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Design concept and configuration of a integrated renewable energy system for

rural electrification in India through BioCPV project

Prof. Tapas Mallick

Motivation

• Bridging the gap of urban and rural development is required through

sustainable energy supply

• Large part of rural areas in India are not connected through grid because of

economical and geographical inconvenience

• Abundant solar and biomass resource is available in rural areas of developing

countries; especially in India

• Off-grid integrated renewable energy power plant is the most suitable option

for sustainable development of rural communities

Introduction

• Integration of different renewable technologies can eliminate the requirement

of Battery for electrical energy storage

• Highly efficient concentrating photovoltaic system and AD system can

produce low cost electricity

• Hydrogen storage during the day time with excess electricity from CPV can

be used during peak hours

• Efficient use of the heat recovered from the CPV and generator set

increases the overall efficiency of the system

• A smart control mechanism reduces the parasitic loss and provide better

power management compared to the currently available systems

BioCPV Concept

Location of the

BioCPV Installation

Daily load demand

User Load

LightingLighting

Load (W)

Cooling (Fans)Cooling

Load (W)

Total

Load

(W)NosLoad per

Item (W)Nos

Load per

Item (W)

Domestic (45

Household)2 20 1800 0 0 0 1800

Street Light 50 20 1000 0 0 0 1000

Community 5 20 100 9 50 450 550

School 5 20 100 9 50 450 550

Parasitic 1000

Community Services (Mobile Phone Charging station etc.) 1000

Total Load 5900

Relative load distribution

Utility sector Application

Diurnal load profile of

the different sector

Summer season Winter season

RE Technologies in

BioCPV systemC

PV

Hyd

rog

en

syste

m

AD

System

BioCPV System

concept

BioCPV System

configuration

Thermal energy flow diagram

Electrical energy flow diagram

Conclusion

• The BioCPV project will address this issue of Bridging the

gap of Urban and Rural development through a renewable

energy power plant

• A new concept of Integrated-RE system has been

proposed for low cost and uninterrupted supply of electricity

to the rural communities

• A RE system considering the load demand of the installation site

has been designed and system configuration has been

undertaken

Future prospects and opportunities

Large scale implementation of Decentralised power plant

based on BioCPV concept can bridge the gap of rural and

urban divide in terms of energy use creating a role model

Integration of other renewable technologies with the

BioCPV concept can be the way forward for green energy

Promotion and opportunities to solar and biomass

technologies can solve the power requirement of rural

areas in India

Acknowledgement

This work has been carried out as a part of BioCPV project

jointly funded by DST, India (Ref No: DST/SEED/INDO-

UK/002/2011) and EPSRC, UK, (Ref No: EP/J000345/1).

Authors acknowledge both the funding agencies for the

support.

Thank you

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