A study of the installed capacity and electricity quality of a fuel cell-independent microgrid that uses locally produced energy for local consumption

International Journal of Energy Research

Volumn 37, Issue 14, 2013, Pages 1764-1783

  Obara, Shin'ya ^a   Kawae, Osamu ^b   Kawai, Masahito ^c   Morizane, Yuta ^a  

^a KITAMI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b ASAHIKAWA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c HAKODATE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Microgrid; Numerical simulation; Okhotsk Sea; Saroma Lake; SOFC; Tidal power generation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED POWER SUPPLIES; ELECTRIC POWER QUALITY; ELECTRICITY QUALITY; ENERGY BALANCE EQUATIONS; INSTALLED CAPACITY; MICRO GRID; OKHOTSK SEA; SIMULATED ANALYSIS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRICITY; LAKES; NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS; POWER QUALITY; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TIDAL POWER;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

EID: 84886244589     PISSN: 0363907X     EISSN: 1099114X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/er.2990     Document Type: Article

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