Economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrification
Diesel generators have long been in use in rural communities despite, the impact of emission caused by these generators to the environment. Due to the need for a greener environment, such electric generating systems seem not to be environmentally friendly and need to be addressed.Connection to the g...
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| author | Okonkwo Paul C. Murrgan Srinivasan Barhoumi El Manaa Al Housni Fadhil Khadoum Ahmed Tofayel Al-Alawi Nabil Abdul Rahim Okonkwo Ebele Anastesia Azubuike Nnamdi Michael |
| author_facet | Okonkwo Paul C. Murrgan Srinivasan Barhoumi El Manaa Al Housni Fadhil Khadoum Ahmed Tofayel Al-Alawi Nabil Abdul Rahim Okonkwo Ebele Anastesia Azubuike Nnamdi Michael |
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| description | Diesel generators have long been in use in rural communities despite, the impact of emission caused by these generators to the environment. Due to the need for a greener environment, such electric generating systems seem not to be environmentally friendly and need to be addressed.Connection to the grid can also be expensive. This paper investigates the feasibility of employing hybrid electric system in rural communities. The HOMER software that analyzes system configuration was used to study the application and functional limitation of each hybridised arrangement. The result showed that the solar renewable energy (RE) based system has lower cost of capital cost, replacement cost and O&M cost with higher energy production compared to grid connected system, making the solar RE system most economically viable and a better candidate for the rural community electrification demands. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b95c6214da784f6b9d92da9155b9aa7e2022-12-21T19:41:51ZengEDP SciencesE3S Web of Conferences2267-12422020-01-011520200710.1051/e3sconf/202015202007e3sconf_peee2020_02007Economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrificationOkonkwo Paul C.0Murrgan Srinivasan1Barhoumi El Manaa2Al Housni Fadhil Khadoum3Ahmed Tofayel4Al-Alawi Nabil Abdul Rahim5Okonkwo Ebele Anastesia6Azubuike Nnamdi Michael7Mechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Dhofar UniversityMechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Dhofar UniversityElectrical Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Dhofar UniversityMechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Dhofar UniversityMechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Dhofar UniversityMechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Dhofar UniversityMechanical & Mechatronics Engineering Department, College of Engineering, Dhofar UniversityCivil Engineering Department, School of Engineering and Engineering Technology, FUTODiesel generators have long been in use in rural communities despite, the impact of emission caused by these generators to the environment. Due to the need for a greener environment, such electric generating systems seem not to be environmentally friendly and need to be addressed.Connection to the grid can also be expensive. This paper investigates the feasibility of employing hybrid electric system in rural communities. The HOMER software that analyzes system configuration was used to study the application and functional limitation of each hybridised arrangement. The result showed that the solar renewable energy (RE) based system has lower cost of capital cost, replacement cost and O&M cost with higher energy production compared to grid connected system, making the solar RE system most economically viable and a better candidate for the rural community electrification demands.https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2020/12/e3sconf_peee2020_02007.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Okonkwo Paul C. Murrgan Srinivasan Barhoumi El Manaa Al Housni Fadhil Khadoum Ahmed Tofayel Al-Alawi Nabil Abdul Rahim Okonkwo Ebele Anastesia Azubuike Nnamdi Michael Economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrification E3S Web of Conferences |
| title | Economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrification |
| title_full | Economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrification |
| title_fullStr | Economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrification |
| title_full_unstemmed | Economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrification |
| title_short | Economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrification |
| title_sort | economic evaluation of solar hybrid electric systems for rural electrification |
| url | https://www.e3s-conferences.org/articles/e3sconf/pdf/2020/12/e3sconf_peee2020_02007.pdf |
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