Design and preliminary operation of a hybrid syngas/solar PV/battery power system for off-grid applications: A case study in Thailand

Kohsri, Sompol; Meechai, Apichart; Prapainainar, Chaiwat; Narataraksa, Phavanee; Hunpinyo, Piyapong; Sin, Gürkan

doi:10.1016/j.cherd.2018.01.003

Cited by 29 publications

(22 citation statements)

References 40 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Kohsri et al 91 evaluated the feasibility of a BM system with an existing SPV plant using LabVIEW software in Thailand. The proposed system consists of 12.285 kW capacity of solar panels, 12.6 kW capacity of three converters, 33.7 kW capacity of syngas Genset, 13.8 kW of three bidirectional inverters, and 60.9 kWh of battery capacity.…”

Section: Various Combinations Of Biomass Hresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biomass‐based gaseous fuel for hybrid renewable energy systems: An overview and future research opportunities

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Summary Growth in global energy demand, with major fossil fuel consumption, has induced detrimental environmental and social impacts. Therefore, in recent years, technologies focused on renewable energy utilization, including biomass energy, have evolved to meet the energy requirements. Bioenergy‐based power generation systems are among the best‐unutilized configurations to diminish reliance on fossil fuels. However, it is difficult to select a biomass‐based configuration for economical, sustainable, and reliable power generation. Understanding different possible configurations of biomass‐based energy systems, design parameters, system research gaps, and integration challenges in biomass‐based energy systems are important for further development and propagation. This paper presents a critical review of biomass‐based different hybrid configurations with solar, wind, fuel cell, micro‐hydro, geothermal, and diesel generator, and various designing parameters, challenges, and gaps with future scope. To restrict the scope of the review, only the gasification and anaerobic digestion related biomass electricity generation systems are considered. The analysis indicates that the biomass‐based hybrid energy systems can provide an eco‐friendly and cost‐effective solution, especially for off‐grid rural electrification. The solar radiation, load demand, fuel price, capacity shortage, interest rate, wind speed, biomass quantity, and electricity rate are among the most critical designing parameters in biomass‐based energy systems. The study provides valuable information to designers, researchers, and policy makers on the latest design constraints and relevant policies relating to biomass‐based hybrid energy systems.

show abstract

Section: Various Combinations Of Biomass Hresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Biomass‐based gaseous fuel for hybrid renewable energy systems: An overview and future research opportunities

2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…PPO belongs to the family of policy gradient methods, which use several eras of random gradient rise to complete each policy update [75]. In this method [76], a parametrized stochastic policy function π(a t |s t ; θ) with parameters θ is directly optimized towards the objective defined in Equation (10). After the collection of N full trajectories τ = (s 0,i , a 0,i , c 0,i , s t+1,i , .…”

Section: Proximal Policy Optimization Agentmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…At the same time, the application of biomass gasification technology in hybrid power systems remains little studied. The main problem is that when analyzing the operation of a hybrid power system with biomass gasification, the gasification unit is considered oversimplified [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]. The technological mode of the hybrid renewable energy system with biomass gasification has not yet been studied, especially the transient processes when starting, stopping, and regulating the system.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Optimal Operation Control of PV-Biomass Gasifier-Diesel-Hybrid Systems Using Reinforcement Learning Techniques

et al. 2020

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The importance of efficient utilization of biomass as renewable energy in terms of global warming and resource shortages are well known and documented. Biomass gasification is a promising power technology especially for decentralized energy systems. Decisive progress has been made in the gasification technologies development during the last decade. This paper deals with the control and optimization problems for an isolated microgrid combining the renewable energy sources (solar energy and biomass gasification) with a diesel power plant. The control problem of an isolated microgrid is formulated as a Markov decision process and we studied how reinforcement learning can be employed to address this problem to minimize the total system cost. The most economic microgrid configuration was found, and it uses biomass gasification units with an internal combustion engine operating both in single-fuel mode (producer gas) and in dual-fuel mode (diesel fuel and producer gas).

show abstract

“…A number of studies have been conducted on the impacts of solar electricity generation in the case of Thailand. Much of the studies have mainly focused on technical aspect including Greacen and Green 2001, Adhikari et al 2003, Sakulpong et al 2011, Kengpol et al 2012, Thawonngamyingsakul and Kiatsiriroat 2012, Iemsomboon et al 2013, Mansiri et al 2014, Kohsri et al 2018, Sonsaree et al 2018, Yoomak et al 2019, Fachrizal and Tang 2019, Manosukritkul et al 2019, Imjai et al 2020and Narkwatchara et al 2021. In addition, some research works has been specifically focused on the Thai electricity grid impacts in terms of system reliability, for example, Siritiprussamee et al 2019, Boonmee et al 2009and Chokmaviroj et al 2006.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Impacts of Solar Electricity Generation on the Thai Electricity Industry

Wattana

Aungyut

2021

Int. J. Renew. Energy Dev.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This paper analyses the impacts of electricity generation from solar energy on the Thai electricity industry. In this paper, three scenarios (REF, Solar2015 and Solar2018) are developed to represent an increased levels of electricity produced from solar energy. A Low Emissions Analysis Platform (LEAP) model is employed, in this paper, to assess the impacts for the period 2019–2037. This paper assesses and analyses the scenario impacts in terms of diversification of electricity generation, fossil fuel requirement and emissions of CO2 and SO2. The analysis reveals that increased electricity generation from solar energy would help diversify energy supply for electricity generation, reduce fossil fuel imports, and therefore help improve energy security of the country. Furthermore, it would help mitigating CO2 and SO2 emissions – an issue of environmental significance. Despite several benefits, there are a number of emerging barriers for promoting electricity generation from solar energy in Thailand. These include the intermittency of solar energy, high-capital cost, unsupportable grid infrastructure and unfavourable regulatory framework. This paper, therefore, suggests that the implementation of energy storage system, provision of financial incentives to potential investors, improvement of grid flexibility and the revision of the regulations to support solar energy business could be effective strategies in order to address the barriers facing the Thai electricity industry.

show abstract

Design and preliminary operation of a hybrid syngas/solar PV/battery power system for off-grid applications: A case study in Thailand

Cited by 29 publications

References 40 publications

Biomass‐based gaseous fuel for hybrid renewable energy systems: An overview and future research opportunities

Biomass‐based gaseous fuel for hybrid renewable energy systems: An overview and future research opportunities

Optimal Operation Control of PV-Biomass Gasifier-Diesel-Hybrid Systems Using Reinforcement Learning Techniques

Impacts of Solar Electricity Generation on the Thai Electricity Industry

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About