Design of wind-diesel off-grid power supply system

Abstract

This master thesis is devoted to the design of a hybrid power supply system based on a renewable energy source in the form of wind and diesel generator for a rural settlement in Russia which is not technologically connected to the United Energy System (UES). At the moment the power supply of Soyanskoye Rural Settlement (Arkhangelsk region) is provided by diesel generators, since due to the low population density in the north of Russia it is economically inefficient to build overhead lines and connect small settlements to the grid. Integrating a renewable energy source will make it possible to reduce the annual cost of consumed electric power and also to reduce emissions of diesel fuel combustion products into the atmosphere. The thesis contains the description of energy needs and requirements of a rural settlement, the analysis of wind energy potential in chosen area, designed scheme of a hybrid power supply system with the price list of necessary equipment and economic evaluation from a financial point of view.

This master thesis is devoted to the design of a hybrid power supply system based on a renewable energy source in the form of wind and diesel generator for a rural settlement in Russia which is not technologically connected to the United Energy System (UES). At the moment the power supply of Soyanskoye Rural Settlement (Arkhangelsk region) is provided by diesel generators, since due to the low population density in the north of Russia it is economically inefficient to build overhead lines and connect small settlements to the grid. Integrating a renewable energy source will make it possible to reduce the annual cost of consumed electric power and also to reduce emissions of diesel fuel combustion products into the atmosphere. The thesis contains the description of energy needs and requirements of a rural settlement, the analysis of wind energy potential in chosen area, designed scheme of a hybrid power supply system with the price list of necessary equipment and economic evaluation from a financial point of view.