Khawla Ettalbi, Hanan Elabd, M. Ouassaid, M. Maaroufi
{"title":"A comparative study of energy management systems for PV self-consumption","authors":"Khawla Ettalbi, Hanan Elabd, M. Ouassaid, M. Maaroufi","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983966","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983966","url":null,"abstract":"With the growing progress in the smart grid and Internet of Things (IoT) technologies from one hand and on the other hand the decrease of the cost of renewable energy, especially the photovoltaic (PV) energy. Energy management systems (EMS) for PV self-consumption would represent an efficient and intelligent solution for each electricity consumer in order to optimize the use of PV production while reducing the utilization of the power grid. In this context, many solutions have been developed. However, no effort so far has been made to compare their features. This article provides a comprehensive evaluation and comparison of currently available solutions for the “EMS for PV self-consumption”, by introducing their main features, their methods for improving PV self-consumption and the different communication protocols used.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"40 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":"122434104","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}
Y. Agrouaz, T. Bouhal, A. Jamil, T. Kousksou, Y. Zeraouli, T. El Rhafiki, M. Bakkas
{"title":"Parametric study on the influence of geometrical characteristics of horizontal wavy surface on nusselt number: Solar applications","authors":"Y. Agrouaz, T. Bouhal, A. Jamil, T. Kousksou, Y. Zeraouli, T. El Rhafiki, M. Bakkas","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983934","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983934","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper a steady-state natural convection was numerically simulated in horizontal rectangular cavity with a sinusoidal bottom wavy wall. This new type of surface rarely studied and investigated. The vertical walls are insulated while the bottom surface maintained to higher temperature than the top surface. In this numerical simulation that based on our elaborated code. the investigated parameters are Rayleigh number that is fixed to Ra=106, the wave length λ varied from 1 to 6 and the amplitude of the wave A is changing from 0.10 to 0.20 with a step of 0.05 were chosen in order to analyze the effect of these parameters on the heat transfer and the flow fields in two dimensional (2-D) enclosure filled with air. It is found that the geometrical parameters has a significant influence on the heat transfer inside the cavity, and also the importance of this study occur in the different applications where this kind of phenomena is present such as cooling, drying systems and solar captors.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"49 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":"124952404","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":"Modeling approach for hydrokinetic turbine","authors":"S. Hazim, A. El Ouatouati, M. T. Janan","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983893","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983893","url":null,"abstract":"Given the interest in renewable energy, various types of production of this kind of energy are in study. In the present, we are interested in harnessing marine energy currents, especially the hydro-kinetic turbines with horizontal axis. The density of water is 832 times greater than air one and underwater currents are also more powerful than the wind, the electric power supplied by a hydroelectric turbine is much greater than that provided by a wind turbine. In this fact water turbines are smaller than wind turbines. The aim of the present work is to calculate the hydrodynamic loads, estimate the energetic performance and determine the blade optimal parameters for a turbine. The motion of the rotor produces a three dimensional flow, which make the modeling task complicated. Two hydrodynamic theories are combined “Blade Element Method” and “the axial momentum theory” in order to find all essential parameters for sizing blades. The equations obtained are solved by using an iterative algorithm in order to obtain the hydrodynamic loads and torque. Computations were accomplished for a NACA4415 profile.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"37 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":"123634167","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":"Evaluation of the behaviour of different solar mirrors against soiling phenomenon","authors":"M. Karim, S. Naamane, C. Delord","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7984008","url":null,"abstract":"To assess their performance and behavior against soiling phenomenon, two different types of mirrors were tested in this study, namely glass and polymer mirrors used in Concentrated Solar Power plants, CSP. Samples were exposed in a natural desert site in Morocco to evaluate their performances. Obtained results show that polymer mirrors present more soiling deposition than glass solar mirrors at same exposure conditions. In addition, it was shown that both tested types present a variation of soiling rate with the climatic season on the site. It was also relieved that the soiling rate is function of the variation of the wind speed and the relative humidity during the exposure.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"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":"129707107","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}
S. El Himer, S. El-yahyaoui, A. Mechaqrane, A. Ahaitouf
{"title":"Performance comparison of two optical elements for CPV system","authors":"S. El Himer, S. El-yahyaoui, A. Mechaqrane, A. Ahaitouf","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983869","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983869","url":null,"abstract":"This study presents performances comparison of optical and geometrical properties of two optical concentrators: A Compound Parabolic Concentrator (CPC) and a Dielectric Totally Internally Reflecting Concentrator (DTIRC). These concentrators are used as a secondary optical element in both cases with and without a Fresnel lens as a primary stage. Results show that the optical efficiency is almost equal for the two concentrators if used alone, and obviously decreases when a primary stage is added. Regarding the size of the elements we found that the length, the input radius and the concentration ratio of DTRIC increase with the increment of the acceptance angle, however, the length, the input radius and the concentration ratio of CPC decrease. Also we notice that the two lengths are equal in the angle 48°, and the input radius and the concentration ratio are equal in the acceptance angle 30°.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"68 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":"121123761","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}
Sana Sahbani, H. Mahmoudi, A. Hasnaoui, M. Kchikach, A. Redouane
