Energy Optimization and Sizing of a Photovoltaic/Battery/Diesel/Wind Generator Microgrid

This paper presents energy optimization and sizing ofhybrid system contains PV array, diesel generator,storage battery and wind turbine installed in Oman.The proposed optimization aims to design hybridsystem that can provide electricity to the load demandat maximum availability and minimum cost. Themeteorological data such as wind speed, temperature,and solar energy, as well as system componentsmathematical models have been used for this purpose.The case study optimization results found that thesizing ratios for the diesel generator, battery, PV array,and wind turbine for a system installed in Sohar, Omanare 0.22, 0.17, 0.737, and 0.46, respectively. Thesuperiority of the proposed optimization method hasbeen highlighted.

Keywords:

Optimization of hybrid PV systems , Energy optimization , Oman