Operating at a Dam for Water Supply in Southern Brazil

Methods and tools to evaluate the availability of renewable energy sources

Feasibility Assessment of a PV-Diesel Hybrid Power System for an Isolated Off-Grid Catholic Church

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