Power for Development: A Review of Distributed Generation Projects in the Developing World

Brass, Jennifer N.; Carley, Sanya; MacLean, Lauren M.; Baldwin, Elizabeth

doi:10.1146/annurev-environ-051112-111930

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“…DG may include solar PV system for local power generation and may also be connected to a conventional grid. DG is the future trend of electrical power supply [2][3][4][5][6].…”

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Distributed Solar PV System for Industrial Application

Huang¹,

Hsu²,

Chen.³

2017

JEPE

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Abstract:The paper presents the design and field test of a distributed solar PV system for industrial application (DGPVi). DGPVi utilizes HyPV (hybrid PV) system which generates solar power for self-consumption in lighting and air conditioning in a production line of a factory when solar energy is available. It does not feed the excess PV power to the grid. HyPV will be switched to grid power supply when solar energy is not available. A 3 kWp DGPVi is installed in a factory for field demonstration. The test results show that the solar PV power generated can be utilized immediately. The solar energy generation efficiency (kWh/day per kWp PV installation) of DGPVi is close to that of grid-tied PV system without self-consumption and battery storage. The yearly return on investment of DGPVi is 2.0% at the present installation cost or 3.3% at further cost-down cost. The payback time will be 14.3 years at the present installation cost or 12.1 years at cost-down cost. The present study verifies the economic feasibility of DGPVi.

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“…DG may include solar PV system for local power generation and may also be connected to a conventional grid. DG is the future trend of electrical power supply [2][3][4][5][6].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Distributed Solar PV System for Industrial Application

Huang¹,

Hsu²,

Chen.³

2017

JEPE

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“…Extensive the research and development has been dedicated to renewable energy technologies (Brass, Carley, MacLean, & Baldwin, 2012;Clark III, 2010) by scientists and engineers. Intense studies are conducted both theoretically and experimentally (Chen, 2011;Deng & Liu, 2009;Tritt & Subramanian, 2006) on the promising solid-state solar thermal electric generation.…”

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confidence: 99%

Explore Novel Renewable Energy Generation via Applications of Thermoelectric Technology

Jin¹,

Zhang²

2017

ENRR

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This paper presents systematic studies of the renewabale energy [RE] technologies and focuses on thermoelectric (TE) technology. The invention of a new equipment is applied to thermoelectric modules (TEM) and demonstrates important capabilities such as in-situ characterization of I-V curve, P-V curves, and TE efficiency. Many variales are invetsigated in order to maximize the output of TE power. Experimental data show that the TE power output is scalable/ additive for multiple TE systems. Multi-stack structures are invetsigated in order to improve the TE efficiency. One of the hightlights of this paper is to generate a large output of TEPG system up to 1kW power. The TE technology is one of the most important RE technologies that has advantages of being renewable, possessing low-noise/ no-moving parts among other features, and having versatile and special applications with TEM. Several sets of the thermoelectric power generation (TEPG) systems are developed with various TEMs for many different applications. Finally, the TEPG is characterized for the experimental investigation and data analysis, followed by summaries and conclusion based on the data.

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“…There are intense interests in the development of the alternative energies [1][2]. Extensive studies are conducted both theoretically and experimentally [3][4][5] on the promising solid-state solar thermal electric generation.…”

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Systematic Studies on Building the High Output Thermoelectric Power Generation

Jin¹

2017

IJSTS

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Abstract:Authors report a systematic approach in research and development of alternative energy with a focus on thermoelectric (TE) generation. This approach has improved the thermoelectric modules (TEM) and thermoelectric power generator (TEPG) system in the key specification. In particular, they have investigated the details of the TE technology, constructed TEM, and built TEPG in order to achieve large power output and high efficiency. Experimental studies of the in situ characterization station for the thermoelectric module (ICSTEM) discover that the multi stack TEM has significantly improved the efficiency of a system by employing suitable and commensurate TE materials. The ICSTEM is invented to establish precisely a true TEM performance. Typical electrical response curves are studied in terms of IV curve and PV curve. This article has also characterized the output power as a function of the force factor setting and of its demonstrated response curve. Moreover, by connecting various TE prototypes, the total power output shows the scalability by simple superposition. Finally, authors demonstrate the TE device manufacture by the different approaches of advanced manufacturing technologies and explore ways of advanced manufacturing processes.

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Power for Development: A Review of Distributed Generation Projects in the Developing World

Cited by 73 publications

References 80 publications

Distributed Solar PV System for Industrial Application

Distributed Solar PV System for Industrial Application

Explore Novel Renewable Energy Generation via Applications of Thermoelectric Technology

Systematic Studies on Building the High Output Thermoelectric Power Generation

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