Engineering Design and Optimization of Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic and Wind Turbine Installation in an Urban Environment

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dc.contributor.authorMansouri Kouhestani, Fariborz
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorByrne, James M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-19T16:26:29Z
dc.date.available2019-06-19T16:26:29Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.degree.levelPh.Den_US
dc.description.abstractWind turbine and photovoltaic (PV) technologies will play a significant role in the world energy future. However, a lack of awareness of the potential of renewables is a significant challenge in sustainable energy development. The potential of solar and wind energy sources in producing electricity to meet the electrical demands of the University of Lethbridge was evaluated. Furthermore, expanding the research to a large area, a multi-criteria approach based on geographic information systems (GIS) and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) was developed to estimate rooftop photovoltaic potential of buildings in an urban environment, the City of Lethbridge. The unreliability of renewable resources is an impediment to developing renewable projects. An optimal sizing strategy was developed using a particle swarm optimization (PSO) technique to determine the optimum configuration of photovoltaic panels, wind turbines and battery units minimizing the annual system cost while maximizing the reliability of the hybrid system.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipThe University of Lethbridge, The Mitacs Program (Canada), in cooperation with NOVUS Environmental, Guelph, Ontarioen_US
dc.embargoNoen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/5406
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.proquest.subjectEnergy [0791]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectClimate change [0404]en_US
dc.proquest.subjectAlternative energy [0363]en_US
dc.proquestyesYesen_US
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Dept. of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Geographyen_US
dc.publisher.facultyArts and Scienceen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)
dc.subjectPhotovoltaic technologyen_US
dc.subjectRenewable energyen_US
dc.subjectSolar energyen_US
dc.subjectWind energyen_US
dc.subjectWind turbine technologyen_US
dc.titleEngineering Design and Optimization of Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic and Wind Turbine Installation in an Urban Environmenten_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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