{"title":"Technical, economic, and environmental analysis to define the conditions for the implementation of charge stations, a case study in the city of Azogues - Ecuador","authors":"E. Barragan, E. García, C. Minchala, E. Zalamea","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.454","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.454","url":null,"abstract":"Reducing environmental pollution caused by traditional mobility solutions, such as combustion vehicles, requires a deep dive into sustainable mobility. Consequently, promoting electric vehicles (EVs) constitutes a long-hanging fruit for establishing a route map for decarbonizing city mobility. Nevertheless, several tasks require urgent attention to allow EV technology to deploy in cities. For instance, optimal locations of charging stations for EVs by considering a multicriteria approach are urgently required. This work studies the most feasible alternatives for locating and implementing EV chargers (EVC) in Azogues, Ecuador. This study applies Promethee multicriteria method, considering three different location alternatives in the city and four criteria that will be divided into ten subcriteria for the analysis. First, the multi-objective function´s weighting factors were established using three weighting methods: equal weighting, point allocation, and critical weighting. Once the matrix of sub-criteria with their weights was established, Visual Promethee, which works with Promethee II, was applied to establish the optimal candidate site. The results of this optimization analysis indicate an optimal location for the EVC.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"50 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87031166","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}
G. Acevedo, M. Lopes, B. Menezes, O.H.F. Rabelo, L. B. Brito, A. B. Dias, A. Filho, E. G. Domingues
{"title":"Linear Fresnel reflector technology in Brazil: a techno-economic evaluation","authors":"G. Acevedo, M. Lopes, B. Menezes, O.H.F. Rabelo, L. B. Brito, A. B. Dias, A. Filho, E. G. Domingues","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.315","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.315","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to present the results of applying a computational tool developed to perform a technical-economic feasibility analysis of a large-scale Linear Fresnel Reflector (LFR) solar power plant. The viability analysis indicators were obtained considering that the electricity produced trades at the Regulated Contracting Environment of the Brazilian Electricity Market. The parametric structural optimization method is used to optimize the technical parameters of the plant. A case study was conducted to analyze the viability of Implementing a 100 MW LFR power plant in the five regions of Brazil. The results indicated that Northeastern is the best region to install this power plant. However, the project is not viable in all cities analyzed. A sensitivity analysis (SA) of some strategically selected variables was conducted to evaluate its impacts on the project's net present value of an optimized LFR plant located in the city with the best technical performance. Finally, an optimistic scenario was evaluated considering the net present value's response to the parameters investigated in the SA. For this scenario, the results indicated the project's economic viability.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"35 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91192642","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}
D. Mattos, D. Rodrigues, M. Albertini, C. Bernardelli, A. Moura, M. Mendonça, A. Rosentino, R. Rimoldi de Lima, P. Rezende, G. Lima, J. O. Rezende
{"title":"Single -Phase Hybrid Converter With Series Voltage Compensation On The DC Bar Applied to Micro grids","authors":"D. Mattos, D. Rodrigues, M. Albertini, C. Bernardelli, A. Moura, M. Mendonça, A. Rosentino, R. Rimoldi de Lima, P. Rezende, G. Lima, J. O. Rezende","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.295","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.295","url":null,"abstract":"This work presents the development of computer simulation of a topological structure of singlephase hybrid converter that aims to impose sinusoidal input current and the supply of a DC bus with regulated voltage using the voltage series compensation. With the increase in distributed generation by the use of DC renewable energy sources by microgrids, the characteristics of the structure proposed to make it an excellent alternative for applications involving the compensation of voltage fluctuations due to to the intermittence of microgeneration systems.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"26 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86379966","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":"Use of Building Façade for Active Indoor Humidity Control","authors":"K. Ghali, J. P. Harrouz, N. Ghaddar","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.326","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.326","url":null,"abstract":"Regulating indoor humidity levels to healthy ranges is important to provide occupants with acceptable thermal comfort and air quality conditions. Conventional techniques relied on the supply of dehumidified outdoor air to dilute the indoor generated moisture. They use vapor compression cooling either as standalone system or integrated with desiccant dehumidifiers to generate the dry air. Such systems are energy intensive and require large footprint areas, especially in hot and humid climates. This work proposes thus an energy-efficient alternative where the indoor humidity is pumped directly from the space and discharged outdoors. This system integrates a metal organic framework-based dehumidifier with the building breathable façade. The dehumidifier dries the outdoor air that is used to ventilate the façade and create the necessary driving gradient for the moisture transfer, irrespective of the outdoor air conditions. Mathematical models are developed to evaluate the system performance for an office space located in the extreme hot and humid climate of Jeddah, KSA. The proposed system resulted in 89 % and 90 % reduction in the system size and energy consumption compared to conventional systems over the peak humidity month.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83002127","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":"Energy and Capacity Saving Potential in the Residential Sector of Oman","authors":"A. AlWaaili, A. Malik","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.430","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.430","url":null,"abstract":"The substantial rise in Oman's load in recent years prompted researchers to investigate ways to reduce the construction of new power plants. Reducing the electricity consumption during the peak hours will provide the flexibility to lower the need of the generation units to be added on the system. This paper aims to find out the energy saving potential from the residential sector of Oman, specifically Main Interconnected System (MIS) load. Usually, the annual report circulated by the Authority for Public Service Regulation (APSR) provides the statistics of demand consumed. It states that about 45.2% accounts for residential consumption in 2021. A survey from different papers that emphasize the valuable contribution of energy savings from the residential sector is carried out. WASP-IV software is used to conduct the optimization generation expansion plan for a 20-year period. Another case is studied for the 25.2% decrease in home building consumption. The methodology is explained, as are the assumptions and constraints of the study. The results show a noticeable decrease in the total generation cost, environmental cost, and LOLP percentage for the energy saving case study compared with the base case.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"59 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74398246","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. Dufo-López, J. Lujano-Rojas, J. Bernal-Agustín, J. S. Artal-Sevil, Á. Bayod-Rújula
