Energy Conversion and Management
Energy Conversion and Management
Energy Conversion and Management
a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t
Article history: In this paper, a method for designing hybrid electricity generation systems is presented. It is based on the
Received 20 March 2016 Modified Electric System Cascade Analysis method. The Power Pinch analysis is used as a guideline for
Received in revised form 17 August 2016 development of an isolated power supply system, which consists of photovoltaic panels, wind turbines
Accepted 21 August 2016
and energy storage units. The design procedure uses a simulation model, developed using MATLAB/
SIMULINK and applies the developed algorithms for obtaining an optimal design. A validation of the
Modified Electric System Cascade Analysis method is performed by comparing the obtained results with
Keywords:
those from the Homer Pro software. The procedure takes as inputs hourly wind speed, solar radiation,
Standalone system
Hybrid system
demands, as well as cost data, for the generation and storage facilities. It is also applied to minimize
Pinch analysis the loss of power supply probability and to minimize the number of storage units. The algorithm has been
MESCA and Homer Pro demonstrated with a case study on a site in Oujda city, with daily electrical energy demand of 18.7 kWh,
resulting in a combination of photovoltaic panels, wind turbine and batteries at minimal cost. The results
from the Modified Electric System Cascade Analysis and HOMER Pro show that both tools successfully
identified the optimal solution with difference of 0.04% in produced energy, 5.4% in potential excess of
electricity and 0.07% in the cost of the energy.
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1. Introduction Mykines [4]. Due to the variable nature of supply on one hand and
variable demand on the other, in geographically limited areas these
In many places in the world, electricity is still a luxury com- systems are designed with some type of energy storage. Storage
modity. It is available just to those sites that can be connected to units certainly increase costs [5] but also add new complexity to
centralised grids or have sufficient resources to build standalone planning and designing processes. To cope with this problem many
power systems. Until recently, these systems were heavily depen- methods and tools were developed for optimising the selection of
dent on generators powered by imported fossil fuels [1]. However, components and designing the whole standalone systems [6].
the development of renewable energy technologies creates many One of the common tools for energy planning and optimisation
more opportunities to exploit locally available resources and pro- is HOMER [7]. It performs three main types of analysis: simulation,
vides power to small and most isolated sites. There are many inter- optimization, and sensitivity analysis [8]. It is commercial energy
esting examples of planning 100% renewable energy supply for planning software that is particularly suitable to design and opti-
island communities and applying hydrogen as an energy vector mise standalone energy systems. It has been tested on many cases
[2], Panayiotou et al. [3] demonstration and application examined – e.g. Shiroudi et al. in [9] used a HOMER computer model, to
the optimal design of a standalone PV system and a standalone determine the most economic design for a hybrid energy system
hybrid PV-Wind system, the locations are considered in Nicosia, for a site in Taleghan-Iran having a daily load of 5.5 kWh, which
Cyprus and Nice, France. Enevoldsen and Sovacool examined the would use only renewable energy sources. The configuration of
possibilities and challenges of implementing a 100% integrated the optimal hybrid system is selected based on the best compo-
standalone renewable energy systems on one of the Faroe Islands, nents and sizing with appropriate operating strategy to provide
an efficient, reliable and cost-effective system. Prasetyaningsari
⇑ Corresponding author. et al. [10] used HOMER for optimum sizing of electric power
E-mail address: [email protected] (H. Zahboune). facilities to support the electricity demand of fish pond aeration
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Nomenclature
system. Sen et al. [11] used HOMER to propose the best hybrid user interface and simplicity of use, HOMER provides other useful
technology combination for electricity generation from a mix of features to system designers, like PDF curves, plots [13] etc. It uses
renewable energy resources (small-scale hydropower, solar photo- different time steps to simulate and balance energy systems and
voltaic systems, wind turbines and bio-diesel generators) to satisfy search for optimal solution trough sensitivity analysis of many
the electrical needs of Palari, an off-grid remote village in the state options.
