Title: Optimal fuel consumption planning and energy management strategy for a hybrid energy system with pumped storage

Authors: Faycel Merad; Hocine Labar; Mounia Samira Kelaiaia; Okba Djelailia; Salah Necaibia

Addresses: Department of Electrical Engineering, Badji Mokthar University, Annaba 23000, Algeria ' Department of Electrical Engineering, Badji Mokthar University, Annaba 23000, Algeria ' Department of Electrical Engineering, Badji Mokthar University, Annaba 23000, Algeria ' Department of Electrical Engineering, Badji Mokthar University, Annaba 23000, Algeria ' Department of Electrical Engineering, Badji Mokthar University, Annaba 23000, Algeria

Abstract: Energy management system is very critical for solving the energy problem in remote areas, especially autonomous systems that uses diesel generators. The fuel cost increases due to transport over long distances makes it unsustainable system. for that an optimal sizing of the hybrid microgrid energy system (HMGES) with an energy management control (EMC) strategy was proposed in this work for an isolated site in southern Algeria, which consisting of photovoltaic (PV) source, diesel generator (DG), with a power hydroelectric storage (PHS) system in order to increase the reliability. The HMGES based on renewable energy is profitable for supplying the domestics and agricultural demand. This work evaluates three different standalone systems that used to guarantee the supply of energy for the isolated Saharan zone. The HMGES with EMC system not only decrease the harmful CO₂ emission due to the less consumption of fuel, but also reduce the system cost comparison with the (DG and PV/DG) standalone systems, which are the objectives function of this study.

Keywords: hybrid system; energy management; microgrid; PV system; diesel generator; power hydroelectric storage PHS system.

DOI: 10.1504/IJETP.2020.109316

International Journal of Energy Technology and Policy, 2020 Vol.16 No.5/6, pp.587 - 611

Received: 20 Aug 2018
Accepted: 05 Jun 2019
Published online: 03 Sep 2020 *

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