Enhanced interconnected microgrids for water-pumps networks towards zero net energy farms Online publication date: Mon, 16-Aug-2021
by Ahmed M. Othman; Hossam A. Gabbar
International Journal of Reasoning-based Intelligent Systems (IJRIS), Vol. 13, No. 3, 2021
Abstract: This paper presents design of resilient interconnected microgrids to provide clean and cheap energy to water pumps infrastructure at farms during normal and emergency situations in terms of different renewable resources. Water networks are relied on every day by millions of customers' utilisation and bring billions worth of economic goods to market. However, water network infrastructures are dependent on the electric grid, which is vulnerable to extreme weather, changing supply and demand patterns, and cyber-terrorism. The proposed microgrid includes hybrid energy storage including battery systems, which provides flexible and adaptive energy supply in view of water pumps loads. Proposed microgrid will allow sustainable operation capability with resilient performance on both of economical and technical levels. In addition, the proposed solution, based on artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm optimisation for zero net energy (ZNE), ensures sustained and high performance energy supply in different operational scenarios.
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