of Chhattisgarh, India, in a reliable way. Bekele et al. [12] used The major drawback of HOMER is that input variables should be
HOMER for optimisation and sensitivity analysis of small-scale inserted by the user or set as limits of sensitivity analysis. Exam-
Hydro/PV/WT based hybrid electric supply system (total popula- ples for these variables are number of wind turbines, solar photo-
tion of 107,710 within 23 villages). Beside its intuitive graphical voltaic panels, batteries etc. Only after providing those inputs, the
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model calculates all the possible combinations and provides the The Modified Electric System Cascade Analysis (MESCA)
solutions [14]. In many cases, optimum search space is large within method is presented in this work, to optimise the design of the
many thousands possible solutions. After calculations of all the standalone hybrid solar-wind system for electrification of a remote
possibilities, the model ranks the solutions according to certain cri- area. The algorithm inputs are hourly wind speed, solar radiation
teria. Then the user can select optimal solution or check any other. and demands load as well as cost data for the generation and stor-
Another drawback is that HOMER does not guide user to certain age facilities. The Power Pinch Analysis (PoPA) is the guideline for
type of solution or problem areas such as Pinch point [22]. MESCA method and the power fractions (fw and fPV) are based on
There are also many other simulation tools similar to HOMER. the total annual cost of the system and the meteorological condi-
These are able to simulate standalone systems, with all compo- tions for each isolated area chosen.
nents and links between different parts of the system. H2RES In this work, the maximum allowable loss of power supply
model was used to simulate the isolated energy system of Malta probability (LPSP) and the Power Pinch Analysis are implemented
using hydrogen as an energy storage [16]. Like the Homer, H2RES together in the MESCA method, and The Final Excess of the Energy
uses hourly energy balancing through whole year to select the (FEE) is considered as the objective function, to optimise the sizing
optimal solution. It has additional energy storage options such as of a hybrid system. The MESCA method contains two algorithms:
pumped hydro or desalination as demand side measure. Both fea- the first algorithm will be sizing the standalone hybrid system
tures are very useful when calculating isolated energy systems for for T = 288 h. The second algorithm will correct the sizing for
islands [17]. However, in H2RES as in Homer users must insert the T = 8760 h, if the obtained LPSP is superior to the desired value of
input size of equipment and make sensitivity analysis to choose the LPSP by the user. Finally, to validate this method on a more
the optimal solution [18] Even some advanced energy planning realistic case the research is expanded to a whole year with hourly
models like EnergyPLAN [19] used for hourly simulation of stan- resolution and compared to optimized solution provided by
dalone and national energy systems do not guide users to select HOMER software.
optimal size of installed capacity. There are many optimisation In the second section, this paper describes the standalone hybrid
models and methods, that try to solve the problem of energy plan- power generation system configuration with necessary mathemat-
ning and security of supply [20]. They limit the search space to just ical model. Section 3 is going to shed light on the details of the new
feasible and most attractive solutions. Doing so is challenging algorithm illustrated with effective techniques applied. After meth-
when there are many type of solution coming from so many avail- ods, Section 4 provides the brief description of Homer software in
able types and sizes of production units, storage, energy carriers, order to give the full information to the readers. In Section 5, we
integration options like CHP [21] etc. describe a case study which has been selected because measure-
The goal of this work is to find a simple method that will guide ment data were available and we will use test site in laboratory
users to optimal solutions under given constraints, while providing to validate results of proposed methods, to prove that the MESCA
satisfactory wide selection of equipment. The advantage of the Pinch method can use any site in the world with required input data.
optimisation method [22] is to be used as it is done mostly in process The MESCA result will be compared with HOMER results of the case
industry. Nemet [23] presented a new graphical approach called - study and the most important results of the comparison will be in
The Retrofit Tracing Grid Diagram- which enables clear visualisation Section 6. Finally in Section 7, we provide most important conclu-
of the current state. The works of Klemeš presented in [24] show the sions from our results and give acknowledgement to the project
results of the three efficiently collaborating research groups, in the that allowed research on the topic possible.
last forty years [25], providing some tested and proven guidance
for use of Pinch method in future industrial applications.
