Techno-Economic Feasibility Analysis of a Hybrid Renewable Energy Supply Options for University Buildings in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Ahmad F. Tazay |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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universities’ educational buildings at the kingdom of saudi arabia (ksa)
Engineering Environmental Engineering 020209 energy Aerospace Engineering 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences 01 natural sciences 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering cost of energy (coe) General Materials Science Electrical and Electronic Engineering 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Civil and Structural Engineering Materials processing net present cost (npc) business.industry Mechanical Engineering grid-connected hybrid renewable energy system (hres) Industrial chemistry Techno economic Environmental economics feasibility analysis Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Renewable energy supply TA1-2040 business |
| Zdroj: | Open Engineering, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 39-55 (2020) |
| ISSN: | 2391-5439 |
| Popis: | This study presents a detailed feasibility analysis of technical and financial assessment for grid-connected Hybrid Renewable Energy System (HRES) configurations by including grid-only, HRES-only and grid-HRES at four different provinces in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), namely; (Al Baha University, University of Jeddah, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, and Tabuk University). The objective of this paper is to search the possibility of supplying the load demand with the optimum system that has the lowest net present cost (NPC) and greenhouse emission CO2. The simulation results show that NPC of a proposed grid/PV system, at the current grid’s tariff, is more sufficient than other configurations with a result in a renewable fraction of more than 50%, a payback time of 17 years, and 54.3% reduction in CO2. The results also show that the integration of 62 kW PV array with the main grid is the best configuration that leads to the minimum cost of energy (COE) of 0.0688 $/kWh and the sell back energy of 9.16% of total energy consumption at Al Baha University. Besides, optimization modeling addresses that HRES-only system can supply the full load demand without power shortage ( |
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