Economic Efficiency Assessment of Autonomous Wind/Diesel/Hydrogen Systems in Russia. (8th April 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Marchenko, O. V.; Solomin, S. V.
• Other Names: Ozgener Onder Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of renewable energy. Volume 2013(2013)
• Publication Date: 2013-04-08
• Subjects: Renewable energy sources -- Periodicals; Renewable energy sources; Electronic journals; Periodicals; Electronic journals; 621.042
• DOI: 10.1155/2013/101972
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2314-4386

Abstract

Abstract : The economic efficiency of harnessing wind energy in the autonomous power systems of Russia is analyzed. Wind turbines are shown to be competitive for many considered variants (groups of consumers, placement areas, and climatic and meteorological conditions). The authors study the possibility of storing energy in the form of hydrogen in the autonomous wind/diesel/hydrogen power systems that include wind turbines, diesel generator, electrolyzer, hydrogen tank, and fuel cells. The paper presents the zones of economic efficiency of the system (set of parameters that provide its competitiveness) depending on load, fuel price, and long-term average annual wind speed. At low wind speed and low price of fuel, it is reasonable to use only diesel generator to supply power to consumers. When the fuel price and wind speed increase, first it becomes more economical to use a wind-diesel system and then wind turbines with a hydrogen system. In the latter case, according to the optimization results, diesel generator is excluded from the system.