Department of electrical power engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Jagadeesh Pasupuleti
Department of electrical power engineering, Universiti Tenaga Nasional, Jalan IKRAM-UNITEN, 43000 Kajang, Selangor, Malaysia
Tamer T.N. Khatib
Institute of Networked & Embedded Systems/Lakeside Labs, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria
Wilfried Elmenreich
Institute of Networked & Embedded Systems/Lakeside Labs, Alpen-Adria-Universität Klagenfurt, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria
Preferred Abstract (Original):
Integrating
renewable energy resources such as photovoltaic system with diesel
generator in a hybrid power system is widely spread in the worldwide due
to the economic and technical aspects. These systems prove their
feasibility in the remote areas, where the grid extension is not
available. An optimum dispatch strategy for these systems is a very
important factor that affects the cost of the energy generated.
Therefore, the main objective of this review is to show the state of art
of hybrid photovoltaic/diesel generator system control strategies.
Research work in the period of 1998–2014 is covered and analyzed. In
addition to that, a summary of the latest technologies in this field is
provided. Finally, challenges to this science are concluded. These
challenges are accurate estimation of load demand and meteorological
data, system performance prediction, system’s component models, optimal
sizing of the system and operation set points optimization. In
optimizing the operation set points there are many aspects to consider
such as system reliability, emitted emission by the system and the cost
of the energy generated.