{"title":"New conceptual design and modeling of an energy storage and recovery unit","authors":"Nouaamane Kezibri, C. Bouallou","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984070","url":null,"abstract":"The intermittent nature of renewable energy sources is a key challenge to their integration into the electricity grid. The aim of this paper is to introduce an advanced concept of Power-to-Gas (PtG) plant, which is designed to bring a closed-loop solution able to absorb electricity surplus and to restore it later, via the transient storage of energy carriers. After a brief conceptual overview of the studied unit and its individual components, the paper proposes a steady state model that is used to assess process flowsheets as well as operating conditions of the industrial scale unit. The results indicate that during the storage phase, a 200 MW power supply to the electrolysis process leads to a corresponding 155 MW of SNG produced in a methanation process with an efficiency of 83%. The stored SNG can be burned in pure oxygen during the recovery phase to produce up to 480 MW electric power as well as CO2 rich product gas.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121051545","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}
T. Bouhal, Y. Agrouaz, T. Kousksou, A. Jamil, Y. Zeraouli, A. Elouali, T. El Rhafiki, M. Bakkas
{"title":"Modeling and CFD study of heat transfer within the circulation pipes of solar water heating systems","authors":"T. Bouhal, Y. Agrouaz, T. Kousksou, A. Jamil, Y. Zeraouli, A. Elouali, T. El Rhafiki, M. Bakkas","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983919","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983919","url":null,"abstract":"The main objective of this work is to study numerically the thermal behavior of solar collectors. In particularly, we performed a detailed design and parametric study of the circulation pipe of an evacuated tube collector. Indeed, we altered the geometry of the anodes by adopting three configurations: circular, rectangular and triangular. In each configuration, we changed the inlet position of cold water and the outlet of hot water: either at the top, middle or bottom. The obtained results show that rectangular shape is most optimal due to the large exchange area. On the other hand, the water inlet must be positioned at the bottom and the outlet at the top in order to take profit of the stratification of the hot water and subsequently obtain high efficiency.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"55 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114314261","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":"Performance enhancement of Solar Vehicle by integration of supercapacitors in the energy storage system","authors":"Zineb Cabrane, M. Ouassaid, M. Maaroufi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983883","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983883","url":null,"abstract":"To improve the performance of Solar Vehicle (SV), supercapacitor has been used as an auxiliary energy storage system. Indeed, SCs are used as an energy storage device during fast power changes and recovers the braking energy to enhance the SV autonomy. In other hand, the batteries are used to meet the energy requirements for a relatively long duration and to store the excess of energy. This work addresses the modeling, control and power management of the electric traction system of a solar vehicle which uses photovoltaic as an energy source. The storage system is insured by a combination of supercapacitors and batteries. The hybrid storage system improves the efficiency of the overall system. The simulation result has been conducted to verify the effectiveness of the integration of the supercapacitor in the photovoltaic energy storage of solar vehicle in terms of reducing the peak currents in the battery pack and increasing the battery life. The obtained results prove that the electrical stresses on the battery are reduced by introducing supercapacitor.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115424119","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":"Design and optimization of a smart meter to meet the growing needs of energy in Morocco","authors":"Youssef Amry, Mehdi El Gaidi, M. Nachtane","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984034","url":null,"abstract":"The current energy policy recommends the subject of energy efficiency as a master question for the prospective years. The establishment of “smart meters” to measure remotely and in real time consumption is usually suggested as a solution for decreasing power consumption. The goal of this analysis is to distinguish the various services of new generations of smart meters emphasizing advantages that will make the implementation of the first models in Morocco.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124430310","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}
A. Hawila, A. Merabtine, N. Troussier, S. Mokraoui, A. Kheiri, A. Laaouatni
{"title":"Dynamic model validation of the radiant floor heating system based on the object oriented approach","authors":"A. Hawila, A. Merabtine, N. Troussier, S. Mokraoui, A. Kheiri, A. Laaouatni","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984064","url":null,"abstract":"This paper presents a validated model based on the object-oriented modeling tool based on Modelica approach for the radiant floor heating system, located in thermal laboratory in a test building. The system consists of heat pump, radiant slab, circulation pump, three way valve and hydraulic loop. Single circuit radiant slab was the main component in our Modelica model. A comparison of simulated and measured data for two case studies resulted in maximum absolute error for room temperature, surface temperature, convective heat flow and radiative heat flow as 0.914°C, 0.772°C, 2.5W/m2and4.5W/m2 for the first case study and 1.192°C, 1.463°C, 2.275W/m2and3.9W/m2 respectively for the second case study. The simulated results agreed very well with the measured data by taking the measurements errors and the simulation assumptions into account. Therefore, the developed model was validated to be applicable in other projects.