Hybrid Diesel Generator - Battery systems for offgrid rural applications

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 839-844

  Kusakana, K ^a   Vermaak, H J ^a  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Distributed generation; Homer; Hybrid Diesel Generator Battery; Operation control; Optimal sizing

Indexed keywords

BATTERY STORAGE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERISTIC; HOMER; HYBRID DIESEL GENERATOR-BATTERY; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPERATION CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL STRATEGY; OPTIMAL SIZING;

DISTRIBUTED POWER GENERATION; HYBRID SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84877608716     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2013.6505781     Document Type: Conference Paper

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