Optimal sizing of stand-alone photovoltaic/wind/hydrogen hybrid system supplying a desalination unit

Solar Energy

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 263-276

  Smaoui, Mariem ^a   Abdelkafi, Achraf ^a   Krichen, Lotfi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Desalination unit; Fuel cell electrolyzer storage system; Hybrid photovoltaic wind system; Optimal sizing; Techno economic evaluation

Indexed keywords

BALLOONS; DIGITAL STORAGE; FUEL STORAGE; HYBRID SYSTEMS; INVESTMENTS; ITERATIVE METHODS; METEOROLOGY; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; WATER;

DESALINATION UNITS; OPTIMAL SIZING; PHOTOVOLTAIC; STORAGE SYSTEMS; TECHNO-ECONOMIC EVALUATION;

DESALINATION;

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE CONDITIONS; DESALINATION; FRESHWATER; HYDROGEN; METEOROLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POWER GENERATION; PROJECT ASSESSMENT; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; SOLAR POWER; VALUATION; WIND POWER;

KERKENNAH ISLANDS; SFAX [TUNISIA]; TUNISIA;

EID: 84938917055     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2015.07.032     Document Type: Article

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