Hybrid diesel generator/renewable energy system performance modeling

Renewable Energy

Volumn 67, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-102

  Kusakana, Kanzumba ^a   Vermaak, Herman Jacobus ^a  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Diesel generator; Hybrid system; Optimal operation control; Renewable energy

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; LIFE CYCLE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES;

DIESEL GENERATORS; DIFFERENT ENERGY SOURCES; ELECTRICAL CONTRIBUTION; ENERGY STORAGE SYSTEMS; OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE; OPTIMAL OPERATION; RENEWABLE ENERGIES; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE;

HYBRID SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; DIESEL; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; POWER GENERATION; RENEWABLE RESOURCE;

EID: 84897383740     PISSN: 09601481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.renene.2013.11.025     Document Type: Article

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