Modelling and performance analysis of a stand-alone hybrid solar PV/Fuel Cell/Diesel Generator power system for university building

Ghenaï, Chaouki; Bettayeb, Maâmar

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2019.01.019

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“…Maleki and Pourfayaz (2015b) compared the performance of WND-PV-DSL-FC and WND-PV-DSL-BAT HPSs and concluded that a 6.0 kW, 2.0 kW, 6.125 kW, and 159.6 kWh sized conventional system with battery storage was more cost effective than the FC based energy storage option. The performance simulation of a PV-FC-DSL HPS for a university building showed that the system provided 73% of the total energy from PV, 24% from FC and the remaining 3% from the DSL, (Ghenai and Bettayeb, 2019), at a COE of 0.092 US$/kWh and without power shortage. Iglesias et al (2000) studied WND-DSL-FWL HPS with flywheel based energy storage.…”

Section: Miscellaneous Hybrid Power Systemsmentioning

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Hybrid power systems – Sizes, efficiencies, and economics

Rehman

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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In the context of electricity generation in the oil and gas producing countries, it has become implicit to develop new, clean, and renewable sources of energy to supplement the fossil fuel based power generation. With this single aim, one can hit two targets, conservation of fixed fossil fuel resources and combat the adverse climatic changes to safeguard our planet. In regional context, solar photovoltaic, solar thermal, wind power, geothermal, and hydro power are alternative sources for power mitigation. Of these renewables, wind, solar photovoltaic (PV), diesel, and energy storage in hybrid combinations are the possible ways to supply continuous energy for all sizes of applications. This paper provides a review of the existing hybrid power systems and the theoretical studies around the globe in varied climatological conditions to identify the best combinations of hybrid systems for Saudi Arabia to supplement the existing energy portfolio. The wind/solar-pv, wind/solar-pv/diesel, and solar-pv/diesel with and without battery backup are most commonly used systems with respective popularity of 28, 22, and 21%. Among users, remote communities are the highest while islands and communication towers are the next common applications. Average costs of energy of wind/solar-pv, wind/solar-pv/diesel, and solar-pv/diesel are around 0.458, 0.355, and 0.349 US$/kWh.

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Section: Miscellaneous Hybrid Power Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Hybrid power systems – Sizes, efficiencies, and economics

Rehman

2020

Energy Exploration & Exploitation

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“…The portion of FC in energy generation was determined for FC capital costs of 2000, 3000, and 4000$/kW. An off‐design PV/FC/Diesel system was modeled and designed by Ghenai and Bettayeb to power generation with the lowest Carbone emissions for a university building. They concluded that the system with PV, FC and diesel contributions of respectively 73, 24, and 3% yields the best performance with renewable electricity fraction of 66% and unit electricity cost of 0.092$/kWh.…”

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Performance and economic investigation of a combined phosphoric acid fuel cell/organic Rankine cycle/electrolyzer system for sulfuric acid production; Energy‐based organic fluid selection

Sadeghi

Askari

2020

Int J Energy Res

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SUMMARY In this article, the application of a hybrid phosphoric acid fuel cell and organic Rankine cycle (PAFC/ORC) system was thermo‐economically investigated for sulfuric acid production in Sarcheshmeh copper complex (SCC); the second largest copper deposit worldwide. The electricity that is produced by the system is consumed by electrolyzer to produce the hydrogen and sulfuric acid. Two scenarios were considered for applying the PAFC thermal energy as thermal source of the ORC to produce further power. The performance of the system was investigated considering various important parameters such as organic fluid type, PAFC current density (IPAFC), fuel & air consumption factors as well as the ORC turbine inlet pressure (Pi, ORC). The unit cost of sulfuric acid and the hybrid system simple payback period were obtained as 0.0215$/kg and 3.65 years, respectively.

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“…In the last few decades, photovoltaics (PV) have been broadly used as a cost effective and reliable renewable energy source with the aim of reducing the reliance on fossil fuel used in conventional thermal generation [1]. In [2], a detailed PV model is investigated using an artificial neural network (ANN).…”

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Active Charge Balancing Strategy Using the State of Charge Estimation Technique for a PV-Battery Hybrid System

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Charging a group of series-connected batteries of a PV-battery hybrid system exhibits an imbalance issue. Such imbalance has severe consequences on the battery activation function and the maintenance cost of the entire system. Therefore, this paper proposes an active battery balancing technique for a PV-battery integrated system to improve its performance and lifespan. Battery state of charge (SOC) estimation based on the backpropagation neural network (BPNN) technique is utilized to check the charge condition of the storage system. The developed battery management system (BMS) receives the SOC estimation of the individual batteries and issues control signal to the DC/DC Buck-boost converter to balance the charge status of the connected group of batteries. Simulation and experimental results using MATLAB-ATMega2560 interfacing system reveal the effectiveness of the proposed approach.

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Modelling and performance analysis of a stand-alone hybrid solar PV/Fuel Cell/Diesel Generator power system for university building

Cited by 147 publications

References 20 publications

Hybrid power systems – Sizes, efficiencies, and economics

Hybrid power systems – Sizes, efficiencies, and economics

Performance and economic investigation of a combined phosphoric acid fuel cell/organic Rankine cycle/electrolyzer system for sulfuric acid production; Energy‐based organic fluid selection

Active Charge Balancing Strategy Using the State of Charge Estimation Technique for a PV-Battery Hybrid System

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