Optimal design of a PV/fuel cell hybrid power system for the city of Brest in France

Author

Mohammed, Omar Hazem ; Amirat, Yacine ; Benbouzid, Mohamed ; Elbaset, Adel A.

Author_Institution

Univ. of Brest, Brest, France

fYear

2014

fDate

25-27 March 2014

Firstpage

119

Lastpage

123

Abstract

This paper deals with the optimal design of a stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic and fuel cell power system without battery storage to supply the electric load demand of the city of Brest, Western Brittany in France. The proposed optimal design study is focused on economical performances and is mainly based on the loss of the power supply probability concept. The hybrid power system optimal design is based on a simulation model developed using HOMER. In this context, a practical load demand profile of Brest city is used with real weather data.

Keywords

fuel cell power plants; hybrid power systems; photovoltaic power systems; power generation economics; probability; Brest city; France; HOMER simulation model; PV-fuel cell hybrid power system; Western Brittany; battery storage; economical performance; electric load demand; hybrid power system optimal design; power supply probability concept loss; stand-alone hybrid photovoltaic power system; Cities and towns; Fuel cells; Generators; Hybrid power systems; Hydrogen; Optimization; Photovoltaic systems; HOMER; Hybrid power system; energy cost; fuel cell; generation unit sizing; photovoltaic; renewable energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Energy, 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sfax

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-3601-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGE.2014.6835408

Filename

6835408