TY  - BOOK
AU  - Garba,Abdulaziz Iliyasu
AU  - Jazayeri,Moein
TI  - A HYBRIS SOLAR-WIND POWER SYSTEM
PY  - 2022///
KW  - Hybrid systems
KW  - Dissertations, Academic
KW  - Solar energy
KW  - Electric power production
KW  - Photovoltaic cells
KW  - Renewable energy sources
KW  - Wind power
N1  - Thesis (MSc) - Cyprus International University. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research Electrical and Electronics Engineering Department; Includes bibliography (sheets 131-134)
N2  - ABSTRACT
The hybrid (solar-wind) power system is the combination of wind energy and solar 
energy to produce electricity. This system is designed to produce electricity 24/7 to 
feed the load in Kaduna, Nigeria at a cheaper rate with less harmful gases released to 
the environment. This system is needed because the electricity in Nigeria as a whole 
is unreliable and in some parts of the country it is non-existent. So an efficient system 
that is reliable and can produce electricity continuously is needed. For this proposed 
system, Kaduna State is used as a case study. Kaduna state is located in the Northern 
part of Nigeria which has an average wind speed of 4.98m/s and average solar GHI of
5.94kWh/m2
/day. The use of these two systems together is more advantageous for the 
generation of electricity. The electricity in Nigeria is in dire need of improvement so 
this case study shows whether the implementation of hybrid systems can 
improve/solve the electricity issue in Nigeria. The proposed system is simulated using 
Homer Pro.
8 scenarios were tested out with different generation ratios. Out of the 8 scenarios, four 
scenarios have the same component and the other four scenarios have different 
components. The load generation ratio is how the load generation is divided between 
the wind turbine and solar array. The ratios are 50-50, 75-25, 25-75, a fourth scenario 
was added later on, the case is to let Homer pro size up the system by itself using 
Homer optimizer. These scenarios with two types of generating sources is what made 
up this case study. Out of all the scenarios, scenario 6 has the best configuration which 
is, the off-grid system with PV array and wind turbine which has a load generation 
ratio of 25-75 which means the PV will produce 25% of the needed power and the 
turbines will produce the rest 75% of the needed power. The system also has batteries 
and generator. This scenario 6 NPC is $138,680,300.00 and the LCOE is $0.09719. 
The scenario 6 has a total production of 116,154,378kWh/year and CO2
emission of
3,553,083kg/year. This scenario 6 is considered the best because even though all the 
scenarios have the same load, this scenario 6 produced electricity with the lowest NPC 
and LCOE, and it is also environmentally friendly since 95.7% of the system 
generation is from the renewable sources. 
Keywords: Batteries, Electricity Generation, Homer Pro, Hybrid System, LCOE, 
Photovoltaic, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Turbines
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