TY  - JOUR
T1  - Potentials of Optimized Hybrid System in Powering Off-Grid Macro Base Transmitter Station Site
AU  - Ani, Vincent Anayochukwu
AU  - Nzeako, Anthony Ndubueze
PY  - 2013
DA  - December
JF  - International Journal Of Renewable Energy Research
PB  - İlhami ÇOLAK
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1309-0127
SP  - 861
EP  - 871
VL  - 3
IS  - 4
LA  - en
AB  - This paper explores the possibility of hybridizing the diesel generator source system with renewable energy sources and demonstrate the potential of renewable energies to replace (partially) diesel as a source of power for mobile base station sites. The concept of hybridizing the diesel generator is to reduce both the operating cost and the quantity of different air pollutants. The patterns of load consumption by mobile base station are studied and suitably modeled for optimization using Hybrid Optimization Model for Electric Renewables (HOMER) software. The proposed Hybrid (Solar & Hydro) + DG system was simulated using the model which results in four different topologies. The solution with the highest optimization value is considered to be the best energy option (solution) for the Base Station Site. From the simulation results, the PV/Hydro-Diesel system solution has the highest optimization value. It saves $15,961,777 and 70.553 tonnes of CO2 when compared with diesel only.
KW  - Off-Grid Site
KW  - Base Transmitter Station (BTS)
KW  - Power Generation
KW  - Hybrid System
KW  - Diesel generator
KW  - Renewable energy
KW  - HOMER
KW  - Optimization
KW  - Simulation
KW  - Nigeria
UR  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/ijrer/issue//168174
L1  - https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/148277
ER  -