Abstract:
This study aims to determine how feasible it would be to power a house in a
far-flung neighborhood of the Turkish city of Siirt with a hybrid energy system
consisting of wind turbines, photovoltaic cells, a diesel generator and storage batteries.
From a technological and financial standpoint, various hybrid system
configurations, the potential for using renewable energy sources, and the effects of
using a system with a scheduled diesel generator are all examined.
The HOMER (Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Electric Renewables)
evaluates the viability of various system configurations to deliver the required 39.74
kWh/day at a peak load of 4.72 kW. The HOMER program was used to investigate the
best designs and parameters for systems that generate electricity.
The best configuration is chosen by comparing the Net Present Cost (NPC) and
the Cost of Energy (COE) across ten different hybrid system cases with an
unscheduled diesel generator and six different hybrid system cases with a scheduled
diesel generator.
HOMER has found the best and least expensive way to solve the problem. The
most technologically and economically feasible system configurations are 14.8 kW PV
system, 5.2 kW diesel generator, 42 batteries, and 4.33 kW converter for the system
with an unscheduled diesel generator and 14.7 kW PV system, 5.2 kW diesel
generator, 62 batteries, and 4.64 kW converter for the system with a scheduled diesel
generator.
Among all the alternatives, the hybrid PV/Diesel/Battery system is considered
to have the best technical performance. It also showed that the best results for the
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economy and the environment, which makes the system more sustainable. The system
with an unscheduled diesel generator has a minimum (NPC) of 49.032 dollars and a
minimum (COE) of 0.262 ($/kWh), while the system with a scheduled diesel generator
has a minimum NPC of 52.573 dollars and a minimum COE of 0.0281($/kWh). In
addition, the system with a scheduled diesel generator is more environmentally
friendly because it emits less CO2 and other gases than the system with an unscheduled
diesel generator.
