Application of renewable energy resources in a microgrid power system

dc.contributor.authorAdefarati, Temitope
dc.contributor.authorBansal, Ramesh C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-05T14:48:50Z
dc.date.available2021-01-05T14:48:50Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractIn order to meet the power prerequisites of their citizens, many countries are heavily dependent on the utilization of fossil fuels for power generation. This has reduced the natural reserve of fossil fuels and caused a large percentage of greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). It is imperative to harness energy from renewable energy resources (RERs) as a measure to supplement the authors’ daily energy needs from the conventional units. The proposed microgrid system deals with the incorporation of the wind turbine generator (WTG), diesel generator, hydro turbine, photovoltaic and battery storage system for optimisation of net present cost (NPC), annualised cost of the system (ACS), GHG, fuel cost, operating costs and cost of energy (COE) by using hybrid optimisation model for electric renewables using HOMER software. The system is designed with the energy demand of 618 kWh/day at a peak load of 72.5 kW. The values of NPC, COE, ACS and fuel consumption obtained in the optimised configuration are $942,654/yr, $127,415, $0.327/kWh and 51,236 L/yr. The simulation results obtained from the optimised scenario reveal that the utilisation of RERs has been found to be a cost effective means to supply remote areas.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentElectrical, Electronic and Computer Engineeringen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2020en_ZA
dc.description.urihttps://digital-library.theiet.org/content/journals/joeen_ZA
dc.identifier.citationAdefarati, T. & Bansal, R.C. 2019, 'Application of renewable energy resources in a microgrid power system', Journal of Engineering, vol. 2019, no. 18, pp. 5308-5313.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn2051-3305 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1049/joe.2018.9261
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/77925
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherInstitution of Engineering and Technologyen_ZA
dc.rightsThis is an open access article published by the IET under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_ZA
dc.subjectPower prerequisitesen_ZA
dc.subjectFuelsen_ZA
dc.subjectPower generationen_ZA
dc.subjectEnergyen_ZA
dc.subjectGreenhouse gas (GHG) emissionsen_ZA
dc.subjectRenewable energy resource (RER)en_ZA
dc.subjectWind turbine generator (WTG)en_ZA
dc.subjectDiesel generatoren_ZA
dc.subjectHOMER softwareen_ZA
dc.subjectElectric renewablesen_ZA
dc.subjectHybrid optimisation modelen_ZA
dc.subjectHydro turbineen_ZA
dc.subjectPhotovoltaic storage systemen_ZA
dc.subjectBattery storage system (BSS)en_ZA
dc.subjectNet present cost (NPC)en_ZA
dc.subjectCost of energy (COE)en_ZA
dc.subjectOperating costsen_ZA
dc.subjectAnnualised cost of the system (ACS)en_ZA
dc.subjectFuel costen_ZA
dc.subjectFossil fuelen_ZA
dc.titleApplication of renewable energy resources in a microgrid power systemen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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