Study and design of hybrid diesel-wind standalone system for remote area in Oman

International Journal of Sustainable Energy

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 85-94

  Al Badi, A H ^a   Bourdoucen, H ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

diesel generator; hybrid system; renewable energy; wind turbine

Indexed keywords

DIESEL GENERATORS; DIESEL PRICES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FUEL COST; HYBRID RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEMS; ISOLATED AREAS; LOAD DATA; NET PRESENT COST; OIL PRICES; POWER GENERATION APPLICATIONS; POWER STATION; REMOTE AREAS; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY TECHNOLOGIES; SIMULATION MODEL; STANDALONE SYSTEMS; WIND DATA; WIND PENETRATION; WIND SPEED;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIESEL POWER PLANTS; HYBRID SYSTEMS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WIND EFFECTS; WIND TURBINES;

COSTS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINE; WIND VELOCITY;

OMAN;

EID: 84859488157     PISSN: 14786451     EISSN: 1478646X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1478646X.2011.554608     Document Type: Article

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