Title :
A plant for cogeneration of electricity and water powered by renewable energy sources based on using high level of automation
Author :
Amr, A Kandil ; Rady, Sherine ; Badreddin, Essam
Author_Institution :
Autom. Lab., Univ. of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany
fDate :
Nov. 29 2010-Dec. 1 2010
Abstract :
In this paper an off-grid hybrid energy system consisting of a reverse osmosis desalination plant for brackish water powered by renewable energy sources, and a diesel generator as back-up will be described. The whole system serves as a prototype for testing new automatic control methods to increase the plant reliability, which is crucial in remote arid areas. The necessary steps for the design of an optimal co-generation of both water and electricity such as the decision support system, modelling and simulation of the system and developing a fault tolerant control system will be depicted. The overall goal is to provide a cost optimal way to produce water and energy under the regional and technical boundary conditions. The presented work was performed within the framework of the European co-funded Project OPEN-GAIN.
Keywords :
cogeneration; decision support systems; fault tolerance; hybrid power systems; power generation control; power generation faults; power generation reliability; renewable energy sources; European co-funded project OPEN-GAIN; automatic control method; decision support system; diesel generator; electricity cogeneration plant reliability; fault tolerant control system; off-grid hybrid energy system; optimal cogeneration; renewable energy sources; reverse osmosis desalination plant; technical boundary condition; water cogeneration; decision support; energy management; fault tolerant control; hybrid energy; reverse-osmosis desalination;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Systems Design and Applications (ISDA), 2010 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cairo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8134-7
DOI :
10.1109/ISDA.2010.5687265
