An Economic and Environmental Study of a Hybrid System (Wind and Diesel) in the Algerian Desert Region using HOMER Software
Received: 3 January 2023 | Revised: 24 January 2023 | Accepted: 25 January 2023 | Online: 2 April 2023
Corresponding author: Issam Griche
Abstract
This paper presents a new of economic and environmental study of a hybrid system (wind turbine and diesel generator) in Algerian desert regions using HOMER software. The principal interests of the hybrid system are clean production at the place of consumption, the combined use of resources, energy storage, and supply security. Using an experimental device outfitted with Homer software, models were developed and successfully compared to reality. The obtained results confirm that the proposed system proved to be accurate enough to distinguish energy transfers and fast enough to enable optimizing the sizing and handling of the system's energy transfers. The purpose of this paper is to confirm the robustness of the HOMER software and to check the technical, economic, and environmental criteria of the integrated system.
Keywords:
Wind Turbine (WT), Diesel Generator (DG), Cost Of Energy (COE), HOMER (Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources), hybrid system (wind-diesel), economic environemental analysisDownloads
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