Off-grid microgrid development for the village of Katumbi in Tanzania

2016 North American Power Symposium (NAPS) Pub Date : 2016-09-01 DOI:10.1109/NAPS.2016.7747901

M. Backes, Ikponmwosa Idehen, Timothy M. Yardley, Prosper Panumpabi

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Power Africa is an initiative launched by US President Barack Obama in July 2013 to bring power to unelectrified communities in Sub-Saharan Africa. We developed a power system model of the rural village of Katumbi, Tanzania. Utilizing RTDS, a cutting edge technology for power system simulation, we built and verified a microgrid based on real data from Katumbi. The microgrid is powered by distributed energy resources such as a solar panel farm, wind turbines, and thermal generation. The control capabilities of the microgrid are reactive power support, fault voltage ride through, load shedding, and voltage unbalance. Simulation shows the microgrid is able to withstand a variety of disturbances, and is built for a population and geographic expansion of Katumbi due to the numerous benefits that electrification provides rural communities. The microgrid allows for the addition of community resources such as a hospital, freezers to store the catch of fishermen, a school, and a tower for wireless communication within the community. These will bring economic, social, and health benefits to this rural, impoverished community.

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坦桑尼亚Katumbi村的离网微电网发展

“电力非洲”是美国总统奥巴马于2013年7月发起的一项倡议，旨在为撒哈拉以南非洲地区未通电的社区提供电力。我们开发了一个电力系统模型，用于坦桑尼亚的Katumbi村。利用RTDS这一电力系统仿真的前沿技术，我们基于Katumbi的真实数据建立并验证了一个微电网。微电网由分布式能源供电，如太阳能电池板农场、风力涡轮机和热能发电。微电网的控制能力包括无功支持、故障电压穿越、减载和电压不平衡。模拟显示，微电网能够承受各种干扰，并且由于电气化为农村社区提供了许多好处，因此是为Katumbi的人口和地理扩张而建造的。微电网允许增加社区资源，如医院、储存渔民渔获物的冰柜、学校和社区内的无线通信塔。这将为这个贫困的农村社区带来经济、社会和健康效益。

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