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Electrochemical, mechanical, electrical, and hybrid systems are commonly used as energy storage systems for renewable energy sources [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16]. In , an overview of ESS technologies is provided with respect to their suitability for wind power plants.
Hybrid energy storage systems integrate multiple technologies to provide a more comprehensive and flexible solution for renewable energy systems. By combining different technologies, these hybrid systems can maximize each technology’s benefits while minimizing their drawbacks.
The development of multi-storage systems in wind and photovoltaic systems is a crucial area of research that can help overcome the variability and intermittency of renewable energy sources, ensuring a more stable and reliable power supply. The main contributions and novelty of this study can be summarized as follows:
Hybrid solar PV and wind frameworks, as well as a battery bank connected to an air conditioner Microgrid, is developed for sustainable hybrid wind and photovoltaic storage system. The heap voltage's recurrence and extent are constrained by the battery converter.
Using TRNSYS software, the proposed Parabolic Trough Collector (PTC)-based solar heating system paired with the boiler is modelled. Sensible thermal energy storage (TES) system is integrated into the refinery's process heating to handle the intermittent nature of solar energy.
Conclusion The present study investigates the feasibility of solar hybrid system to generate steam in the oil refinery to maintain the temperature of heavy crude oil products before despatching from storage tanks. Due to the intermittent behaviour of solar energy, the solar hybrid system is integrated with a sensible heat storage tank.
Most of the steam is to be used for the atmospheric distillation process, which is one of the most energy-intensive processes of a refinery. Furthermore, the exergy balance is shown in Fig. 12 c, which attests to an exergy efficiency of the plant of 55.5%. The energy efficiency determined from the energy balance is 82.4%.
Other studies in the literature considered coupling solar energy systems to oil refineries to decarbonize their operation. The applicability and feasibility of introducing a concentrated solar power (CSP) system to reduce partial reliance on process heaters of a crude oil refinery was studied by Danish et al. .
Solar energy, especially through photovoltaic systems, is a widespread and eco-friendly renewable source. Integrating life cycle cost analysis (LCCA) optimizes economic, environmental, and performance aspects for a sustainable approach. Despite growing interest, literature lacks a comprehensive review on LCCA implementation in photovoltaic systems.
Cost–benefit has always been regarded as one of the vital factors for motivating PV-BESS integrated energy systems investment. Therefore, given the integrity of the project lifetime, an optimization model for evaluating sizing, operation simulation, and cost–benefit into the PV-BESS integrated energy systems is proposed.
The cost–benefit analysis reveals the cost superiority of PV-BESS investment compared with the pure utility grid supply. In addition, the operation simulation of the PV-BESS integrated energy system is carried out showing that how the energy arbitrage is realized.
From the investors’ point of view, the cost–benefit analysis for the PV-BESS project is accomplished in consideration of the whole project lifecycle, proving the cost superiority of PV and BESS investment. At last, sensitivity analysis of PV and BESS optimal allocation is conducted to ideally balance the PV and BESS sizes for investment.
