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IMPACT OF DIFFERENT LOAD PROFILES ON SIZING AND PERFORMANCE OF A MICRO-HYDROKINETIC-BATTERY BASED HYBRID SYSTEM

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dc.contributor.author Koko, S.P.
dc.contributor.author Kusakana, K.
dc.contributor.author Vermaak, H.J.
dc.date.accessioned 2018-10-23T07:42:03Z
dc.date.available 2018-10-23T07:42:03Z
dc.date.issued 2017
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/11462/1701
dc.description Conference Proceedings en_US
dc.description.abstract Hydrokinetic hybrid systems are gaining more interest since hydrokinetic technology has proved to offer a cost-effective electrification solution. Very few research studies on sizing and optimization of micro-hydrokinetic-battery (MHK-B) based hybrid systems have been done. However, the authors did not explore the impact of different load profiles on optimal sizing and performance of the MHK-B hybrid system. In this study, the impact brought by different load profiles such as residential, commercial and industrial sectors on sizing and operation of a river based MHK-B hybrid system is investigated using Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewable (HOMER) software. HOMER Pro version 3.6.1 has been selected since it is equipped with hydrokinetic turbine module. The flowing water resource data obtained from a typical river of South Africa has been used as an input. Sample of load profile curves for residential, commercial, industrial have been used to estimate the daily load demands. The optimum configuration results indicated that for the same daily energy consumption, the type of a load profile affects the battery storage capacity, hydrokinetic turbine size, inverter and rectifier operational hours as well as the annual excess energy for the MHK-B hybrid system. en_US
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dc.language.iso en_US en_US
dc.publisher Stellenbosch: Conference: Proceedings of the 25th Southern African Universities Power Engineering Conference en_US
dc.subject Micro-hydrokinetic en_US
dc.subject battery storage en_US
dc.subject load demand profiles en_US
dc.subject optimal sizing en_US
dc.subject HOMER Pro Version 3.6.1 en_US
dc.title IMPACT OF DIFFERENT LOAD PROFILES ON SIZING AND PERFORMANCE OF A MICRO-HYDROKINETIC-BATTERY BASED HYBRID SYSTEM en_US
dc.type Article en_US


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