Solar–wind hybrid renewable energy system: current status of research on configurations, control, and sizing methodologies

Ganguly, Piyali; Kalam, Akhtar; Zayegh, Aladin

doi:10.1016/b978-0-08-102493-5.00012-1

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“…The paper uses standard off-grid energy systems methodologies supported by the Hybrid Optimisation Model for Electric Renewables (HOMER) tool, International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) standards and some relevant studies in the literature for the simulation and analysis of the proposed hybrid electricity systems for the intended healthcare centers across the country [30][31][32][33][34][35][36]. In addition, a real-world energy demand profile of a standard rural healthcare center in the country has been used as the basis for analysing the energy system.…”

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Hybrid renewable energy supply for rural healthcare facilities: An approach to quality healthcare delivery

Olatomiwa

Blanchard

Mekhilef

et al. 2018

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

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The lack of modern electricity supply has been a major impediment to proper functioning of the healthcare centers in the rural areas, contributing to high maternal and child mortality rates in a country. Therefore, this study focuses on how to address the identified problem so that the healthcare centers or clinics in the remote areas can provide timely delivery of medical services for the concerned people. This paper, then, presents the analysis of stand-alone hybrid renewable energy systems for basic healthcare services in the rural areas, where there is no grid energy supply or the supply from the existing grid is erratic and unreliable. One major factor that informs the selection of the hybrid energy system in this study is that it promises high reliability compared to a single energy system. The research presents a statistical analysis of the potential of wind and solar energies for a selected rural locations in Nigeria based on the available long-term hourly and daily meteorological data. It employs an optimal technical and economic design and sizing of hybrid electrical power systems' components such as the wind, PV, battery and inverter systems, using the hybrid optimisation software (HOMER). Results show that Sokoto and Jos sites exist in the high wind potential regions, while the remaining sites are only suitable for small wind applications. Values obtained for global radiation show that all the sites enjoy considerable solar energy potential suitable for varying degree of solar energy applications. PV/wind/diesel/battery hybrid system configuration is considered optimum for rural health center at Iseyin, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Jos and Enugu, while hybrid systems involving PV/diesel/battery is considered ideal for Port-Harcourt, due to the quality of renewable energy potential. Hence, it was concluded that, the abundance of wind and solar resources in the country create an ideal environment for inclusion of renewable energy systems in the design and implementation of standalone power supply systems to improve rural healthcare delivery.

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Hybrid renewable energy supply for rural healthcare facilities: An approach to quality healthcare delivery

Olatomiwa

Blanchard

Mekhilef

et al. 2018

Sustainable Energy Technologies and Assessments

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“…The optimum configurations of different hybrid systems are evaluated considering techno-economic and environmental indicators. The most commonly used commercial software tools for hybrid energy simulation include HOMER, hybrid power system simulation model, 167 general algebraic modeling system (GAMS), 129 GIS, 168 optimization of renewable intermittent energies with hydrogen for autonomous electrification, 169 linear, interactive, and discrete optimizer, determining optimum integration of RES, 170 OptQuest, 171 dividing rectangles (DIRECT), 170 WDILOG2, 172 simulation of photovoltaic energy systems (SimPhoSys), 173 geo-spatial planner for energy investment strategies, 174 grid-connected renewable hybrid systems optimization, 175 and H 2 RES. 176 Among these various software tools, HOMER has probably been the most popular one developed by National RE Laboratory (NREL).…”

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A review on pump‐hydro storage for renewable and hybrid energy systems applications

Das

Mustafi

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Energy Storage

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The integration of storage technologies into the hybrid energy system (HES) offers significant stability in delivering electricity to a remote community. In addition, the benefits of using storage devices for achieving high renewable energy (RE) contribution to the total energy supply are also paramount. The present study provides a detailed review on the utilization of pump‐hydro storage (PHS) related to the RE‐based stand‐alone and grid‐connected HESs. The PHS‐based HESs have been analyzed considering the technical details, including reliability, cost‐effectiveness, and environmental indicators. The optimization techniques are critically employed to the PHS‐based systems, including metaheuristics intelligent techniques, commercially available optimization and simulation tools, and recent advanced optimization tools. A comparative analysis of PHS integration to the stand‐alone and grid‐connected systems based on techno‐economic and environmental indicators over other storage technologies is also presented. The key technical and environmental challenges related to the PHS‐based HES are identified. Results from the recent research studies indicate that the PHS‐based HESs offer significant cost and environmental benefits over battery storage technologies. The study identifies that the particle swarm optimization is the mostly appreciated optimizing technique for cost‐effective energy supply and environmental aspects followed by hybrid optimization model for electric renewables and genetic algorithm.

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“…It does not only focus on the abundant or insufficient RES potential period [86]. Two approaches are widely known in the literature for the implementation of LOPSP [87]. The first approach relies on time-series simulations, expressing the calculation complexity.…”

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Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems’ Optimisation. A Review and Extended Comparison of the Most-Used Software Tools

Kavadias

Triantafyllou

2021

Energies

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To help stakeholders plan, research, and develop Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems (HRES), the elaboration of numerous modelling techniques and software simulation tools has been reported. The thorough analysis of these undoubtedly complex systems is strongly correlated with the efficient utilisation of the potential of renewable energy and the meticulous development of pertinent designs. In this context, various optimisation constraints/targets have also been utilised. This specific work initially carries out a thorough review of the modelling techniques and simulation software developed in an attempt to define a commonly accepted categorisation methodology for the various existing HRES simulation methods. Moreover, the widely utilised optimisation targets are analysed in detail. Finally, it identifies the sensitivity of two commercial software tools (HOMER Pro and iHOGA) by examining nine case studies based on different wind and solar potential combinations. The results obtained by the two commercial tools are compared with the ESA Microgrid Simulator, a software developed by the Soft Energy Applications and Environmental Protection Laboratory of the Mechanical Engineering Department of the University of West Attica. The evaluation of the results, based on the diversification of the renewable energy potential used as input, has led to an in-depth assessment of the deviances detected in the software tools selected.

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Solar–wind hybrid renewable energy system: current status of research on configurations, control, and sizing methodologies

Cited by 24 publications

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Hybrid renewable energy supply for rural healthcare facilities: An approach to quality healthcare delivery

Hybrid renewable energy supply for rural healthcare facilities: An approach to quality healthcare delivery

A review on pump‐hydro storage for renewable and hybrid energy systems applications

Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems’ Optimisation. A Review and Extended Comparison of the Most-Used Software Tools

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