Overview of wind/diesel systems

Lipman, N.H.

doi:10.1016/0960-1481(94)90441-3

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“…Other studies have also concluded that typically diesel gen sets have a high economic and environmental cost (Katiraei & Abbey, 2007;Kim & Leng, 1999;Lautier et al, 2007;Lipman, 1994). A common design flaw for diesel based electricity systems in off-grid communities are its excess installed capacity (Schofield, 2011;Weis & Ilinca, 2010).…”

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“…The large diesel gen sets are sized to meet the maximum peak load plus some regulatory requirement (Lipman, 1994). In the case of Brochet, the peak load was almost twice the average load, however, in some communities it can be as high as five to ten times the average load (Lipman, 1994). And, like in the case of Brochet, the peak values usually occur for a small fractions of the total year (Pelland et al, 2012).…”

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“…These systems have similar configurations to that of Brochet, usually one or two large diesel gen sets operating in parallel to meet the electricity load and a third gen set, that is generally kept as a backup (Schofield, 2011). The large diesel gen sets are sized to meet the maximum peak load plus some regulatory requirement (Lipman, 1994). In the case of Brochet, the peak load was almost twice the average load, however, in some communities it can be as high as five to ten times the average load (Lipman, 1994).…”

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Optimizing an off-grid electrical system in Brochet, Manitoba, Canada

Bhattarai

Thompson

2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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Permission has been granted to the Library of the University of Manitoba to lend or sell copies of this thesis, to the National Library of Canada to microfilm this thesis and to lend or sell copies of the film, and to University Microfilms Inc. to publish an abstract of this thesis/practicum. This reproduction or copy of this thesis has been made available by authority of the copyright owner solely for the purpose of private study and research, and may only be reproduced and copied as permitted by copyright laws or with express written authorization from the copyright owner.i AbstractBrochet is a remote, off-grid community located in Northern Manitoba, Canada.The existing diesel generating system is characterized by high economic and environmental costs. As the existing diesel generators are nearing the end of their operational lifespan, this study uses the HOMER model to determine an optimum electricity system design at Brochet that has high electrical reliability, least cost, and low emissions. Three potential power generation options were considered and evaluated, namely: 1) only diesel, 2) only wind, 3) a mix of both. The wind-diesel hybrid system performed best for all the evaluation criteria. While maintaining high reliability, this hybrid system design resulted in 19 % reduction in electricity cost, and 30 % reduction of CO 2 when compared to the existing electricity system at Brochet. Thus, this study concludes that the wind-diesel hybrid system is the optimum electricity system design for Brochet and proposes this system replace the existing system.ii Acknowledgement

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Optimizing an off-grid electrical system in Brochet, Manitoba, Canada

Bhattarai

Thompson

2016

Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews

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“…However, typical remote power system designs tend to favor a centralized power plant architecture with oversized and redundant generation units. In most cases, some sort of "energy storage" is used to perform voltage and frequency regulation and maintain sufficient generation reserve, [8], [9]. These approaches are very costly and may not be applicable for outage management on rural feeders for two reasons: (1) the system operates in connection to the main grid most of the time and may become an island only a few times per year, (2) multiple DG units may be some distance apart which requires distributed control and advanced power management strategies.…”

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Planned islanding on rural feeders — utility perspective

Katiraei

Abbey

Tang

et al. 2008

2008 IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century

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Planned islanding application, also known as intentional islanding, is an early utility adaptation of the Microgrid concept that is being promoted by major utilities around the world. The main objective of planned islanding projects in Canada is to enhance customer-based power supply reliability on rural feeders by utilizing an appropriately located independent power producer (IPP). This paper considers the process of planned islanding and the necessary steps that need to be taken in order to lead to successful projects. Some of the current experience from Canadian utilities in this area are investigated and the additional requirements, in terms of equipment and system studies, which are needed in order to plan for the operation of a planned island project are discussed. A case of planned islanding on rural feeders with multiple distributed generation units is also investigated, which represents the target of future projects in this area.

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“…Two types of powergeneration components have been considered: (1) WTs with 20 kW rated power and (2) CDGs with 15 kW rated power. The number of CDGs is kept constant and equal to one, as multiple-diesel strategies are normally applied in much larger isolated systems [17], whereas the number of WTs can vary from one to three. The evaluation of each examined system is 13.…”

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Introducing a coloured fluid stochastic Petri net-based methodology for reliability and performance evaluation of small isolated power systems including wind turbines

Katsigiannis¹,

Georgilakis²,

Tsinarakis³

2008

IET Renewable Power Generation

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A new approach in reliability evaluation of small isolated hybrid power systems, which include wind turbines and conventional generators, based on fluid stochastic Petri net (PN) modelling is presented. A major novelty of the proposed methodology is that a selection of constant time intervals is adopted, instead of assuming continuous dynamics. The proposed analysis presents similar characteristics with simulation methods, with the additional advantages of graphical representation of system's components and attributes. Moreover, emphasis is given on the parameterisation of input data that describes operational and reliability characteristics of the system, so a global investigation of the examined system can be done. In order to import more precise data in the simulation process modelled by the PN, the concept of database arcs is introduced. The evaluation is based on the calculation of system's basic indices related to reliability estimation and energy production. The results obtained verify the flexibility and the capabilities of the proposed methodology.

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Overview of wind/diesel systems

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Optimizing an off-grid electrical system in Brochet, Manitoba, Canada

Optimizing an off-grid electrical system in Brochet, Manitoba, Canada

Planned islanding on rural feeders — utility perspective

Introducing a coloured fluid stochastic Petri net-based methodology for reliability and performance evaluation of small isolated power systems including wind turbines

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