PERSPECTIVE OF BIODIESEL & SOLAR PV AS A COMBINED RENEWABLE ENERGY SYSTEM FOR RURAL ELECTRIFICATION USING HOMER

Md. Sharafat Hossain, Ruhan Mahmud Shams, Mst. Rubina Aktar

Abstract: The power generation method is more over traditional and supply of electricity is decentralized which is considered a single line technology based on limited supply devoid of considering rural consumer’s point of view. The main aspect of this paper is to propose the best possible outcome as a combined power system for rural electrification from a combination of renewable resources to complete the electrical demands in a consistent manner of an off grid remote village Bakri, in the district of Jhenaidah, Bangladesh. Renewable energy resources namely solar photovoltaic cell and bio-diesel generators are considered here. The paper estimates the residential demand in the pre HOMER analysis. Using simulation software named HOMER scrutinizes the maximum outcome. It also clarifies that our proposed combine power system is cost effective techno-economically & environmentally sound and last but not the least sustainable. Here HOMER observes a number of simulations and gives us a set of systems for rural electrification requirement of 147 kWh/d and 10kW peak load.

Keywords: Rural electrification, Combined Power System, HOMER, Bio-fuel generator, Solar PV.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2014.0311085