DocumentCode :
2202211
Title :
Economic analysis and environmental impacts of a PV with diesel-battery system for remote villages
Author :
Wies, R.W. ; Johnson, R.A. ; Agarwal, A.N. ; Chubb, T.J.
Author_Institution :
Dept of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Alaska Univ., Fairbanks, AK
fYear :
2004
fDate :
10-10 June 2004
Firstpage :
1898
Abstract :
This paper discusses the economic analysis and environmental impacts of integrating a photovoltaic (PV) array into diesel-electric power systems for remote villages. Matlab simulink is used to match the load with the demand and apportion the electrical production between the PV and diesel-electric generator. The economics part of the model calculates the fuel consumed, the kilowatt-hours (kWhrs) obtained per gallon of fuel supplied, and the total cost of fuel. The environmental part of the model calculates the CO2 participate matter (PM), and the NOx emitted to the atmosphere. Simulations based on an actual system in the remote Alaskan community of Lime Village were performed for three cases: 1) diesel only, 2) diesel-battery, and 3) PV with diesel-batter using a one year time period. The simulation results were utilized to calculate the energy payback, the simple payback time for the PV module, and the avoided costs of CO2, NOx , and PM
Keywords :
air pollution; carbon compounds; cells (electric); diesel-electric generators; hybrid power systems; mathematics computing; nitrogen compounds; photovoltaic power systems; power system economics; power system measurement; power system simulation; solar cell arrays; Alaskan; CO2; Lime Village; Matlab; NO; PM; PV array; Simulink; diesel-battery system; diesel-electric generator; economic analysis; energy payback time; environmental impacts; fuel consumption; greenhouse emissions; hybrid power system; participate matter; photovoltaic; power system monitoring; remote terminal unit; Atmospheric modeling; Costs; Environmental economics; Fuel economy; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation economics; Power system economics; Power system modeling; Solar power generation;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society General Meeting, 2004. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8465-2
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/PES.2004.1373209
Filename :
1373209
Link To Document :
بازگشت