Design of an energy-efficient standalone distributed generation system employing renewable energy sources and smart grid technology as a student design project

IEEE PES General Meeting, PES 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wies, R W ^a   Johnson, R A ^b   Aspnes, John ^a  

^a University of Alaska Fairbanks   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

Diesel driven generators; Energy conservation; Environmental factors; Life cycle costing; Photovoltaic cells; Power engineering education; Rural areas; Wind power generation

Indexed keywords

AVAILABLE ENERGY; AVOIDED COSTS; DIESEL DRIVEN GENERATORS; DISTRIBUTED GENERATION SYSTEM; ECONOMIC CONSIDERATIONS; ELECTRIC POWER; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY SOURCE; ENERGY STORAGE DEVICES; ENGINEERING DESIGN; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; GRADUATE LEVELS; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; LIFECYCLE COSTS; MICRO TURBINE; NATIVE AMERICANS; OFF-GRIDS; POWER ENGINEERING EDUCATION; POWER REQUIREMENT; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SMART GRID; STAND -ALONE; STUDENT DESIGN PROJECTS; STUDENT PROJECT; SYSTEM EFFICIENCY; SYSTEM INTEGRATION; SYSTEM-COMPONENT DESIGN; THERMOELECTRIC GENERATORS; UNIT COST OF ELECTRICITY;

DESIGN; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEM INTERCONNECTION; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ENGINEERING EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOSSIL FUELS; GRID COMPUTING; INTEGRATION; LIFE CYCLE; MESH GENERATION; NATURAL RESOURCES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS; RURAL AREAS; SOLAR ENERGY; STUDENTS; TECHNOLOGY; THERMOELECTRIC EQUIPMENT; THERMOELECTRICITY; WIND POWER;

ENERGY CONVERSION;

EID: 78649563276     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PES.2010.5590089     Document Type: Conference Paper

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