Reviews on micro-grid configuration and dedicated hybrid system optimization software tools: Application to Laos

Engineering Journal

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 15-34

  Phrakonkham, Sengprasong ^a,b   le Chenadec, Jean Yves ^c   Diallo, Demba ^a   Remy, Ghislain ^a   Marchand, Claude ^a  

^a UNIV PARIS SUD   (France)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LAOS   (Laos)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

Energy excess; Hybrid systems; Micro grid; Multi objective optimization; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960780370     PISSN: 01258281     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4186/ej.2010.14.3.15     Document Type: Review

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