Energy management of a hybrid system based on wind-solar power sources and bioethanol

This work presents an Energy Management Strategy (EMS) for a sustainable hybrid system. It is based on wind-solar energy and bioethanol. The bioethanol reformer produces hydrogen with sufficient quality to feed a PEM fuel cell system, which can supply the load together with the wind-solar sources. T...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Feroldi, Diego Hernán, Nieto Degliuomini, Lucas, Basualdo, Marta Susana
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:Argentina
Institución:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas
Repositorio:CONICET Digital (CONICET)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/1493
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/11336/1493
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S026387621300097X
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Energy Management Strategy
Renewable Energy Sources
Bioethanol
Pem Fuel Cells
Stand-Alone Power Systems
System Sizing
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/2
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Sumario:This work presents an Energy Management Strategy (EMS) for a sustainable hybrid system. It is based on wind-solar energy and bioethanol. The bioethanol reformer produces hydrogen with sufficient quality to feed a PEM fuel cell system, which can supply the load together with the wind-solar sources. The new an concept consists on having multiple power sources to supply the load where the necessary heating for the bioethanol reforming reaction can be provided by the the wind-solar sources to enhance the efficiency of the hydrogen production. An optimal sizing methodology based on genetic algorithms to design this stand- alone system is proposed. The developed model allows testing the potentiality of the proposed EMS under different scenarios of load demands using historical climate data over a period of one year. Then, the system is tested using several load scenarios to validate the proposed methodology.