Performance Analysis of Renewable Energy Resources in Rural Areas: A Case Study of Solar Energy

Justo, Jackson John; Mushi, Aviti

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“…Solar PV array is made up of series (N SS ) connected modules, and a string of these modules are together strung in a parallel (N PP ) connection. Therefore, using the diode model of a solar cell [29], the total current I PV,Tot that comes out of the solar PV array is presented by [30] in (1)-( 4). The solar module current is I PV , R S and R P are solar cell series and shunt resistances respectively.…”

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Design of a Hybrid Energy System with Energy Storage for Standalone DC Microgrid Application

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This paper presents microgrid-distributed energy resources (DERs) for a rural standalone system. It is made up of a solar photovoltaic (solar PV) system, battery energy storage system (BESS), and a wind turbine coupled to a permanent magnet synchronous generator (WT-PMSG). The DERs are controlled by maximum power point tracking (MPPT)-based proportional integral (PI) controllers for both maximum power tracking and error feedback compensation. The MPPT uses the perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm for tracking the maximum power point of the DERs. The PI gains are tuned using the Ziegler–Nichols method. The developed system was built and simulated in MATLAB/Simulink under two conditions—constant load, and step-load changes. The controllers enabled the BESS to charge even during conditions of varying load and other environmental factors such as change of irradiance and wind speed. The reference was tracked extremely well by the output voltage of the DC microgrid. This is useful research for electrifying the rural islanded areas which are too far from the grid.

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Section: Solar Pv Array Modellingmentioning

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“…Solar PV array is made up of series ( SS N ) connected modules, and a string of these modules are together strung in a parallel ( PP N ) connection. Therefore, using the diode model of a solar cell [15], the total current , PV Tot I that comes out of the solar PV array is presented by [16] in ( 1…”

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“…The permanent magnet synchronous generator (PMSG) that is coupled to the wind turbine is modeled in direct-quadrature (d-q) synchronous frame [18], by the following expressions. (15), where p is the number of pole pairs of the PMSG. Since the PMSG has a cylindrical rotor, the d L = q L , then (15) simplifies to (16).…”

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Proposal Design of a Hybrid Solar PV-Wind-Battery Energy Storage for Standalone DC Microgrid Application

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Msigwa³

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This paper presents a microgrid distributed energy resources (DERs) for a rural standalone system. It is made up of solar photovoltaic (solar PV) system, battery energy storage system (BESS), and wind turbine coupled to permanent magnet synchronous generator (WT-PMSG). The DERs are controlled by maximum power point tracking (MPPT) based proportional intergral (PI) controllers for both maximum power tracking and error feedback compensation. The MPPT uses the perturb and observe (P&O) algorithm for tracking the maximum power point of the DERs. The PI gains are tuned using the Ziegler-Nichol’s method. The developed system was built and simulated in MATLAB/Simulink under two conditions - constant load, and step load changes. The controllers enabled the BESS to charge even during conditions of varying load and other environmental factors such as change of irradiance and wind speed. The reference was tracked very well by the output voltage of the DC grid. This is a useful research for electrifying the rural islanded areas, too far from the grid.

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“…Therefore, a decentralized electricity supply through use of microgrids could be used as a viable and lucrative solution (Al-Ammar et al, 2020;Sawle et al, 2018). These microgrids could be powered by solar photovoltaics (Justo & Mushi, 2020), other renewables (Gaslac et al, 2018;Jahangiri et al, 2018), and sometimes integrated with diesel generators (DG) (Belboul et al, 2022;Ji et al, 2022). Using right funding models and policy frameworks such as was proposed in Northeast Nigeria (Mshelia, 2021), the DRC could utilize renewable energy-powered microgrids to increase the electricity access to a larger rural population, and this could be extended to large cities at a low cost as compared to conventional grid (and generators).…”

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Renewable Energy Microgrids to Improve Electrification Rate in Democratic Republic of Congo: Case of Hydro, Municipal Waste and Solar

Josue¹,

Mushi

2022

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Worldwide, it is imperative for citizens to have access to electrici-ty. This applies to Congolese--rural and urban dwellers, and if possible, it should be guaranteed by government’s laws and poli-cies. However, the rural and urban areas of Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) suffer majorly from lack of access to electricity. The major reasons are the high costs associated with connection to the national central grid and production insufficiency. There-fore, one feasible approach to electrify these areas is to use mi-crogrids. This technology is decent and viable option for energy revolution since it incorporates energy storage systems, distribut-ed generators, and localized loads. This paper has taken to im-plement this solution by firstly analysing some cities located at the borders of large rivers or watercourses (with known depth and width), such as the Congo River considered for hydrokinetic pow-er (HKP). However, where the Congo River does not pass through, the paper will consider largest rivers passing in the area. For the case of photovoltaic electricity production, large cities are considered those with good sunshine and large population who have purchasing power for the photovoltaic electricity. The waste to energy power plans will consider the top ten densely populated cities in DRC. The proposed microgrids will operate in isolation (islanded) mode. This paper proposed 44 projects to generate 795 690 kW total energy from the microgrids. These energies are divided as 661 000 kW from solar photovoltaic, 83 790 kW from waste to energy, and 50 900 kW from hydrokinetic generation. The urban share will be 94.9% and rural area share will be 5.1% of this generation. Further work needs to include biomass as a possible renewable energy to add in the mix.

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Performance Analysis of Renewable Energy Resources in Rural Areas: A Case Study of Solar Energy

Cited by 13 publications

References 12 publications

Design of a Hybrid Energy System with Energy Storage for Standalone DC Microgrid Application

Design of a Hybrid Energy System with Energy Storage for Standalone DC Microgrid Application

Proposal Design of a Hybrid Solar PV-Wind-Battery Energy Storage for Standalone DC Microgrid Application

Renewable Energy Microgrids to Improve Electrification Rate in Democratic Republic of Congo: Case of Hydro, Municipal Waste and Solar

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