Optimum configuration of solar PV topologies for DC microgrid connected to the longhouse communities in Sarawak, Malaysia

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Sharip, Mohd R. M., Haidar, Ahmed M. A. and Jimel, Aaron C.. 2019. "Optimum configuration of solar PV topologies for DC microgrid connected to the longhouse communities in Sarawak, Malaysia." International Journal of Photoenergy. 2019, pp. 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2657265
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Optimum configuration of solar PV topologies for DC microgrid connected to the longhouse communities in Sarawak, Malaysia

ERA Journal ID200792
Article CategoryArticle
AuthorsSharip, Mohd R. M. (Author), Haidar, Ahmed M. A. (Author) and Jimel, Aaron C. (Author)
Journal TitleInternational Journal of Photoenergy
Journal Citation2019, pp. 1-13
Article Number2657265
Number of Pages13
Year2019
Place of PublicationLondon, United Kingdom
ISSN1110-662X
1687-529X
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1155/2019/2657265
Web Address (URL)https://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijp/2019/2657265/
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In the past few years, the prime focus of supplying electricity to the longhouse communities in the rural areas of Sarawak has been initiated based on the utilization of a single-source microgrid configuration. The existing AC power supply-based solar photovoltaic(PV) systems in these areas pose many problems, mainly owing to the stages of conversion, energy losses, and the quality of power transfer. As the solar PV system is a DC source and most of the appliances in longhouse communities could be operated using DC source, an opportunity to design a microgrid with high reliability and efficiency would be achieved by the implementation of an optimal DC microgrid configuration. With this aim, the paper proposes a multiple-source DC microgrid configuration for the longhouse communities in Sarawak. Initially, a framework has been developed to design simulation models for both microgrid configurations (single and multiple sources) using MATLAB Simulink. The configuration of each system consists of a solar PV and energy storage to form a standalone microgrid. Due to the change in system configuration of DC microgrid, in the modeling approach, the standard power flow equations are modified to include solely the DC parameters. To validate the proposed configuration with the associated modeling approach in terms of the power flow reliability, system efficiency, and power-voltage curve, an experimental setup representing the Simulink model has been designed for each standalone microgrid configuration. The configurations have been assessed in the same location with different daily weather conditions. The obtained simulation and experimental results confirm that the proposed configuration of multiple sources is more reliable and efficient than the existing single-source configuration.

Keywordselectricity; rural Sarawak
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020400805. Electrical energy transmission, networks and systems
Byline AffiliationsUniversity of Malaysia, Sarawak, Malaysia
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
Institution of OriginUniversity of Southern Queensland
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