Design scenarios for integrated renewable energy systems

Author

Ramakumar, R. ; Abouzahr, L. ; Krishnan, K. ; Ashenayi, K.

Author_Institution

Eng. Energy Lab., Oklahoma State Univ., Stillwater, OK, USA

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

1995

fDate

12/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

736

Lastpage

746

Abstract

The wide variety of renewable energy resources and their highly site-specific and variable nature, coupled with different types and qualities of energy needs, pose a challenging problem to the designers of integrated renewable energy systems (IRES). This paper discusses some typical design scenarios and the formulation of designs using the knowledge-based design tool IRES-KB with the aid of KAPPA-PC development tools. A remote village with no electrical grid connection is chosen for this study since renewables are most likely to make their greatest impact in such locations. The versatility of IRES-KB is brought out in the discussion of the results

Keywords

energy resources; knowledge based systems; power engineering computing; IRES-K; KAPPA-PC development tools; design scenarios; integrated renewable energy systems; knowledge-based design tool; remote village; Biomass; Cost function; Environmental economics; IEEE members; Linear programming; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation economics; Renewable energy resources; Space heating; Water heating;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/60.475847

Filename

475847