An overview of fuel cell technology: Fundamentals and applications

OZ Sharaf, MF Orhan - Renewable and sustainable energy reviews, 2014 - Elsevier
This paper provides a comprehensive review of fuel cell science and engineering with a
focus on hydrogen fuel cells. The paper provides a concise, up-to-date review of fuel cell …

Off-grid systems for rural electrification in developing countries: Definitions, classification and a comprehensive literature review

S Mandelli, J Barbieri, R Mereu, E Colombo - Renewable and Sustainable …, 2016 - Elsevier
Access to electric power supply has always had a significant role in promoting
improvements in all the society sectors, nevertheless nowadays 1.3 billion of people still do …

Optimal sizing of PV/wind/diesel hybrid microgrid system using multi-objective self-adaptive differential evolution algorithm

MAM Ramli, H Bouchekara, AS Alghamdi - Renewable energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Microgrid systems, such as solar photovoltaic (PV) power and wind energy, integrated with
diesel generators are promising energy supplies and are economically feasible for current …

Optimum sizing of a stand-alone hybrid energy system for rural electrification in Bangladesh

S Mandal, BK Das, N Hoque - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
This study investigates the potential application of hybridized energy system (ie,
PV/Wind/Diesel) with battery storage in the northern region of Bangladesh. A techno …

Techno-economic feasibility of photovoltaic, wind, diesel and hybrid electrification systems for off-grid rural electrification in Colombia

AH Mamaghani, SAA Escandon, B Najafi, A Shirazi… - Renewable Energy, 2016 - Elsevier
Electrification to rural and remote areas with limited or no access to grid connection is one of
the most challenging issues in developing countries like Colombia. Due to the recent …

Optimization and sizing of SPV/Wind hybrid renewable energy system: A techno-economic and social perspective

FA Khan, N Pal, SH Saeed - Energy, 2021 - Elsevier
The present work intends to develop a rural hybrid renewable energy system and examines
the techno-financial, and social viability of the same system for rural sites in northern India …

Application of hybrid systems in solution of low power generation at hot seasons for micro hydro systems

S Hoseinzadeh, MH Ghasemi, S Heyns - Renewable Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
There is potential in using water energy especially in running river systems in most rural
areas, but one of the problems of using such systems is the seasonal changes. In hot and …

Techno-economic energy analysis of wind/solar hybrid system: Case study for western coastal area of Saudi Arabia

MAM Ramli, A Hiendro, YA Al-Turki - Renewable energy, 2016 - Elsevier
The potential of hybrid wind/solar energy system in the west coast area of Saudi Arabia is
analyzed in this paper. The investigation puts emphasis on the energy production and cost …

Characterization of PV panel and global optimization of its model parameters using genetic algorithm

MS Ismail, M Moghavvemi, TMI Mahlia - Energy Conversion and …, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper details an improved modeling technique for a photovoltaic (PV) module; utilizing
the optimization ability of a genetic algorithm, with different parameters of the PV module …

Performance evaluation of hybrid adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system models for predicting monthly global solar radiation

LM Halabi, S Mekhilef, M Hossain - Applied energy, 2018 - Elsevier
Solar energy plays a vital role in the field of sustainable energy by providing clean, efficient
and reliable alternative source of energy. Where, the output of solar energy systems is highly …