We examine load-frequency control of isolated WDMHPS provided with conventional proportional-plus-integral controllers. The parameters of the controller are optimised for system performance with step or realistic disturbances using an integral-square-error (ISE) criterion. Non-optimum gain...

A simple linear model has been developed to minimize the cost function for an energy-supply system consisting of a mix of energy sources and conversion devices. The model has been applied to a typical village in India for both the domestic and irrigation sectors. The energy-demand assessment was...

Performance equations of the HWB type have been derived for a closed-loop water-heating system using a solar air collector. Explicit expressions are given for the collector efficiency and overall heat-loss coefficient. The utility of the performance equations has been established with the help...

Due to the growing energy needs along with increasing concerns towards control of greenhouse gas emissions, most developing countries are under pressure to find alternative methods for energy conversion and policies to make these technologies economically viable. Most of the energy is produced...

India will require increasingly higher energy inputs for future industrial and economic development. Overall growth of energy consumption will result in substantially higher emissions of CO2. We present emission rates of CO2 based on India's actual fuel consumption. It is estimated that use of...

The site-specific evaluation of a solar photovoltaic technology helps in identifying its suitability for that location. The objective of the present study is to assess the suitability of different PV technologies under Indian climatic conditions. The performance assessment of photovoltaic...

Understanding degradation mechanism is of utmost importance for long term reliability of photovoltaic technology. In the present study, degradation analysis of three different photovoltaic technology modules namely a-Si (amorphous single junction silicon), HIT (hetro-junction intrinsic thin...