2. The standalone hybrid power generation system
Wan Alwi et al. [26] presented the graphical power pinch
configuration and method
approach, in Process Integration to determine the minimum elec-
tricity targets for systems comprising hybrid renewable energy
A hybrid solar-wind power generation system consists of a pho-
sources. Rozali et al. [27] proposed two numerical techniques:
tovoltaic (PV) system, a wind power system, a battery bank, recti-
power cascade analysis, and storage cascade table, to determine
fiers, an inverter, and serves the load demand. The electric power is
(1) the minimum target for outsourced electricity, (2) the amount
generated by the PV modules and the wind turbines (WT). It is
of excess electricity for storage during start up and normal opera-
used to satisfy the power demand while the excess is used to
tions, (3) the amount of transferrable power, (4) the maximum
charge the battery bank. The energy sources are connected to the
storage (e.g. battery) capacity for the off-grid systems, (5) the
direct current (DC) bus via the generators. The energy losses during
amount of electricity transferrable to the grid, (6) the amount of
conversion, charging and discharging of the battery are taken into
outsourced electricity needed at each time interval and (7) the
account (see Fig. 1).
time interval where the maximum power demand occurs. The
The MESCA method is applicable, whatever the chosen architec-
new numerical methods [28] with consideration of the loss of
ture, just the converters efficiency in the equations has to be
power in hybrid power system during the conversion and transfer
were proposed by Rozali et al. The PoPA method with a mathemat-
ical model is applied to determine the amount of excess electricity
that has been applied as the indicator to perform the optimal sizing
DC bus
of a Hybrid Power Systems [29]. To identify the allocations of stor-
age and outsourced electricity, the new graphical PoPA tool called
the Outsourced and Storage Electricity Curve is used [30]. PV panels DC/DC Batteries
The Electric System Cascade Analysis (ESCA) method is used in
the design of PV systems [31] and Distributed Energy Generation
(DEG) system [32]. The innovative ESCA method was developed
Load
and tested [15] on hybrid power supply for site in Oujda. However Wind DC/AC
Demand
AC/DC
this solution has been designed for average system loads and sup- turbines
ply values which were presented in 24 h. It was just a demo of
capability of method to find solution for design the hybrid system
(PV/WT/Batteries). Fig. 1. Block diagram of standalone hybrid energy system.
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adjusted. The connection of all energy sources to a DC bus simpli- outputs of the PV array and wind turbine are more than the load
fies power management. The choice of the DC bus is based on the demand energy, the battery bank is charged Er(t) > 0 Wh, the rest
fractions of the energy generation from renewable sources (The of energy is used to charge the batteries ChBat.
energy production by the PV system and by the wind system are
62% and 38%, respectively of the total energy production.). ChBat ðtÞ ¼ Er ðtÞ gch ð7Þ
where RS is the global solar radiation (Wh/m2); APV is the PV panels Eacc ðmaxÞ Kd
receiving surface (m2) and gPV is the efficiency of PV generator NBat ¼ ð10Þ
IBat VBat DOD
(conversion) (%).
The total generated power by NPV of photovoltaic panels during Eacc(max): the maximum of accumulation of electrical energy in
the current time step (2): the storage unit (Wh).
Ʌd is the number of days of autonomy (Day).
EPV;T ðtÞ ¼ NPV Eðm ðtÞ ð2Þ
where NPV is the number of PV panels. 2.4. Converters
2.2. Wind turbine model The use of converters is necessary because the PV panels and
wind turbine produce direct current and alternating current,
For a wind turbine, the power output characteristic can be spec- respectively. The converters can operate as a rectifier which con-
ified based on the cut-in wind speed vC, the power output increases verts AC to DC, and an inverter which converts DC to AC. Alterna-
linearly as the wind speed increases from vC to the rated wind tive currant is used to supply the AC load.
speed vR. The rated power PR is produced when the wind speed A power converter is required for a hybrid wind/PV/battery
varies from vR to the cut-out wind speed vF. Beyond this point power system to maintain the flow of energy between DC and AC
the wind turbine will be shut down for safety considerations. Then components [34]. The capacity of the inverter Pinv is given by (11):
the wind turbine power output can be simulated by (3):
8 vvC Pinv ¼ EL ðmaxÞ=gdc=ac ð11Þ
>
< Pr vvF v C < vðtÞ < vR
EW ðtÞ ¼ Pr
>
v R < vðtÞ < vF ð3Þ where EL(max) is the maximum of energy demand by Load system
: (Wh).
0 vðtÞ < vC or vðtÞ > vF In this work, it is assumed that the converter has an efficiency of
The overall produced power is determined by NW wind turbines 90% [35]. Other parameters of the converter can be specified by the
during the current time step (4): user, following the use of converter: Frequency limitation, the type
and characteristics of the board controls, the number of the AC
EW;T ðtÞ ¼ Nw Ew ðtÞ ð4Þ
module and DC module, the input and the output voltage, fre-
where NW is the number of wind turbines. quency setting signal gain, torque boosting.