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"24 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125046374","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":"Design of a solar system installation in Marrakesch using the SKELION software tool","authors":"B. Mari Soucase, J. Aleman, I. Guaita-Pradas","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983898","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983898","url":null,"abstract":"A new software for designing photovoltaic solar installations in a 3D environment has been developed with the support of the UPV Valencia. This paper presents the capabilities of the software designing a ground power plant in Marrakesh as a case study. The software merges several well-known tools like PVGYS and SketchUp 3d. A shadows study of the surrounding buildings is done to find out the area with negligible shadows to install the solar panels. An energy report and a financial study are also presented.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123789106","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":"Parameteric study to enhence performance of distillation process for bioethanol production by surface response methodology","authors":"Ahmed Tgarguifa, S. Abderafi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984030","url":null,"abstract":"Distillation is the most used separation operation unit in chemical industries; the high consumption of energy is the major disadvantage of this process that is unable to reach a high level of purity of bioethanol. The aim of this work is to optimize the operating energy and cost for distillation column by controlling the operating conditions. A sensitivity studies were performed by response surface methodology (RSM) according to the principles of central composite design (CCD) to find an accurate model of a distillation column that can be used to optimize the working conditions such as the reflux ratio, feeding tray position and column pressure. Two obtained predictive models are developed and used to control and optimize the working conditions of a distillation column. A reduction of 50.14% was obtained for the operating energy and cost of distillation column.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114296507","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}
N. Aarich, A. Bennouna, N. Erraissi, M. Raoufi, M. Akhsassi, I. Sobhy
{"title":"Performance of different silicon PV technologies based on experimental measurements: A case study in Marrakech","authors":"N. Aarich, A. Bennouna, N. Erraissi, M. Raoufi, M. Akhsassi, I. Sobhy","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983952","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983952","url":null,"abstract":"The scope of this paper is to compare a one year performance of three grid-connected PV module technologies systems, installed at the Faculty of Sciences Semlalia Marrakech (latitude 31.6497°N and longitude 8.0169°W). The studied silicon-based PV modules technologies are monocrystalline (mono-c-Si), amorphous silicon (a-Si) and polycrystalline (poly-c-Si). Monthly and annual evaluated performance elements include: energy output, reference yield, final yield and performance ratio. The results show that poly-Si system presents the best performance followed by mono-c-Si and by a-Si. To our knowledge, these are the first published performance of grid-connected PV systems in Marrakech.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"130 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128668822","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}
F. Dkhichi, B. Oukarfi, Y. El kouari, D. Ouoba, A. Fakkar, Z. Sabiri
{"title":"Performances of Artificial Neural Network combined with Perturb & Observe technique in maximizing the photovoltaic system power","authors":"F. Dkhichi, B. Oukarfi, Y. El kouari, D. Ouoba, A. Fakkar, Z. Sabiri","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984023","url":null,"abstract":"The optimization process of the production of photovoltaic power is crucial in order to ensure an optimal functioning of an output load. To do this, the use of a “maximum power point tracker” technique that allows maximization of the generated power by a photovoltaic generator is important. This maximization approach can be ensured by the use of a DC-DC converter “Boost”. In this paper we shed light on the combination of two techniques of the power maximization, completely different. The first one is classic “Perturb & Observe” while the second one is based on artificial intelligence “Artificial Neural Network”. The results obtained by the proposed method are compared with those obtained separately by each of the two methods, subject of the combination. This comparative study is aimed to show the different performances of the proposed method.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"14 1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130510797","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":"Thermal performance of heat sink for cooling high LED power applications","authors":"Fadwa Haraka, A. El Ouatouati, M. T. Janan","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983871","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983871","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this article is to build an analytic thermal resistance of the heat sink used for high led power. The thermal model is defined in order to predict the mean temperature of the heat source of the LED by establishing a network model based on heat flux flow distribution. The thermal model is developed by finding a relationship between the heat sink resistance and their geometry; wish is implemented in SIMULINK/M. The results of the model are comparing with 3D finite element simulation by COMSOL in order to validate the model proposed.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"35 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120920704","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}