{"title":"Detailed analysis of surface recombination in crystalline silicon solar cells","authors":"A. Belghachi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529729","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529729","url":null,"abstract":"Losses in solar cells are major concern for photovoltaic designers and minimizing them is the aim of all workers in this field. Recombination of photo generated charge carriers, both in the bulk and at surfaces, is the most prominent loss mechanism. In this work, surface recombination effect on crystalline silicon solar cells, both at the front and rear sides, is investigated. For typical thin silicon solar cell (100μm) the rear surface recombination is more important than the front. This could be treated by reducing rear surface metallization coverage or of a BSF layer while the front recombination could be reduced by surface passivation.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127713147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Transposition of wind measurements to a standard site of open area roughness at a height of 10m above ground level","authors":"F. Ben Amar, M. Elamouri, R. Dhifaoui","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529670","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529670","url":null,"abstract":"Considering the sites variety and anemometric towers, it is very difficult to directly compare wind measurements. In order to do a comparative study between sites, it is necessary to correct the measured data and to transpose them to a standard site of open area roughness at a height of 10 m above ground level. To do this, correction factors as a function of the soil roughness length and the anemometer height are developed and delivered in the chart form enabling us to transpose the wind data of a measurement site to a standard site. Similarly, an extrapolating approach of wind characteristics of the standard site from those of the measurement site is developed and applied to the site of Sidi Daoud wind farm -Tunisia.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128951085","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Fuzzy controller to extract the maximum power of a photovoltaic system","authors":"M. Ajaamoum, M. Kourchi, R. Alaoui, L. Bouhouch","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529657","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529657","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this work is to introduce a technique for the improvement and the optimization of the control performances of a system, composed the photovoltaic panel, a Boost converter and a load. This control is ensured thanks to the method of the maximum power point tracking (MPPT) by fuzzy logic. Simulations of the various parts of the system are developed under Matlab/Simulink, as well as a comparison between two controllers: “Perturb and Observ” (P&O) and fuzzy logic (FL). The results got under various operating conditions show a clear improvement of the performances of the control by fuzzy logic of the MPPT of the photovoltaic system.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131960088","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ahmed M. A. M. Serag ElDin, Y. El-Mahgary, A. Ali, A. Khairy
{"title":"Comparing socioeconomic & environmental impacts of building 2GW PV power plant in both sides of the Medeterranian","authors":"Ahmed M. A. M. Serag ElDin, Y. El-Mahgary, A. Ali, A. Khairy","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529736","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529736","url":null,"abstract":"One of the most important and challenging task in the near future is the construction of large PV Power Plants (PP) on both sides of the Mediterranean. The Solar Power Plants built In Italy, Spain and Germany exceeds already several GW, whereas few projects are just starting on the other side of the Mediterranean (Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco). No projects exist yet in Egypt, although the solar radiation in Egypt is the highest in the world. The socioeconomic difficulties facing the construction of large PV plants in Europe will be briefly summarized. Using up-to-date available information we intend to argue in this paper that building, e.g., 2GW PV PP in Egypt and transmitting the electricity through HVDC submarine transmission lines to Europe could have more socioeconomic and environmental benefits than building it on the other side of the Mediterranean.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"23 2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130542426","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Wind powered water desalination","authors":"Y. Dahioui, K. Loudiyi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529659","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529659","url":null,"abstract":"Renewable energy, and more specifically, wind energy powered desalination, has been going through an upwards trend, especially during the last decade. Still, there is a domain that has not been much researched [1]; hence, this paper tries to address wind powered independent desalination systems. With its lower energy consumption and portability, Reverse Osmosis (RO) method has been chosen as the desalination technology that will be integrated with wind energy. In this work a MATLAB simulation is used to find out the effects of fluctuating wind energy on a system that is designed to operate under steady conditions. The results show that varying electrical power leads to extreme fluctuation in feed water pressure, beyond the operational range of the RO membranes. Still, this does not draw a cross on the wind and desalination combo; in fact, several methods exist to diminish the pressure variation, including wind turbine de-rating, or use of pressure stabilizers.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127140068","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mustapha Elyaqouti, R. Alaoui, A. Ihlal, L. Bouhouch
