Feasibility study of hybrid retrofits to an isolated off-grid diesel power plant

Rehman, Shafiqur; El-Amin, Ibrahim; Ahmad, Firoz; Shaahid, S.M.; Al-Shehri, A.; Bakhashwain, J.M.; Shash, Ali A.

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2005.05.003

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“…Hence to supplement the energy needs of these areas through wind and solar photovoltaics, techno-economic studies were conducted and possibility of renewable energy penetration was assessed. It was concluded that 25 to 35% renewable energy penetration could be achieved with the existing diesel power stations [39][40][41][42][43][44][45].…”

Section: Saudi Arabia's Wind Power Research and Development Updatementioning

confidence: 99%

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Design Methodologies for Efficiency Enhancement—A Review

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Among renewable sources of energy, wind is the most widely used resource due to its commercial acceptance, low cost and ease of operation and maintenance, relatively much less time for its realization from concept till operation, creation of new jobs, and least adverse effect on the environment. The fast technological development in the wind industry and availability of multi megawatt sized horizontal axis wind turbines has further led the promotion of wind power utilization globally. It is a well-known fact that the wind speed increases with height and hence the energy output. However, one cannot go above a certain height due to structural and other issues. Hence other attempts need to be made to increase the efficiency of the wind turbines, maintaining the hub heights to acceptable and controllable limits. The efficiency of the wind turbines or the energy output can be increased by reducing the cut-in-speed and/or the rated-speed by modifying and redesigning the blades. The problem is tackled by identifying the optimization parameters such as annual energy yield, power coefficient, energy cost, blade mass, and blade design constraints such as physical, geometric, and aerodynamic. The present paper provides an overview of the commonly used models, techniques, tools and experimental approaches applied to increase the efficiency of the wind turbines. In the present review work, particular emphasis is made on approaches used to design wind turbine blades both experimental and numerical, methodologies used to study the performance of wind turbines both experimentally and analytically, active and passive techniques used to enhance the power output from wind turbines, reduction in cut-in-speed for improved wind turbine performance, and lastly the research and development work related to new and efficient materials for the wind turbines.

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Section: Saudi Arabia's Wind Power Research and Development Updatementioning

confidence: 99%

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Design Methodologies for Efficiency Enhancement—A Review

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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.…”

Section: Simulation and Optimization Toolmentioning

confidence: 99%

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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“…It is very complex their supply by the distribution grid because of the high cost of transport and the distribution of energy to this remote areas [1]. The electric provisioning of these sectors is done by diesel generator systems [2].…”

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Feasibility Study of Hybrid Wind-Diesel-Battery Power Generating Systems: Parametric and Sensitivity Analysis

2018

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Abstract-The renewables energies are being used to reduce the environmental pollution, combat the climate change and burning of fossil fuels. For remote or decentralized areas, where grid connection is very complex, renewable energy generation system can be a reliable and optimized source of energy. Moreover, wind-diesel-solar hybrid system technology promises lots of opportunities in remote areas which are far from the main grid and are supplied by diesel gensets. This paper is based on the analysis of a hybrid energy system for optimization. The analysis of the hybrid system is realized in the HOMER software package. The HOMER software was utilized as the assessment tool with modeling performed with hourly data of wind speed, solar radiation and load. In this study, the remote village of Tuktoyaktuk situated in Northwest Territories of Canada has been taken for the discussion of the optimization analysis of a hybrid energy generation system.

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Feasibility study of hybrid retrofits to an isolated off-grid diesel power plant

Cited by 137 publications

References 14 publications

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Design Methodologies for Efficiency Enhancement—A Review

Horizontal Axis Wind Turbine Blade Design Methodologies for Efficiency Enhancement—A Review

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

Feasibility Study of Hybrid Wind-Diesel-Battery Power Generating Systems: Parametric and Sensitivity Analysis

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