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17.    Communication Systems for Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Resources
17.    Communication Systems for Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Resources


18.    Model Based-Energy Control of a Solar Power Plant With a Supercapacitor for Grid-Independent Applications
18.    Model Based-Energy Control of a Solar Power Plant With a Supercapacitor for Grid-Independent Applications  
 
19.    Non-Isolated DC-DC Converter for Renewable Based Grid Application
 
20.    Grid-connected isolated PV microinverters:A review
 
21.    Active and Reactive Power Controller for Single-Phase Grid- Connected Photovoltaic Systems
 
22.    Isolated power system in Russia: A chance for renewable energies?
 
23.    A comparative review of China,India and Pakistan renewable energy sectors and sharing opportunities
 
24.    Machine learning for solar irradiance forecasting of photovoltaic system.
 
25.    Techno-economic feasibility study on Integrated Renewable Energy System for an isolated community of India


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Revision as of 15:07, 24 January 2017

This page contains the literature review performed as a part of the project on Grid Isolated Solar Photo Voltaic Systems for the course EE5490

Presently, this project is being pursued by Goutham Vishwanath and Malay Shah and they would primarily be updating this page based on the literature review conducted. Please feel free to share your opinions regarding the page in the discussions forum and it would be acknowledged.

Contributors

Goutham Vishwanath, Malay Shah

Introduction

The concept of a Grid Isolated Solar Photovoltaic system evolved due to the deregulated electricity market operators preventing the prosumers from feeding back excessively generated power back to the grid. This alone is detrimental to the expansion of solar cells into the residential sector. This background work aims to develop a system which would allow the users to implement a stand-alone Photovoltaic system which would not feedback to the grid and be self sufficient to power a home.

Papers Under Review

Technical Requirements

1. Mundada, A.S., Nilsiam, Y., Pearce, J.M., 2016. A review of technical requirements for plug-and-play solar photovoltaic microinverter systems in the United States. Solar Energy 135, 455–470. doi:10.1016/j.solener.2016.06.002

  • laws governing the solar installation in US
  • redundancy of AC disconnect switch
  • advantages and economics regarding plug-and-play
  • implementation of plug-and-play

2. Bhandari, B., Lee, K.-T., Lee, C.S., Song, C.-K., Maskey, R.K., Ahn, S.-H., 2014. A novel off-grid hybrid power system comprised of solar photovoltaic, wind, and hydro energy sources. Applied Energy 133, 236–242. doi:10.1016/j.apenergy.2014.07.033

  • hybrid RE system study
  • remote location system equipment
  • mini-grid system consideration

3. Akikur, R.K., Saidur, R., Ping, H.W., Ullah, K.R., 2013. Comparative study of stand-alone and hybrid solar energy systems suitable for off-grid rural electrification: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews 27, 738–752. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2013.06.043

  • stand-alone PV module
  • comparison between stand alone and hybrid
  • implementation data

4. Sen, R. and Bhattacharyya, S.C., 2014. Off-grid electricity generation with renewable energy technologies in India: An application of HOMER. Renewable Energy, 62, pp.388-398.

  • hybrid off-grid analysis for electrification
  • literature review of proposed techniques
  • HOMER modelling and results
  • shortcomings of a purely solar-dependent structure due to reliability issues on the hydro combination
  • discussion about the implementation policies for an off-grid model

5. Kumar, A., Mohanty, P., Palit, D. and Chaurey, A., 2009. Approach for standardization of off-grid electrification projects. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 13(8), pp.1946-1956.

  • Hindered by the high initial cost of investment
  • Failure due to failure to perform long term sustainability analysis
  • Project development/ planning steps
  • Supplementary source of power analysis
  • Power demand and Technical assessment based on the economic criteria*

6. Freitas, A.A., Daher, S., Antunes, F.L.M., Ximenes, S.C., Viana, F., Sá Jr, E., Silva, F.S. and Soares, E.A., 2010, March. Off-grid PV system to supply a rural school on DC network. In International Conference on Renewable Energies and Power Quality (ICREPQ’10) (pp. 23-25).

