Optimal sizing and power sharing of distributed hybrid renewable energy systems considering socio-demographic factors

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dc.contributor.author Goddard, Rohan
dc.contributor.author Zhang, Lijun
dc.contributor.author Xia, Xiaohua
dc.date.accessioned 2020-08-13T05:25:04Z
dc.date.available 2020-08-13T05:25:04Z
dc.date.issued 2019-02
dc.description Applied Energy Symposium and Forum, Renewable Energy Integration with Mini/Microgrids, REM 2018, 29–30 September 2018, Rhodes, Greece en_ZA
dc.description.abstract When sizing distributed hybrid renewable energy systems (HRESs) it has been found that capital costs can significantly be reduced when socio-demographic factors are considered. Unique electricity usage patterns have previously been classified using users’ socio-demographic factors and used to optimize the size of individual stand-alone HRESs. An optimization model is formulated where an individual HRES is assigned to each of the six socio-demographic classifications and power sharing is implemented with neighboring sites in a specific configuration. Solving the optimization problem with a hybrid approach using Matlab’s genetic algorithm and fmincon results in an 82,10% reduction in capital costs compared to the system without power sharing. en_ZA
dc.description.department Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering en_ZA
dc.description.librarian am2020 en_ZA
dc.description.uri http://www.elsevier.com/locate/procedia en_ZA
dc.identifier.citation Goddard, R., Zhang, L. & Xia, X. 2019, 'Optimal sizing and power sharing of distributed hybrid renewable energy systems considering socio-demographic factors', Energy Procedia, vol. 159, pp. 340-345. en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn 1876-6102 (online)
dc.identifier.other 10.1016/j.egypro.2019.01.005
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75673
dc.language.iso en en_ZA
dc.publisher Elsevier en_ZA
dc.rights © The Authors. This is an open access article under CC BY-NC-ND license. en_ZA
dc.subject Sizing en_ZA
dc.subject Optimization en_ZA
dc.subject Power sharing en_ZA
dc.subject Socio-demographic factors en_ZA
dc.subject Hybrid renewable energy system (HRES) en_ZA
dc.title Optimal sizing and power sharing of distributed hybrid renewable energy systems considering socio-demographic factors en_ZA
dc.type Article en_ZA


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