The total electric power produced Eel,T by both PV and Wind
generators is calculated by (5). 2.5. Optimization constraints
Eel;T ðtÞ ¼ Epv;T ðtÞ gdc=dc þ Ew;T ðtÞ gac=dc ð5Þ The maximum allowable loss of power supply probability, the
The net electricity surplus/deficit Er(t) is the difference between minimum of the total annual system cost and the Power Pinch
the global power generation and the load demand (EL(t)) during Analysis are implemented together in the MESCA method, to opti-
the current time step Er(t): mise the sizing of a hybrid system.
CBat;N ¼ CC;Bat
!
i i i i
1þ 5
þ 10
þ 15
þ 20
ð1 þ iÞ ð1 þ iÞ ð1 þ iÞ ð1 þ iÞ
þ CI;Bat ð15Þ
The following formula (16) is used to calculate the levelized
cost of energy (LCE):
CTACS
LCE ¼ PT ð16Þ
t¼0 EL ðtÞ
where ED(t) is the deficit of energy supply during the time step,
when the generated energy not satisfied to meet the power Fig. 2. Flowchart of the MESCA method with the four scenarios.
demands.
One of the objectives of the design procedure is to discover
combinations between the two energy resources (PV/WT) and Time period of analysis.
the unit storage. The optimization procedure should give a LPSP Hourly energy demand.
lower than or equal to the maximum allowed by the user. Hourly wind speed and solar radiation.
Type and characteristic of the PV panel.
3. Modified Electric System Cascade Analysis (MESCA) Power generation capacity of a single solar PV module.
Solar PV module efficiency.
Hybrid Energy Systems (HES) are designed to supply isolated Wind turbine power capacity.
sites, but the instantaneous change in the weather, for example Type and characteristic of the battery.
the variation in hourly solar radiation, wind speed and tempera- Converters efficiency.
ture, makes harder the accurately predicting the output of the sys- Hourly load demand.
tem. The Basis of these problems, Modified Electric System Cascade
Analysis method is used to design the HES Fig. 2. The second part of The share or fraction of each renewable source generating elec-
the algorithm checks the MESCA result during all the year tricity is decided in the first step of the MESCA method. The frac-
(T = 8760 h). If the design has not the desired value of Loss of tions should respect the minimum of total cost and satisfy the
Power Supply Probability (LPSP), the second algorithm presented load demand. The sum of all the fractions must be equal to 1 at
in Fig. 3 is used to find the optimal solution. any given time Eq. (18):
The theoretic basis for the MESCA method is the Pinch Analysis
f PV þ f W ¼ 1 ð18Þ
[22]. The validation of the method is done by comparing to the
optimal configuration obtained by Homer Pro, at technical and eco- The MESCA method is based on instantiating the hybrid Cascade
nomic level. The comparison result shows the feasibility of the new Table (HCT), where each row represents one time step of
method. the analysis and each column represents a system property.
Twelve columns (Tables 7 and 8) are used in the HCT. The aim of
3.1. MESCA method: first algorithm the first algorithm is to calculate number of the PVPs, the wind
turbines and the batteries. According to the algorithm depicted
According to [15], the first step of MESCA is to extract the rele- in Fig. 2, the batteries number is calculated at the end of the
vant data for analysis. The list of data includes: algorithm.
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# "
EL;T ðLPSP LPSPD Þ f W The goal of the optimisation process is to determine the optimal
NWnew ¼ NW P ð28Þ
T EW;A gCh gAC=DC
value of each decision variable that interests the modeller. Possible
decision variables in HOMER include:
# "
EL;T ðLPSP LPSPD Þ f PV The size of the PV array.
NPVnew ¼ NPV P ð29Þ
T EPV;A gCh gDC=DC
The number of wind turbines.
The number of batteries.
Scenario 2: if the difference between ED,T and ED,min larger than The size of the AC–DC converter.
or equal to the generated power by a single wind turbine account- The dispatch strategy (the set of rules governing how the sys-
ing the losses of the converters. Then the numbers of wind turbines tem operates)
is rounded up according to Eq. (30) to the nearest integer.
