Assessment and conceptual design of photovoltaic hybrid systems

Technical Report · Sat Oct 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:6618827

This report documents the work done in developing designs of photovoltaic hybrid power systems for remote, stand-alone applications which require 10-1000 kWh/day of electrical energy. Section 1.0 of the report outlines the objectives of the study. Section 2.0 documents the preliminary evaluation conducted to select the candidate systems for a more detailed analysis. Application time frame is 1988-93. Hybrid systems selected were PV/wind, PV/diesel and gasoline generators, PV/hydro, PV/fuel cell and PV/closed cycle vapor turbogenerators. Section 3.0 describes the stochastic computer models developed to conduct hourly performance simulations. The simulations generate the optimal system configurations, levelized busbar costs and percent availability of electric power. Section 4.0 presents the results of the simulation runs which identified PV/diesel, PV/wind and PV/fuel cells as the most promising applications for more detailed design and evaluation. Section 5.0 provides detailed conceptual designs of the diesel, wind and fuel cell hybrid systems. Section 6.0 outlines additional development work that needs to be conducted to improve the costs, performance and reliability of the power systems.

• Research Organization: Engineering and Economics Research, Inc., Vienna, VA (USA); National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AI01-76ET20485
• OSTI ID: 6618827
• Report Number(s): DOE/NASA-0299-1; NASA-CR-168264; EER/TR-16-83; ON: DE87009113
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

14 SOLAR ENERGY
140600* -- Solar Energy-- Photovoltaic Power Systems
COMPUTERIZED SIMULATION
DESIGN
DIESEL ENGINES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
ENGINES
EQUIPMENT
GAS GENERATORS
HEAT ENGINES
HYBRID SYSTEMS
INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
PHOTOVOLTAIC POWER SUPPLIES
POWER SUPPLIES
SIMULATION
SOLAR EQUIPMENT
WIND