On the Reliability and Life Cycle Cost Analyses of Small-scale Standalone Solar Systems in Rural Areas

P. Alikhani; Abeer Mrad; Henry Louie; Lina Bertling Tjernberg

doi:10.1109/isgt49243.2021.9372190

On the Reliability and Life Cycle Cost Analyses of Small-scale Standalone Solar Systems in Rural Areas

P. Alikhani, Abeer Mrad, Henry Louie, Lina Bertling Tjernberg

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Abstract

In this paper, a three-step optimization approach is presented in order to obtain the optimal sizing of Standalone Photovoltaic (SPV) system. The main aim is to weight the cost against the reliability of the system to make a smart design decision. The optimization approach has two objective functions to be minimized, Annual Lost Load (ALL) and Annual Life Cycle Cost (ALCC). The proposed method includes battery lifetime estimation, which is based on the active Depth of Discharge (DOD) of micro-cycles on the battery operation. The method has been applied to a remote area in Zambia. The results indicate that the introduced framework is capable of optimizing the system while satisfying the operational and economical requirements.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT)
Publisher	IEEE
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/isgt49243.2021.9372190
Publication status	Published - Feb 2021

Keywords

Energy management
photovoltaic systems
power system reliability
solar power generation
state of charge

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On the Reliability and Life Cycle Cost Analyses of Small-scale Standalone Solar Systems in Rural Areas. / Alikhani, P.; Mrad, Abeer; Louie, Henry et al.
2021 IEEE Power & Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT). IEEE, 2021. 20433417.

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On the Reliability and Life Cycle Cost Analyses of Small-scale Standalone Solar Systems in Rural Areas

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