  • off-grid PV system for small, isolated DC load
  • DC/DC boost converter implementation
  • efficiency and power consumption issues with an inverter
  • High efficiency realization in the DC-DC boost converter

7. Grid-connected versus stand-alone energy systems for decentralized power—A review of literature

  • Comparison of Grid Connected vs Stand Alone systems
  • Economy and type of demand plays the deciding factor among the two types of systems
  • Improving the effectiveness of stand-alone systems using hybrid sources
  • Efficiency issues with PV SA systems
  • Mathematical Modelling of GC and SA systems
  • Cost Comparisons between various GC and SA models

8. Sandwell, P., Chan, N.L.A., Foster, S., Nagpal, D., Emmott, C.J., Candelise, C., Buckle, S.J., Ekins-Daukes, N., Gambhir, A. and Nelson, J., 2016. Off-grid solar photovoltaic systems for rural electrification and emissions mitigation in India. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 156, pp.147-156.

9. Njogu, M., Njuguna, P.M. and Da Silva, I.P., 2015. Rural Electrification using off-grid Solar PV powered Energy Kiosks.

10. Kaushika, N.D., Gautam, N.K. and Kaushik, K., 2005. Simulation model for sizing of stand-alone solar PV system with interconnected array. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 85(4), pp.499-519.

  • Interconnected PV-array modules
  • Energy generation parameters calculation
  • Optimal array and battery sizing calculations by minimizing loss of power supply
  • Simulation test data for an array in Delhi with practical working parameters

Economics evaluation

1. Ghafoor, A. and Munir, A., 2015. Design and economics analysis of an off-grid PV system for household electrification. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 42, pp.496-502.

  • Sizing analysis of stand alone PV system
  • Economic feasibility of implementation
  • Life Cycle analysis of off-grid PV system
  • Effective in countries like Pak

2. Kolhe, M., Kolhe, S. and Joshi, J.C., 2002. Economic viability of stand-alone solar photovoltaic system in comparison with diesel-powered system for India. Energy economics, 24(2), pp.155-165.

  • Stand alone PV vs DG
  • Economic comparison
  • Life cycle cost analysis for both
  • Economic feasibility analysis
  • PV economic up to 68kWh/day

3. Electrifing the Poor: Highly economic off-grid PV Systems in Ethiopia–A Basis for sustainable rural Development

4. Photovoltaic systems: A cost competitive option to supply energy to off-grid agricultural communities in arid regions

Feasibility Analysis

1. Kamali, S., 2016. Feasibility analysis of standalone photovoltaic electrification system in a residential building in Cyprus. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, 65, pp.1279-1284.

  • PV system components - math model
  • Life Cycle analysis
  • Sizing of the PV sytem

2. Techno-economic feasibility of PV, wind, diesel and hybrid electrification systems for off-grid rural electrification in Colombia

3. Chakrabarti, S. and Chakrabarti, S., 2002. Rural electrification programme with solar energy in remote region–a case study in an island. Energy Policy, 30(1), pp.33-42.

  • Cost comparison between solar and conventional sources - generation and distribution
  • Case study - Sagar Dweep
  • Social and economic impact of Decentralized Solar PV on remote communities
  • Trade-off between infrastructural set up cost vs solar investment

4. Mayer, D. and Heidenreich, M., 2003, May. Performance analysis of stand alone PV systems from a rational use of energy point of view. In Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, 2003. Proceedings of 3rd World Conference on (Vol. 3, pp. 2155-2158). IEEE.

  • Computing the Performance Standard of the system
  • Usage factor and Production factor - introduction of coefficients in analyzing the efficiency standards
  • Case Studies and results


15. Review of building integrated applications of photovoltaic and solar

16. Design and Analysis of a Grid-Connected Photovoltaic Power System

17. Communication Systems for Grid Integration of Renewable Energy Resources

18. Model Based-Energy Control of a Solar Power Plant With a Supercapacitor for Grid-Independent Applications

19. Non-Isolated DC-DC Converter for Renewable Based Grid Application

20. Grid-connected isolated PV microinverters:A review

21. Active and Reactive Power Controller for Single-Phase Grid- Connected Photovoltaic Systems

22. Isolated power system in Russia: A chance for renewable energies?

23. A comparative review of China,India and Pakistan renewable energy sectors and sharing opportunities

24. Machine learning for solar irradiance forecasting of photovoltaic system.

25. Techno-economic feasibility study on Integrated Renewable Energy System for an isolated community of India


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