TY - GEN
T1 - Improvement of an off-grid electricity supply system
T2 - 2021 IEEE International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2021
AU - Kilimi, Mafwele G.R.
AU - Motjoadi, Vinny
AU - Bokoro, Pitshou N.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 IEEE.
PY - 2021/10/7
Y1 - 2021/10/7
N2 - In this work, an attempt to improve a planned off-grid Photovoltaic (PV)/Diesel Generators (DGs)/Battery bank system, for electricity generation in Corisco International Airport, integrating wind turbines (WTs) is done. The current operative four 750 kW DGs, would be removed after implementation. Using HOMER software, the simulation results of the proposed system provide 95.38% in saving for net present cost and cost of energy, and 98.68% in saving for operation and maintenance cost, against DGs. The renewable generation meets the load demand (307.42125 MWh/year) with 41.30% of excess electricity. Thus, the annual greenhouse gases emissions are greatly reduced by 98.50% in the island environment. The winning system consists of six 25 kW WTs, 258.24 kW of PV panels, one 800 kW DG, and twenty 51.6 kWh batteries. The contributions of WT, solar PV and the DG within a total electrical generation of 531.688 MWh/year are 31.31%, 67.19%, and 1.50%, respectively.
AB - In this work, an attempt to improve a planned off-grid Photovoltaic (PV)/Diesel Generators (DGs)/Battery bank system, for electricity generation in Corisco International Airport, integrating wind turbines (WTs) is done. The current operative four 750 kW DGs, would be removed after implementation. Using HOMER software, the simulation results of the proposed system provide 95.38% in saving for net present cost and cost of energy, and 98.68% in saving for operation and maintenance cost, against DGs. The renewable generation meets the load demand (307.42125 MWh/year) with 41.30% of excess electricity. Thus, the annual greenhouse gases emissions are greatly reduced by 98.50% in the island environment. The winning system consists of six 25 kW WTs, 258.24 kW of PV panels, one 800 kW DG, and twenty 51.6 kWh batteries. The contributions of WT, solar PV and the DG within a total electrical generation of 531.688 MWh/year are 31.31%, 67.19%, and 1.50%, respectively.
KW - Corisco international airport
KW - HOMER
KW - Hybrid PV-WTs-DGs-Battery energy system
KW - Improvement
KW - RES
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85119436076&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/ICECCME52200.2021.9591028
DO - 10.1109/ICECCME52200.2021.9591028
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85119436076
T3 - International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2021
BT - International Conference on Electrical, Computer, Communications and Mechatronics Engineering, ICECCME 2021
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Y2 - 7 October 2021 through 8 October 2021
ER -
