Hello,
Homer is a powerful software for optimizing microgrid design in small-scale studies such as village power , island utilities, campuses and military bases. My study concerns with design a grid-connected system that has a required load of 48 GWh/d with 3 GWp for an urban city.
My question is Homer a good option for designing such utility-size grid-connected PV system (grid-converter-PV-load) ?
Regards.
-Hassan
Dear Hassan,
HOMER is an interesting tool but the may concern is that it is a black box approach, which is sometimes times consuming. In our case, for stand-alone micro-grids, we use HOMER as a validation tool for optimal solution achieved with our own developed tool based on Matlab (using genetic algorithm or PSO)!!
Regards,
Mohamed
Dear researchers ,
I appreciate your feedback on my question. Really, it provide me with more information related to very popular RES simulation software.
Regards.
Hassan
I'm working on my MSc dissertation presently and the topic is Comparative study of the predicted PV systems power output using various models against measured power values.I have obtained some data on sunnyportal and my supervisor said that I should check if the solar irradiance is horizontal or inclined.The ambient temperature data is not also available.How do I go about this so that I can calculate the expected power and compared it with measured power.
Hi Hassan Z. Al Garni. I have used HOMER for several projects and I have compared it with my own models.
Here are two reports that you might find useful:
1)
http://solarenergyengineering.asmedigitalcollection.asme.org/article.aspx?articleid=2664169&resultClick=1
2)
Thesis Assessment of Renewable Energy Based Micro-Grids for Small Communities
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