{"title":"Design and Realization of an Emulator of photovoltaïc generator","authors":"Mustapha Elyaqouti, R. Alaoui, A. Ihlal, L. Bouhouch","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529655","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529655","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents the design and implementation of a system that emulates the electrical behavior of KOCERA-KC40 photovoltaic panel. This emulator can supply power to an electrically platform, in order to study it, adjust and/or testing. The realized device consists of a buck converter controlled by a microcontroller.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"127507119","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Storage and restoring the electricity of renewable energies by coupling with natural gas grid","authors":"Y. Redissi, H. Er-rbib, C. Bouallou","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529646","url":null,"abstract":"The renewable energy network is constantly expanding due to the increasing world demand to reduce greenhouse gases emissions and to maintain an adequate energy supply level. However, renewable energy systems are facing two major difficulties: storing electrical power when consumption is quite below the production potential, and delivering electricity when high consumption peaks appear. This paper aimed to simulate an alternative process that can store and restore renewable electricity by forming and reforming the natural gas (methane). The specificity of this process is sharply interesting, since it uses methane as a means of storage instead of electricity, taking advantage of the high energy density of methane. The gas transformation will be coupled to a reversible solid oxide cells (RSOC) working at high temperature (1073 K). The simulation results showed that the installation can deliver electricity with 36.4% of energy efficiency, while electricity storage is performed with an efficiency of 92.4%. The best advantage lies on the process carbon balance: storing then restoring 1 MWh of electricity will only emits 69 g of additional CO2 in the air.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128751666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Numerical simulation of gasification: Effect of injection velocity on the feedstock conversion and syngas composition","authors":"S. Raza, I. Janajreh","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529677","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529677","url":null,"abstract":"Gasification is a thermochemical pathway that is use to convert feedstock into combustible syngas (CO and H2). In the following research a computational fluid dynamics study is performed to model the gasification of discrete coal particles stream using air as oxidizer. The main objective of the study is to understand the effect of the oxidizer's velocity on the conversion of coal particle and syngas composition. Initially the chemical composition of coal particle is measured using the proximate, ultimate and calorimetric analysis. The measured results are used to define the coal properties in the numerical simulation. Afterwards, a parametric study for inlet velocity of oxidizer is performed. The result shows that at lower velocities complete conversion of coal can be attained but at the same time the quality of syngas is degraded due to the formation of CO2 and H2O. On the other hand the increase in velocity tend to reduce the conversion of coal particle due to decrease in residence time in the gasifier. Further result of CO and H2 mole fraction, temperature and velocity contours are also presented.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"17 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129760097","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanical recycling of cross-link polyethylene: Assessment of static and viscoplastic properties","authors":"M. Al Shrah, I. Janajreh","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529674","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529674","url":null,"abstract":"Fundamentally, there are two recycling methods for plastics: material recycling (including primary, secondary, and tertiary recycling, i.e. hydrolysis and glycolysis) and energy recycling or quaternary recycling. Since the former method replenishes material resources, it is favored where it is possible, i.e. for none polluted or mixed product. At some point after repeated use, the material may commence to degrade, by then it is destined to energy conversion or total breakdown subjected to incineration, gasification or pyrolysis. This work considers the material recycling of LDPE. LDPE represents nearly of 8-10% of the total MSW waste received at the landfill. Initially thermal analysis based on Simultaneous Thermal Analysis (STA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) is carried out to observe the plastic thermal behavior of two successively molded samples. The samples are remolding using the thermosientific mini extruder and the HAAKE MiniJet II injected. The mechanical and thermomechancial properties are assessed using uniaxial static and dynamic tests under well controlled conditions. Mild variation is obtained in the thermal behavior to the two samples observed by the similarity in melting, extent of thermal stability, and onset and end of degradation. However, the mechanical behavior between the three samples clearly demonstrates the gain in total modulus and lower tan delta for the cross-linked product but with a reversion to original LDP behavior following the molding of the waste. This work support successive material recovery for cable plastics with an additional cross-linking to the rejected waste.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"92 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126325527","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Improvement of transient stability of Algerian power system network with wind farm","authors":"D. Naimi, T. Bouktir, A. Salhi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529658","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2013.6529658","url":null,"abstract":"Although Algeria is ranks fourteenth country in proven petroleum reserves, Algeria is Conscious of the need to face its environmental problems and anxious to take part in the fight against the climatic change. It is in this optic that the Algerian government creates Funds earmarked for a renewable energy supplied from 0.5% of petroleum rental. While solar energy remains the main focus of efforts to boost production from renewable energy, Algeria is looking at wind power by several projects, which will be integrated in the Algerian network. The main objective of this research work is to investigate the power quality issue to the transient stability problem caused by the wind power connection and consequently the enhancement of the rate of the wind power penetration limit without overloaded line and with an acceptable voltage level ensured by integration of flexible AC transmission system (FACTS) device such as Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM). Furthermore, in order to choose the adequate type of wind turbine, a comparative study between several types is established. It must be noted that all simulations are carried out on PSAT/Simulink. Finally, some meaningful conclusions and comments are given in this paper.","PeriodicalId":130577,"journal":{"name":"2013 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2013-03-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126541348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}