# " Homer has been extensively used as a sizing and optimisation
EL;T ðLPSP LPSPD Þ software tool. In this study, the hybrid power system consists of
NWnew ¼ NW P ð30Þ
T EW;A gCh gAC=DC
PV panels, wind turbine, converters and battery storage. Homer
Pro compares the hourly electric energy demand to the hourly sup-
Scenario 3: if the difference between ED,T and ED,min larger than ply by the system. It also calculates the flows of energy to and fro
or equal to the generated power by a single PVP accounting the from each element of the system.
losses of the converters. Then the numbers of PVP is rounded up The model constraints include:
according to Eq. (31) to the nearest integer.
# " Maximum annual capacity shortage.
EL;T ðLPSP LPSPD Þ Minimum renewable fraction.
NPVnew ¼ NPV P ð31Þ
T EPV;A gCh gDC=DC
The total net present cost (NPC) includes the costs of any com-
The Logical block diagram for battery energy management is ponent such as capital, replacement, operation and maintenance
shown in Fig. 4. and interest.
HOMER (Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable) The power demands of the considered sites vary significantly
software has been developed by the U.S. National Renewable with time of the day, period of the year and type of the user. The
Energy Laboratory (NREL). It assists in designing of micropower variations of the renewable supplies and demands are partly pre-
systems and facilitates the comparison of power generation dictable with some changing in regular time intervals.
technologies across a wide range of applications. The developed methodology has been applied to design a stan-
The optimal system configuration determined by Homer Pro dalone hybrid PV/wind system, in order to supply power to resi-
satisfies the user-specified constraints at the lowest total net dential area located in Oujda, Morocco. The latitude and
present cost. Optimisation can help the modeller find the optimal longitude for the location are 34° 410 N and 1° 540 W. MATLAB/
system configuration out of many possibilities. SIMULINK environment is used in implementing and programming
the solution based on the proposed method.
In the case study, the wind and solar power are assumed to be
constant during each time step (1 h in this study). LPSP must be
equal to 0% for MESCA result (First algorithm). The case study
has average hourly data for each month (1 month ? 24 h)
throughout the year (T = 24 h * 12 = 288 h) for the hourly solar
radiation, wind speed and load demand. For T = 8760 h, the mini-
mum of the desired value of the LPSP is fixed to 2% (second
algorithm).
The technical and cost information of the selected PV module,
the wind turbine and the battery storage used in the case study
are summarized in Table 1.
The wind power curve of the 1 kW wind turbine model is illus-
trated in Fig. 5. The hourly variation of the load demand, wind
speed and solar radiation throughout the year are illustrated in
Fig. 15 and Fig. 16.
Table 1 The MESCA method has for each month a table showing the
The parameters of the PV system, the 1 kW Wind Turbine and the batteries storage energy generated by sources, energy charged and discharged by
system.
the battery and the variation of energy storage units. The two
Characteristics of the time analysis tables (Table 7 and Table 8) show that the Pinch Point takes place
Period of analysis 1y at 8 AM/February, and the maximum of energy stored in the bat-
Time step 1h
teries is located at 6 pm/August. In Fig. 7; the excess energy at
Characteristics of the PV Panel the final point represents a small increase of 1.5 kWh. This FEE
Type of solar PV Mono-crystalline silicon
A 1.07 m2
(1.5 kWh) is equivalent to 4.11% of the total battery capacity
gPV 12% (36.43 kWh), less the MFEE fixed (10%) in the beginning of the
Power of a single solar PV module 120 Wp algorithm. According to the battery characteristic and Eacc(max)
CC.PV(each PV panel) 110 € = 25.5 kWh, the optimal configuration is 25 PVPs, 5 wind turbines
Cm,PV (each PV panel) 10 €
and 8 batteries. Fig. 6 shows the accumulation of electrical energy
CI,PV (each PV panel) 15 €
CBos 500 € in the storage unit (NW = 5 and NPV = 25 with and without the ini-
LPV 25 y tial value of the battery).
Characteristics of the wind turbine Any negative value in the energy accumulation presents that
Pr 1 kW LPSP equal to 0%. Consequently, the energy supplies from sources
vin 2.5 m/s (PV / Wind) are meeting the energy demands 100%.
vout 13 m/s
vr 11 m/s
Cc.w 1300 € 6.1.2. Second algorithm result: T = 8760 h
Cm,w (each wind turbine) 80 € The MESCA result (T = 288 h, NW = 5, NPV = 25, NBat = 8) for the
Ci,W (each wind turbine) 50 €
i 5%
first algorithm will be verified during all the year (T = 8760 h).
