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A Review of Hybrid Renewable Energy Systems Based on Wind and Solar Energy: Modeling…
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.85838
The two levels AC and DC bus by extension are fundamentally two configura-
tions, namely, the series and the parallel
bus arrangements as shown in Figure 3 for
the series connection,
Figure 4 and
Figure 5 for parallel
bus as reported by Zhou
S/No
PV type
Payback period
range (years)
Emission rate
(gCO
2
-eq/KWh)
Remarks
1
Thin film
0.75–3.5
10.5–50
Environmentally
friendly and
suitable
2
Mono-silicon
1.7–2.7
29–45
Ditto
3
Advanced
PV system technologies
I
High concentration
0.7–2.0
Lower than above rate
Environmentally
friendly and suitable
II
Hetero-junction
Ditto
Higher than above rate
Ditto
III
Dye-sensitized
–
–
Rate research is ongoing
Table 2.
Feasibility on PV types with payback period and environmental impacts.
Figure 3.
Series hybrid RE power system with single AC bus for all AC load [15].
Figure 4.
Parallel (hybrid) RE power system with both AC and DC bus plus AC and DC loads [15].
