Date of Award
8-17-2010
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
"The high cost of energy in remote off-grid villages of Alaska is a major concern for Alaska. The primary cause is due the relatively high cost of fuel transportation to the remote villages. A hybrid technology of wind power combined with diesel power is one option for reducing costs. The wind-diesel hybrid technology has already been implemented successfully in some remote villages; however this technology is not yet mature and presents many site-specific considerations. This thesis presents a techno-economic feasibility analysis for three villages currently considering implementing wind-diesel technology. The analysis was principally performed using HOMER, an energy modeling software tool. HOMER was used to perform an optimization and sensitivity analysis of wind-diesel hybrid systems for Buckland, Deering and Noorvik villages in Alaska. HOMER uses the hourly wind speed and electric load data from the villages, and performs an energy balance analysis to optimize the equipments sizes and system design based on the minimum life cycle cost. Based on input specifications used, the results obtained indicate that a high-penetration system is optimum for Noorvik, a medium or low-penetration system is optimum for Derring, and none of the wind-diesel systems investigated here would reduce the cost of energy in Buckland"--Leaf iii
Recommended Citation
Onukogu, Chinedum Francis, "Analysis of wind-diesel hybrid option in Buckland, Deering and Noorvik villages of Alaska" (2010). Engineering . 462.
https://ualaska.researchcommons.org/uaf_grad_engineering/462
Handle
http://hdl.handle.net/11122/12791