Design and Modeling of a Hundred Percent Renewable Energy Based Suburban Utility
This paper presents the complete system modelling, designing and controlling of an islanded minigrid power supply to the town of Carnarvon, Western Australia. Carnarvon power system is an isolated network supplying power to approximately5000 people via 205km of distribution lines. The existing power...
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| author | Mathews, Shaji Rajakaruna, Sumedha Nayar, Chemmangot |
| author2 | Ahmed Abu Siada |
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| description | This paper presents the complete system modelling, designing and controlling of an islanded minigrid power supply to the town of Carnarvon, Western Australia. Carnarvon power system is an isolated network supplying power to approximately5000 people via 205km of distribution lines. The existing power system is supplied by a number of large centralized 21MW Diesel Generators. The objective of this paper is to report the design, development and installation of a Photovoltaic (PV) diesel hybrid-power system such that the operating cost can be minimized and the load on the aging generators could be significantly reduced. The proposal includes the installation of two 25kW DC variable speed diesel generators and a suitably sized advanced battery bank at each suburban transformer to ensure hundred percent penetration of solar power by residential customers in the local area. This method of control is modelled and simulated in HOMER, PSpice and Matlab. The different modes of control used to integrate maximum solar energy, reduce diesel consumption and also the methodology imposed to store excess renewable energy for operation during the night. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-103672017-09-13T14:52:05Z Design and Modeling of a Hundred Percent Renewable Energy Based Suburban Utility Mathews, Shaji Rajakaruna, Sumedha Nayar, Chemmangot Ahmed Abu Siada Ultrabattery Hybrid system Renewable energy Variable speed generator remote Carnarvon This paper presents the complete system modelling, designing and controlling of an islanded minigrid power supply to the town of Carnarvon, Western Australia. Carnarvon power system is an isolated network supplying power to approximately5000 people via 205km of distribution lines. The existing power system is supplied by a number of large centralized 21MW Diesel Generators. The objective of this paper is to report the design, development and installation of a Photovoltaic (PV) diesel hybrid-power system such that the operating cost can be minimized and the load on the aging generators could be significantly reduced. The proposal includes the installation of two 25kW DC variable speed diesel generators and a suitably sized advanced battery bank at each suburban transformer to ensure hundred percent penetration of solar power by residential customers in the local area. This method of control is modelled and simulated in HOMER, PSpice and Matlab. The different modes of control used to integrate maximum solar energy, reduce diesel consumption and also the methodology imposed to store excess renewable energy for operation during the night. 2014 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10367 10.1109/AUPEC.2014.6966599 IEEE fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Ultrabattery Hybrid system Renewable energy Variable speed generator remote Carnarvon Mathews, Shaji Rajakaruna, Sumedha Nayar, Chemmangot Design and Modeling of a Hundred Percent Renewable Energy Based Suburban Utility |
| title | Design and Modeling of a Hundred Percent Renewable Energy Based Suburban Utility |
| title_full | Design and Modeling of a Hundred Percent Renewable Energy Based Suburban Utility |
| title_fullStr | Design and Modeling of a Hundred Percent Renewable Energy Based Suburban Utility |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Modeling of a Hundred Percent Renewable Energy Based Suburban Utility |
| title_short | Design and Modeling of a Hundred Percent Renewable Energy Based Suburban Utility |
| title_sort | design and modeling of a hundred percent renewable energy based suburban utility |
| topic | Ultrabattery Hybrid system Renewable energy Variable speed generator remote Carnarvon |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/10367 |