Title :
Techno-economic and environmental impacts of hybrid generation to supply a load in Visakhapatnam
Author :
Harsha, Sai Sri ; Sharif, Shaik ; Sharma, Ravi
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Electron. Dept., Nat. Inst. of Technol., Delhi, India
Abstract :
A standalone power generating system is proposed and a thorough cost analysis is carried out to supply power in a coastal area near Visakhapatnam. The system comprises of Photovoltaic (PV), wind, diesel generator system taking absolutely no aid from the grid. By varying the number of PV cells, wind generating units, diesel generators etc. in the simulation environment, optimum sizing is carried out to obtain the size of generation units, matching the needs of the community demand profile. The optimization showed that cost per unit of energy up to 0.218(US$) can be achieved along with a huge reduction in pollutant emissions. The “Homer” software (v 2.68) is used in the simulation.
Keywords :
costing; diesel-electric generators; environmental factors; hybrid power systems; power generation economics; solar cells; wind power plants; Homer software; PV cells; Visakhapatnam; cost analysis; diesel generator system; environmental impacts; hybrid generation; optimization; pollutant emissions; standalone power generating system; techno-economic impacts; wind generating units; Batteries; Generators; Hybrid power systems; Maintenance engineering; Photovoltaic systems; Wind speed; Emissions; Homer; PV Wind Hybrid; Renewable; Sizing;
Conference_Titel :
Power India International Conference (PIICON), 2014 6th IEEE
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-6041-5
DOI :
10.1109/34084POWERI.2014.7117681
