Advances in Energy Hybridization for Resilient Supply: A Sustainable Approach to the Growing World Demand
Energy poverty, defined as a lack of access to reliable electricity and reliance on traditional biomass resources for cooking, affects over a billion people daily. The World Health Organization estimates that household air pollution from inefficient stoves causes more premature deaths than malaria,...
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| author | Haider Al-Rubaye Joseph D. Smith Mohammed H. S. Zangana Prashant Nagapurkar Yishu Zhou Greg Gelles |
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| description | Energy poverty, defined as a lack of access to reliable electricity and reliance on traditional biomass resources for cooking, affects over a billion people daily. The World Health Organization estimates that household air pollution from inefficient stoves causes more premature deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. Increasing demand for energy has led to dramatic increases in emissions. The need for reliable electricity and limiting emissions drives research on Resilient Hybrid Energy Systems (RHESs), which provide cleaner energy through combining wind, solar, and biomass energy with traditional fossil energy, increasing production efficiency and reliability and reducing generating costs and emissions. Microgrids have been shown as an efficient means of implementing RHESs, with some focused mainly on reducing the environmental impact of electric power generation. The technical challenges of designing, implementing, and applying microgrids involve conducting a cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to evaluate these systems’ environmental and economic performance under diverse operating conditions to evaluate resiliency. A sample RHES was developed and used to demonstrate the implementation in rural applications, where the system can provide reliable electricity for heating, cooling, lighting, and pumping clean water. The model and findings can be utilized by other regions around the globe facing similar challenges. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-39ffef3cc5a145b8abcc3f1fb31cb1622023-12-01T23:39:34ZengMDPI AGEnergies1996-10732022-08-011516590310.3390/en15165903Advances in Energy Hybridization for Resilient Supply: A Sustainable Approach to the Growing World DemandHaider Al-Rubaye0Joseph D. Smith1Mohammed H. S. Zangana2Prashant Nagapurkar3Yishu Zhou4Greg Gelles5Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USADepartment of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USAPetroleum Engineering Department, Koya University, Koya KOY45 AB64, Kurdistan Region, IraqManufacturing Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37830, USAEconomics Department, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USAEconomics Department, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, MO 65409, USAEnergy poverty, defined as a lack of access to reliable electricity and reliance on traditional biomass resources for cooking, affects over a billion people daily. The World Health Organization estimates that household air pollution from inefficient stoves causes more premature deaths than malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. Increasing demand for energy has led to dramatic increases in emissions. The need for reliable electricity and limiting emissions drives research on Resilient Hybrid Energy Systems (RHESs), which provide cleaner energy through combining wind, solar, and biomass energy with traditional fossil energy, increasing production efficiency and reliability and reducing generating costs and emissions. Microgrids have been shown as an efficient means of implementing RHESs, with some focused mainly on reducing the environmental impact of electric power generation. The technical challenges of designing, implementing, and applying microgrids involve conducting a cradle-to-grave Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to evaluate these systems’ environmental and economic performance under diverse operating conditions to evaluate resiliency. A sample RHES was developed and used to demonstrate the implementation in rural applications, where the system can provide reliable electricity for heating, cooling, lighting, and pumping clean water. The model and findings can be utilized by other regions around the globe facing similar challenges.https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/16/5903renewable energyresiliencehybrid energy systemlife cycle analysis |
| spellingShingle | Haider Al-Rubaye Joseph D. Smith Mohammed H. S. Zangana Prashant Nagapurkar Yishu Zhou Greg Gelles Advances in Energy Hybridization for Resilient Supply: A Sustainable Approach to the Growing World Demand Energies renewable energy resilience hybrid energy system life cycle analysis |
| title | Advances in Energy Hybridization for Resilient Supply: A Sustainable Approach to the Growing World Demand |
| title_full | Advances in Energy Hybridization for Resilient Supply: A Sustainable Approach to the Growing World Demand |
| title_fullStr | Advances in Energy Hybridization for Resilient Supply: A Sustainable Approach to the Growing World Demand |
| title_full_unstemmed | Advances in Energy Hybridization for Resilient Supply: A Sustainable Approach to the Growing World Demand |
| title_short | Advances in Energy Hybridization for Resilient Supply: A Sustainable Approach to the Growing World Demand |
| title_sort | advances in energy hybridization for resilient supply a sustainable approach to the growing world demand |
| topic | renewable energy resilience hybrid energy system life cycle analysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1073/15/16/5903 |
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