Generator selection for rural electrification from renewable energy

This paper discusses the issue of rural electrification from renewable energy. Generators represent one of the essential components of the electrification system and therefore need to be selected properly in order to improve the electrification system design. However, there is scant literature on suitable types and selection procedures for generators for decentralized power generation. This paper examines the appropriate generator selection for rural areas which will take in to account the effect of faults on the generator side and in particular the issue of safety of personnel working on the feeders connected to the generator. Detailed models of different generator types with experimental results are presented to aid the analysis.