Development of a numerical model for evaluating the performance of renewable generation systems

Author

Zahedi, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Syst. Eng., Monash Univ., Clayton, Vic., Australia

Volume

3

fYear

2002

fDate

28-31 Oct. 2002

Firstpage

1950

Abstract

One of the applications of photovoltaic (PV) generators today is PV-hybrid power systems for remote residences. In these systems, one or more PV array(s) are combined with another source of power (diesel and/or wind) for making a more reliable electricity supply. Batteries are used in these systems for supplying electricity during the nights as well as cloudy days. One (or more) diesel generator is used to ensure that the batteries are not undercharged. The objective of this paper is to present a numerical model for optimum sizing of the components in PV-hybrid power systems. A further objective is to present an optimum way to predict the performance of the system.

Keywords

diesel-electric generators; hybrid power systems; photovoltaic power systems; secondary cells; 10 kWh; 2.5 kW; PV array; PV-hybrid power system; PV-hybrid power systems; batteries; cloudy days; diesel; diesel generator; nights; numerical model; photovoltaic generators; reliable electricity supply; remote residences; renewable generation systems performance; wind; Batteries; Costs; Hybrid power systems; Numerical models; Power generation; Power supplies; Power system reliability; Solar power generation; Temperature; Voltage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

TENCON '02. Proceedings. 2002 IEEE Region 10 Conference on Computers, Communications, Control and Power Engineering

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7490-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TENCON.2002.1182720

Filename

1182720