The application of a fuel cell-electrolyzer arrangement as a power balancing set-up in autonomous renewable energy systems

2008 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laura M. Ramirez-Elizondo ◽  
Gerardus C. Paap ◽  
Nico Woudstra
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Power Balancing

scholarly journals A Hybrid PV-Battery System for ON-Grid and OFF-Grid Applications—Controller-In-Loop Simulation Validation

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 755 ◽  
Author(s):  
Umashankar Subramaniam ◽  
Sridhar Vavilapalli ◽  
Sanjeevikumar Padmanaban ◽  
Frede Blaabjerg ◽  
Jens Bo Holm-Nielsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Storage ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
System Response ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Remote Locations ◽  
Power Fluctuations ◽  
Uninterruptible Power ◽  
Grid Side ◽  
Power Balancing

In remote locations such as villages, islands and hilly areas, there is a possibility of frequent power failures, voltage drops or power fluctuations due to grid-side faults. Grid-connected renewable energy systems or micro-grid systems are preferable for such remote locations to meet the local critical load requirements during grid-side failures. In renewable energy systems, solar photovoltaic (PV) power systems are accessible and hybrid PV-battery systems or energy storage systems (ESS) are more capable of providing uninterruptible power to the local critical loads during grid-side faults. This energy storage system also improves the system dynamics during power fluctuations. In present work, a PV-battery hybrid system with DC-side coupling is considered, and a power balancing control (PBC) is proposed to transfer the power to grid/load and the battery. In this system, a solar power conditioning system (PCS) acts as an interface across PV source, battery and the load/central grid. With the proposed PBC technique, the system can operate in following operational modes: (a) PCS can be able to work in grid-connected mode during regular operation; (b) PCS can be able to charge the batteries and (c) PCS can be able to operate in standalone mode during grid side faults and deliver power to the local loads. The proposed controls are explained, and the system response during transient and steady-state conditions is described. With the help of controller-in-loop simulation results, the proposed power balancing controls are validated, for both off-grid and on-grid conditions.

An investigation on wind/PV/fuel cell/battery hybrid renewable energy system for nursing home in Istanbul

2019 ◽  
Vol 233 (5) ◽  
pp. 616-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahtiyar Dursun ◽  
Ercan Aykut
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Nursing Home ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Power Converter ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Hybrid Renewable Energy System ◽  
Cost Of Energy ◽  
Hybrid Renewable Energy

This paper presents a techno-economic analysis of hybrid renewable energy systems to supply the electrical load requirements of the nursing home located in Istanbul, Turkey. The standalone hybrid renewable energy systems (Photovoltaic (PV)/wind/fuel cell/electrolyzer, PV/fuel cell/electrolyzer, and wind/fuel cell/electrolyzer, etc.) considered in the analysis were comprised of different combinations of PV panels, fuel cells, and wind turbines supplemented with hydrogen storage. In this study, the Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software is used as the assessment tool to determine the optimal configuration of hybrid renewable energy systems taking total net present cost and cost of energy into consideration. As a result, it is determined that the optimal system configuration of standalone wind/PV/fuel cell/electrolyzer hybrid renewable energy systems with the lowest total net present cost consists of 30 kW PV panel, 20 kW wind turbine, 20 kW fuel cell, 20 kW power converter, 50 kW electrolyzer, 20 kW rectifier, and 100 kg hydrogen tank. Besides, the net present cost and cost of energy of the optimum configuration are calculated to be $607,298 and $1.306/kWh, respectively. The system is considered as completely renewable. When wind speed and solar radiation values increase, then the cost of energy decrease about $0.979/kWh.

Fuel cell performance assessment for closed-loop renewable energy systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (3) ◽  
pp. 531-538 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fabio V. Matera ◽  
Irene Gatto ◽  
Assunta Patti ◽  
Enza Passalacqua
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Fuel Cell ◽  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Cell Performance ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Fuel Cell Performance

The wasted energy: A metric to set up appropriate targets in our path towards fully renewable energy systems

Energy ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 90 ◽  
pp. 900-909 ◽  
Author(s):  
Juan José Vinagre Díaz ◽  
Mark Richard Wilby ◽  
Ana Belén Rodríguez González
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Set Up ◽  
Wasted Energy

A Comparison of Indicators for Self-Sufficient Energy Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 856 ◽  
pp. 11-19
Author(s):  
Eric Unterberger ◽  
Adam Wolf ◽  
Gunther Reinhart
Keyword(s):  
Renewable Energy ◽  
Flow Simulation ◽  
Energy Systems ◽  
Electrical Energy ◽  
Renewable Energy Systems ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Sufficient Energy ◽  
The Social ◽  
Green Factory ◽  
Set Up

Industry is one of the major energy consumers in Germany. In order to fulfil the social responsibility of the energy revolution, companies required to install and to use their own renewable energy. With the increasing set-up of renewable energy systems at the production site, these companies are interested in consuming most of the energy directly on-site. Based on a material flow simulation of the Green Factory Bavaria in Augsburg, this paper compares different indicators for the energy self-sufficiency. Finally the effect of electrical energy storage to increase the energy self-sufficiency is examined.

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