LW 25 y The user fixed the desired value of the LPSP in 2%. The obtained
Characteristics of the battery storage
LPSP with NW = 5, NPV = 25, NBat = 8 and T = 8760 h is 2.57%. The
CBat 210 Ah difference between the two LPSP values is equivalent to hourly def-
VBat 24 V icit energy 18.38 Wh. The sum lacking in energy throughout all
DOD 70% year (T = 8760 h) is shown in Fig. 8.
gch 90%
According to the difference between ED,T and ED,min, the energy
gdch 90%
Cc,bat 580 € luck is less than the produced energy of a single 1 kW wind tur-
Cr,bat 580 € bine. For that, only the PVPs number will be resized (scenario 3).
LBat 5y The Table 3. presented the results of the first algorithm (NW = 5,
NPV = 25 and NBat = 8) and the second algorithm (NW = 5, NPV = 26
and NBat = 8).
1200 Table 3 shows the LPSP for the two algorithms result 2.57% and
1000
1.97%, respectively. The optimal solution (NPV = 26, NW = 5,
Power output (W)
NBat = 8) with LPSP = 1.97% and CTACS = 2391 €/y, meets the energy
800 demand and respect the constraints. Hourly expected amount of
600 stored energy during a year in the eight batteries is presents in
Fig. 9.
400
Fig. 10 presents the total power consumption and the energy
200 deficiency for each month. According to Fig. 10, December is the
0 month with highest deficiency of the energy. The power demand
1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19
has been met 100%, during the months of March, April, June, July
Wind speed (m/s) and August, the LPSP for these months are 0%.
Fig. 5. Wind power curve of 1 kW wind turbine.
6.2. Homer result
The second step is the sizing correction with the second algorithm The search space alternatives used in the simulation presents in
shown in Fig. 3 for T = 8760 h (Fig. 16). the Table 4. A total of 360 a small isolated power system (SIPS),
30 700 ED EL
FEE = Eacc(T) - Eacc(t=0) 600
25
Eacc(max) 500
Energy (kWh)
20
Eacc (Wh)
400
Eacc(t=0) Eacc(T)
15 300
200
10
100
5
0
0
1 24 47 70 93 116 139 162 185 208 231 254 277
Month
Time (h)
Fig. 10. Different between deficit energy and load demand with MESCA method.
Fig. 7. The accumulation of electrical energy in the storage unit with Eacc(t = 0)
= 3.7 kWh.
Table 4
Search space alternatives used in the simulation.
200
Sensitivity variables Value
175
ED,T=161kWh LPSP=2.57% Wind turbine 3;4;5;6;7;8;9;10
150 PV panels 22;23;24;25;26;27;29;30
ED,min=125kWh LPSP=2% Battery storage 6; 7; 8; 9; 10
ED,T (kWh)
125
LPSPD 2%
100 ED,T=123kWh LPSP=1.97%
75
50 system comprises of 26 PV modules (3.12 kW), 5 wind turbines
(1 kW each), 1.5 kW converter and eight batteries (5 kWh each).
25
The optimisation results for an annual average wind speed of
0 3.48 m/s, an annual average global solar radiation of 5.26 kWh/
1
517
1033
1549
2065
2581
3097
3613
4129
4645
5161
5677
6193
6709
7225
7741
8257
m2/day and the primary load of the case is 18.7 kW/day. The PV
array system will produce more compared to the wind turbine sys-
Time (h)
tem. Fig. 11 presents the Annual of Excess Electricity Produced
Fig. 8. The accumulation of lacking energy during the whole year (T = 8760 h). (AEEP) and shows the calculated Annual Energy Production (AEP).
The monthly average electricity production (for wind turbine
and PVP system) is shown in Fig. 12.
