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Imran, Muhammad, Rashid, Zeeshan, Amjad, Muhammad, Baloch, Shadi Khan and Mustafa, Adil (2022) Analysis and implementation of a solar/biogas hybrid system for centralized generation at Qadirpur Ran. Energy Reports, 8 . pp. 13484-13493. doi:10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.017 ISSN 2352-4847.
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.017
Abstract
The face of state administered utility grid is suffering from a severe stress due to the rapidly growing urban communities, population, luxurious lifestyle of residents and eventually their electricity needs. This trend being accelerated at a higher pace during the past decade calls for the incorporation of alternative power sources using renewables in grid-tied or islanding mode of operation so-called microgrid. This paper addresses the technical issues associated with a 132 kV grid dedicated to Qadirpur Ran, a rural district of Pakistan located adjacent to the city of Multan. The existing electrical architecture of the district is simulated using power flow solver which illustrates that the components of the grid undergo high losses, poor voltage profile and low power factor. In addition, the simulation study identifies 20 overloaded transformers and 20 overloaded distributed lines in the existing system. Without altering the network configuration, a solar plant and a biogas plant of 10 MW capacity each along with three additional biogas plants of 5 MW (2 MW, 2 MW, 1 MW) rating which serve as emergency backup during night time are proposed for the district. As a result, the district is isolated from the national grid eliminating complexities associated with grid integration and serving as an electrically autonomous enclave. The updated hybrid system announces appealing features in a broad spectrum of electrical power framework compared to the existing quantities providing exquisite solutions to the prevailing issues. Furthermore, the cost of all-renewable powered off-grid system is calculated taking into account contributed supplementary components to estimate the total payback period of 9.75 years.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||||
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Subjects: | T Technology > TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Life Sciences (2010- ) | ||||||||
SWORD Depositor: | Library Publications Router | ||||||||
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Renewable energy source, Microgrids (Smart power grids) , Microgrids (Smart power grids) -- Pakistan -- Qadirpur Ran, Electric power distribution -- Automation | ||||||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Energy Reports | ||||||||
Publisher: | Elsevier BV | ||||||||
ISSN: | 2352-4847 | ||||||||
Official Date: | November 2022 | ||||||||
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Volume: | 8 | ||||||||
Page Range: | pp. 13484-13493 | ||||||||
DOI: | 10.1016/j.egyr.2022.10.017 | ||||||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 9 November 2022 | ||||||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 10 November 2022 | ||||||||
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