Design of a stand alone system with renewable energy sources using trade off methods

• Published in: IEEE transactions on energy conversion Vol. 7; no. 1; pp. 42 - 48
• Main Authors: Gavanidous, E.S., Bakirtzis, A.G.
• Format: Journal Article Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.03.1992; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
• Subjects: 140704 - Solar Thermal Power Systems- Total Energy & Hybrid Systems- (1980-); 170603 - Wind Energy Engineering- Power-Conversion Systems; 240100 - Power Systems- (1990-); 250900 - Energy Storage- Batteries; Applied sciences; Batteries; DESIGN; Design methodology; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; Electric power plants; Electrical engineering. Electrical power engineering; Electrical power engineering; ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; ENERGY SOURCES; ENERGY STORAGE; Exact sciences and technology; Fuel economy; INSOLATION; Non classical power plants; Photovoltaic power plants; PLANNING; Power generation economics; POWER PLANTS; Power supplies; Power system economics; Power system reliability; POWER SYSTEMS; POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION; Renewable energy resources; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; Uncertainty; WIND; WIND ENERGY; WIND POWER PLANTS
• ISSN: 0885-8969; 1558-0059
• DOI: 10.1109/60.124540

The authors present an application of recent theoretical advances in multiobjective planning under uncertainty, in the design of a stand-alone system with renewable energy sources. The system under design consists of a wind energy plant, a solar plant, and an storage battery. Time series data on wind, insolation, and load for the site of interest are assumed to be available. The developed design methodology systematically selects the size of the various components of the system so as to give a robust design, i.e. a design that is a reasonable compromise between the conflicting design objectives under most foreseeable conditions.< >