Table 3 The total annual electricity production from the optimal config-
LPSP variation depending to batteries, Wind turbine and PVP numbers.
uration of the hybrid system is 10,131 kWh/y. From that 62.44%
MESCA algorithms NPV NW NBat LPSP CTACS (6326 kWh/y) electricity is generated by the PVPs system and
First algorithm 25 5 8 2.57 2361 37.56% (3805 kWh/y) from the wind source. The optimisation
Second algorithm 26 5 8 1.97 2391 result has annual capacity shortage of 1.8% of the total power
demand during one year operation. The model results show that
the battery input and output are 3103 kWh/y and 2479 kWh/y,
45 respectively. The difference between the battery input and output
40 is mainly due to the charging and discharging losses (624 kWh/y)
and storage depletion (15 kWh/y). The total power consumption
battery capacity (kW)
35
amounts by the load and deficiency of energy for each month are
30
indicated in Fig. 13.
25
The total Energy deficit and surplus of the optimized system are
20 112.5 kWh/y (1.79% of the total power demand) and 2210 kWh/y
15 (21.8% of the total electricity production), respectively. In general,
10 the hybrid system will be able to utilise excess electricity if a dump
5 load is available as heating or cooling for the household.
0 The HOMER Pro result shows that the TAC is 2351 €/y. For the
1
501
1001
1501
2001
2501
3001
3501
4001
4501
5001
5501
6001
6501
7001
7501
8001
8501
annual cost, the wind turbine system is 534 €, the PVP system is
803 € and battery storage is 1014 €. The total net present cost
Time(h)
(NPC) is 37,878 € and a levelized cost of energy (LCOE) of
Fig. 9. The stored energy variant in the batteries Banks. 0.3747 €/kWh.
6.3. Discussion
HOMER grades the feasible system according to increasing net
present cost and eliminates all infeasible solutions. The choice of the optimum configuration using Homer Pro soft-
In Homer Pro, LCE and LPSP are used to choose the optimum ware is made according to the proposals provided by the user (Sen-
size of hybrid power system. Table 5 presents the minimum LCE sitivity Analysis). So the optimal configuration is selected by the
values and their corresponding optimal configurations. According calculated solutions. Therefore, Homer Pro is not used to find the
to the results of the optimization process, the optimal hybrid global optimum but the best possible configuration in the SIPS
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Table 5
Optimization results of PV/WT hybrid configuration using Homer Pro.
System type NPV NW Nbat Einv (kW) COE (€/kWh) NPC (€) OC (€/y) IC (€)
26 5 8 1.5 0.3757 37,818 774.38 25,360
8 800
(kWh)
6 600
400
4
200
2
0
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Er,A Epv,A Ew,A Eex,A Months
Type of Energy
Fig. 12. Electrical power production of hybrid energy system.
Fig. 11. The AEP for each of sources and all system with the potential of the AEEP.
the annual energy produced (10,127 kWh). The TAC values of the
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optimal solutions found by Homer Pro and MESCA are 2,350.8 €/y
Electrical power production
1.0
0.8
Rs (kW/m2)
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
Time ( h)
1250
6
1000
Wind speed (m/s)
5
EL(Wh)
750
4
3 500
2 250
1 0
2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24
Time ( h) Time ( h)
Fig. 15. Hourly radiation solar, wind speed and load profile to Oujda city T = 288 h.
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1200 14.00
8001
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2001
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Fig. 16. Hourly radiation solar, wind speed and load profile to Oujda city T = 8760 h.
Table 7
HCT for NW = 5, NPV = 25, NBat = 8 and Eacc (t = 0) = 3733 Wh month: February.
the hourly meteorological data, the desired value of the loss of standalone hybrid PV/wind system in order to power supply
power supply probability and techno-economic constraints. The residential, located in the city Oujda Morocco (latitude : 34° 410 ,
MESCA method can be used to determine the optimal design longitude 1° 540 ).
according two algorithms: the first algorithm to size the According to the simulation results for the case study used, the
standalone hybrid solar-wind system for T = 288 h and the second optimal design (26 PV panels, a 8 wind turbines and a 8 battery
algorithm to correct the sizing for T = 8760 h if the obtained LPSP is bank) has been found to be the optimum hybrid configuration,
superior to the desired value of the LPSP by the user. The cost of the energy is 0374 €/kWh, the proposed
The validation of the MESCA method has been performed in wind–PV-battery hybrid system is reasonable with the TAC equal
comparison with the solution provided by HOMER software, for to 2391 €.
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Table 8
HCT for NW = 5, NPV = 25, NBat = 8 and Eacc (max) = 25.5 kWh month: August.
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