{"title":"Energy arbitrage in PV-PHS systems","authors":"R. Dufo-López, J. Lujano-Rojas, J. Bernal-Agustín, J. S. Artal-Sevil, Á. Bayod-Rújula","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.206","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.206","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, we use MHOGA software for the evaluation of adding pumped hydro storage (PHS) for energy arbitrage in utility-scale PV generating systems. PHS is used for electricity price arbitrage, pumping water from the lower reservoir to the upper reservoir with the PV generation during hours of low electricity price and generating electricity by means of the stored water with the turbine during hours of high price (during these hours the PV generator also injects its production to the grid). The control strategy creates setpoints for the use of the pump and the turbine, trying to obtain the maximum benefits from the electricity sold to the grid, maximizing the net present value (NPV). An example of application is shown, obtaining conclusions about the economical viability of the PV-PHS system compared to the PV-only system: in the case studied in this work, it is not worth to add PHS to the PV system.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"34 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72999089","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":"Technical versus socio-economic and environmental criteria in power transmission projects","authors":"N. Naval, J. Yusta","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.271","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.271","url":null,"abstract":"In recent years, the efforts of countries to reach agreements on the development of cross-border electricity interconnection have intensified because they optimize energy resources and constitute the most significant instantaneous support for the security and continuity of electricity supply. In addition, interconnections play a key role in the integration of electricity markets. However, the planning of European electricity infrastructures constitutes complex analyses due to the large number of factors involved. This article applies a multicriteria methodology for the evaluation and prioritization of cross-border interconnection projects with the simulation of different scenarios, in total 12 scenarios, to study the effect of changes in the selected criteria on the results obtained. To test the defined methodology, the variation in the weight of different criteria in the assessment of a new cross-border electrical interconnection project between Spain and France is studied. It was verified that the tool is coherent and that the analysis developed improves the understanding of such large and complex projects and can facilitate the prioritization of project portfolios with a clear and explicit method.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"81 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73150695","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}
Marcial González de Armas, S. Arnaltes Gómez, F. Arredondo, J. L. Rodríguez Amenedo
{"title":"Two-step optimization algorithm for energy management and active-reactive power commands for real-time operation of hybrid microgrids","authors":"Marcial González de Armas, S. Arnaltes Gómez, F. Arredondo, J. L. Rodríguez Amenedo","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.399","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.399","url":null,"abstract":"This paper proposes a two-step optimization algorithm for energy management and optimal control of activereactive power commands in microgrids. The first step ensures an optimal energy management and provides the active power setpoints for power plants and energy storage. The second step calculates the voltage setpoints for power plants and reactive power flows whilst minimizing power transmission losses. This work focuses on the second step of the algorithm and the framework to combine both. A previous study introduces the first step based on a receding-horizon scheme. It is analysed and discussed the performance of the algorithm against two decentralized methods widely used in the literature. The results show that the proposed algorithm reduces power transmission losses by more than 20% compared to other methods.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90367843","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":"Prediction models and their role in advanced energy management systems supporting energy flexibility services","authors":"N. Uremović, N. Lukač, P. Sukič, G. Štumberger","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.398","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.398","url":null,"abstract":"Automated decision tools, such as advanced energy management systems, are required to involve the electrical grid users in energy flexibility services. This paper focuses on the prediction models as a substantial part of decision strategy in advanced energy management systems and on advanced energy management systems as a tool that supports the active involvement of electrical grid users in energy flexibility services. Prediction models' desired properties are self-establishing and self-adaptation, which require new solutions in data selection, filtering, processing and model learning. Some of these properties are investigated within this paper.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"38 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90793403","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. Rosa Sanabria, P. Eguía López, I. Aranzabal Santamaria, I. ZAMORA BELVER
{"title":"Model Based Systems Engineering Concepts and Methodologies for Modeling of Renewable Power Plants","authors":"R. Rosa Sanabria, P. Eguía López, I. Aranzabal Santamaria, I. ZAMORA BELVER","doi":"10.24084/repqj21.229","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.24084/repqj21.229","url":null,"abstract":"Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) is the formal application of a model-centered methodology for the design activities of engineered systems, being especially useful to support design requirements verification and validation of complex systems. The complexity of a system can be measured according to the number and relationships of the system elements. The design of renewable power plants has grown in complexity in last few decades, due to the integration of new technologies and the application of grid-code requirements. In this paper, a review of MBSE main concepts and leading methodologies (processes, methods, and tools) will be made with the objective of analyzing its application on the renewable power plants modelling and design. Key words. Model-based systems engineering, renewable power plant, complex system, model, methodology.","PeriodicalId":21076,"journal":{"name":"Renewable Energy and Power Quality Journal","volume":"2 1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86498621","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}