{"title":"A novel high power factor PWM rectifier with push-pull control for harmonic reduction in industrial areas networks of smart grid","authors":"Sana Sahbani, H. Mahmoudi, A. Hasnaoui, M. Kchikach, A. Redouane","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983959","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983959","url":null,"abstract":"Currently great attention is paid to more efficient use of electrical energy and considerable significance is especially attached to increase the power quality, in particular, by decreasing high harmonics in supply voltage and current. This paper addresses the important issue of power quality management for industrial smart grid; especially how to mitigate harmonic distortion caused by switching frequency of PWM rectifier and proposes a novel topology of Boost rectifier with push-pull control aiming to improve the current profile. To demonstrate the advantages of this new converter, a comparative evaluation with the basic Boost rectifier is performed and simulation results are discussed.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"107 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":"117251113","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}
R. Lamouri, E. Salmani, H. Ez‐zahraouy, A. Benyoussef
{"title":"Band-gap engineering of CdS, CdSe and ZnSe first-principles calculations","authors":"R. Lamouri, E. Salmani, H. Ez‐zahraouy, A. Benyoussef","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983969","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983969","url":null,"abstract":"The electronic structures of CdS, CdSe and ZnSe bulk and thin films materials are carried out Using the first principles calculations based on the Korringa-Kohn-Rostoker method (KKR) combined with the Coherent Potential Approximation (CPA). It is found that the band gaps of those materials in the case of thin films with 2, 4 and 8 layers are larger than the one of the bulk with Zinc blende structures and decreases with increasing the film thickness.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"16 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":"126452952","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":"Multiple solutions for free convection flow in inclined enclosures","authors":"M. Zellouf, Kamel Aoues, N. Moummi, A. Labed","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983947","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983947","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we investigated the free convection flow in inclined rectangular enclosures filled with air. The analysis is carried out by a numerical solution of the full governing equations of the problem employing the finite volumes approach with staggered grid arrangement by the iterative SIMPLE-C algorithm. We propose for three aspect ratio's AR = 3, 4 and 8 a parametric description illustrated the influence of the inclination angles 0° ≤ φ ≤ 90° and Rayleigh number 103 ≤ Ra ≤ 104, on the flow patterns likely to develop in each configuration. The results indicate that the effects of inclination on flow mode transition and multiplicity of solutions for each aspect ratio at various Rayleigh numbers, the existence of such multi-steady solutions strongly depends on the value of the Rayleigh number. For that the Hysteresis phenomenon for Ra ≥ 2000 are demonstrated and also the parameter maps of Ra vs φ are constructed.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"30 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":"126002140","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. Fethi, Bendib Douadi, M. Laour, Berkouk El-madjid
{"title":"Power control of three phase single stage grid connected photovoltaic system","authors":"A. Fethi, Bendib Douadi, M. Laour, Berkouk El-madjid","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983983","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983983","url":null,"abstract":"This paper concentrates on the control of power flow in single stage photovoltaic energy conversion system. The conversion structure has a twofold requirement that consists in ensuring that the current injected to both load and grid obeys to the grid connection standards and sets the DC bus voltage similar to the reference voltage given by the MPPT algorithm. The advanced functions that can be added to the grid connected inverter are compensation for reactive power requirements and the cancelation of the harmonics created by the nonlinear loads connected to the point of common coupling (PCC). Different scenarios of condition climate and load profile have been considered as a reference to define exemplary realistic power control schemes, to quantify through load flow simulation analysis the capability required to the PV inverters in order to follow the desired control function. Simulation results using MATLAB/Simulink environment are carried out to approve the validity and the ability of the proposed method to accomplish the operation recommendations of the grid connected PV system.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"28 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":"126719100","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":"Sensorless control of the hybrid double excitation synchronous aerogenerator in case of high wind speed","authors":"H. Chakir, H. Ouadi, F. Giri","doi":"10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983901","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/IRSEC.2016.7983901","url":null,"abstract":"This paper deals with the problem of the constant-power operating envelope at high speed in the wind energy conversion systems. The considered aero-generator involves a hybrid excitation synchronous generator (HESG). To operate at constant-power, it is recommended to use a feedback flux-weakening control, the hybrid excitation circuit is compatible with the extended-speed-range constant-power operation, the flux-weakening and the anti-windup controls that can be achieved simultaneously. In addition to this, an optimization of the electromagnetic torque is provided to improve the HESG efficiency. However, these controls require the measure of wind speed, rotor flux, rotor speed and aerodynamic torque, which are all difficult in practice and not very reliable. This paper presents a design of sensorless flux-weakening power controller. For the achievement of the above energetic goal without resorting to mechanical sensors, a control observation strategy is developed, based on the nonlinear model of the whole controlled system using only electrical variables measurements. The effectiveness of the proposed regulator is analyzed using tools from the Lyapunov stability. These theoretical results are proved by a series of simulations to show the contribution of hybrid excitation at a high wind speed.","PeriodicalId":180557,"journal":{"name":"2016 International Renewable and Sustainable Energy Conference (IRSEC)","volume":"77 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":"128122837","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}