{"title":"Optimal sizing of hybrid energy system for a remote telecom tower: A case study in Nigeria","authors":"L. Olatomiwa, S. Mekhilef, A. Huda","doi":"10.1109/CENCON.2014.6967509","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Hybrid energy systems are becoming attractive for providing electricity in remote areas due to excessive expenditure of grid extension, increase in oil price and advances in renewable energy technology. Optimal sizing of components can reduce the cost of hybrid systems. This article illustrates the size optimization of solar-wind-diesel generator-battery hybrid system designed for a remote location mobile telecom base transceiver station in Nigeria. Different energy combinations have been analyzed using HOMER 2.81 (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables) in order to determine an optimal model. Simulation results show that the hybrid energy systems can minimize the power generation cost significantly and can decrease CO2 emissions as compared to the traditional diesel generator only.","PeriodicalId":342510,"journal":{"name":"2014 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2014-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"42","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2014 IEEE Conference on Energy Conversion (CENCON)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/CENCON.2014.6967509","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hybrid energy systems are becoming attractive for providing electricity in remote areas due to excessive expenditure of grid extension, increase in oil price and advances in renewable energy technology. Optimal sizing of components can reduce the cost of hybrid systems. This article illustrates the size optimization of solar-wind-diesel generator-battery hybrid system designed for a remote location mobile telecom base transceiver station in Nigeria. Different energy combinations have been analyzed using HOMER 2.81 (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables) in order to determine an optimal model. Simulation results show that the hybrid energy systems can minimize the power generation cost significantly and can decrease CO2 emissions as compared to the traditional diesel generator only.
由于电网扩建费用过高、油价上涨和可再生能源技术的进步,混合能源系统对偏远地区供电越来越有吸引力。优化部件尺寸可以降低混合动力系统的成本。本文阐述了为尼日利亚远程移动通信基站收发站设计的太阳能-风能-柴油发电-电池混合系统的尺寸优化。利用HOMER 2.81 (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables)对不同的能源组合进行分析,以确定最优模型。仿真结果表明,与传统的柴油发电机相比,混合能源系统可以显著降低发电成本,减少二氧化碳排放。