Modelling and simulation of distributed generation system using HOMER software

Author

Kansara, Bindu U. ; Parekh, B.R.

Author_Institution

Electr. Eng. Dept., Sardar Patel Univ., Vidyanagar, India

fYear

2011

fDate

15-17 Dec. 2011

Firstpage

328

Lastpage

332

Abstract

A microgrid is an integrated form of Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) which are connected together to serve electrical power to the selected consumers or can exchange power with the existing utility grid under stand alone or grid connected mode. Distributed generators can provide high reliability by providing on-site generation. As a result of this many hybrid systems came in existence like PV cells, fuel cells, micro turbines, wind, diesel and small hydro systems. The distributed generation system having Photo Voltaic (PV), wind turbine and diesel generator is simulated and analyzed. This paper gives simulation results of PV-Wind-Diesel hybrid system. HOMER (Hybrid Optimization Models for Energy Resources) power optimization software by NREL (National Renewable Energy Laboratory) is used to simulate and analyze the PV-Wind-Diesel hybrid system.

Keywords

distributed power generation; fuel cell power plants; photovoltaic power systems; power engineering computing; wind power plants; HOMER power optimization software; NREL; National Renewable Energy Laboratory; PV cells; PV-wind-diesel hybrid system; distributed energy resources; distributed generation system; distributed generators; electrical power; fuel cells; grid connected mode; hybrid optimization models-for-energy resources; micro turbines; microgrid; on-site generation; small hydro system; stand alone mode; utility grid; Batteries; Generators; Hybrid power systems; Load modeling; Wind speed; Wind turbines; DER; Diesel; HOMER; PV; Wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Recent Advancements in Electrical, Electronics and Control Engineering (ICONRAEeCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sivakasi

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-2146-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICONRAEeCE.2011.6129804

Filename

6129804