An economic analysis of power system designs for remote site telecommunications applications

Author

Bartholf, Todd R.

Author_Institution

Northern Power Syst., Moretown, VT, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

30 Oct-2 Nov 1988

Firstpage

472

Lastpage

474

Abstract

The author considers the economic evaluation of eight commonly used power system designs for remote locations. These designs are based on the following power-plant configurations: diesel engine generator, thermal electric generator, closed-cycle vapor turbine, solar electric generator, wind energy conversion system, solar hybrid (PV/diesel), wind hybrid (wind/diesel), and solar/wind hybrid. This evaluation provides a guideline for system design economics by comparing the results from each of the two sample cases. From these figures, a cost-to-load ($/W) ratio is calculated for each of the eight power-supply options

Keywords

diesel-electric generators; economics; photovoltaic power systems; telecommunication systems; thermoelectric conversion; turbines; wind turbines; closed-cycle vapor turbine; diesel engine generator; economic analysis; power system designs; remote site telecommunications applications; solar electric generator; solar-diesel hybrid; solar-wind hybrid; thermal electric generator; wind energy conversion system; wind-diesel hybrid; Diesel engines; Generators; Hybrid power systems; Power generation; Power generation economics; Power system analysis computing; Power system economics; Solar power generation; Turbines; Wind energy generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1988. INTELEC '88., 10th International

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.1988.22393

Filename

22393