Author, as appears in the article.: Bentouba, Said; Bourouis, Mahmoud
Department: Enginyeria Mecànica
URV's Author/s: Bourouis Chebata, Mahmoud
Keywords: Wind energy Timiaouine Solar pv Hybrid energy system Homer
Abstract: The electricity supply for the large region of southern Algeria is generated by diesel power, which has an enormous technical and environmental impact. The alternative to this is to use renewable energy sources and to take advantage of the high potential of solar photovoltaic and wind energy. The average daily solar radiation in this region is equal to 7.82 kWh/m2/day and the wind reaches a speed between 5 and 11 m/s. In this paper, we proceed to evaluate the technical and economic feasibility of using a hybrid generation system to satisfy the electricity demand for Timiaouine town, which is located in the extreme southwestern part of Algeria. Timiaouine, with more than 200 families, is not connected to the power grid. The feasibility of various configurations of renewable power generation was evaluated. The optimization results predict that 100% of the electricity demand could be supplied to the town by using a hybrid configuration composed of a wind energy system, a solar PV system and a diesel generator used as a backup system. The cost of electricity generation with this system was estimated at 0.176 US$/kWh. Carbon emissions to the atmosphere could approximately be reduced by 593.125 tons/year.
Thematic Areas: Thermodynamics Química Medicina iii Mechanics Mechanical engineering Materiais Matemática / probabilidade e estatística Interdisciplinar Industrial and manufacturing engineering Fluid flow and transfer processes Engineering, mechanical Engenharias iv Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Energy engineering and power technology Energy & fuels Ciências biológicas ii Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Ciência da computação Biodiversidade Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
Author's mail: mahmoud.bourouis@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0003-2476-5967
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion
Link to the original source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1359431115013836
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Applied Thermal Engineering. 99 713-719
APA: Bentouba, Said; Bourouis, Mahmoud (2016). Feasibility study of a wind-photovoltaic hybrid power generation system for a remote area in the extreme south of Algeria. Applied Thermal Engineering, 99(), 713-719. DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.12.014
Article's DOI: 10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2015.12.014
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2016
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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