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    Expansion Planning of Active Distribution Networks in the Gradual PV
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    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Khorshidi, Saman (Author) ; Ehsan, Mehdi (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Due to the increasing influence of distribution generation , their effect in planning can't be ignord , especially solar panels ,which are incresing rapidly. The main purpose of this thesis is to an active distribution network that annually load bus and the amount of photovoltaic production in it increases and plan dynamically. In the planning that is done , uncertanty in the amount comsumption load and uncertanty in the pattern of sunlight and also annual innterest rates in the classical system we have planned by optimizing the network expansion costs , in addition to supplying the load bus, we can keep the voltage drop bus and line filling within the allowable . To do this , we considered... 

    Linked Planning of Power Grids and Subsidy Policies on Using Photovoltaic Cells for Residential Electricity Supply

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Balmaki, Saeed (Author) ; Ehsan, Mehdi (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    In recent years, due to restructuring in the electric power industry, distributed generation has become one of the most important subjects and DGs and renewable energy sources have been increasingly expected as a supplement and an alternative to a conventional large scale central power system. their success depends not only on the distribution of the available renewable energy sources in a region but also on the power grids connectable capacity in the area. Photovoltaic system is one of the best RESs for residential electricity supply because it is noiseless and solar power is widely available and households can use it via photovoltaic cells in their homes. There are two major problems... 

    Reliability Incorporated Modeling and Analysis of Lead Acid Battery in Renewable Energy Systems

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Hamedi, Amir Sina (Author) ; Rajabi Qahnuyeh, Abbas (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Energy and environment crisis in past decades raised concerns about fossil fuels use and has accelerated renewable energy application in terms of solar electric, solar thermal and wind turbines. Due to the fluctuating nature in renewable resources, renewable electric power generation has a stochastic nature that makes it difficult to use by the electricity consumers. Energy storage plays a key role to put more control on renewable power generation.Lead-acid battery is a storage technology that is widely used in photovoltaic systems. Battery investment and maintenance costs account for a big part of photovoltaic system costs. Charging and discharging profiles of the battery has a great impact... 

    Experimental Investigation of Photovoltaic/thermal-Thermoelectric Hybrid System with Phase Change Material

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mazloom, Ali (Author) ; Shafiee, Mohammad Behshad (Supervisor) ; Borooshaki, Mehrdad (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Nowadays energy consumption increases in our daily life and incredibly enhancement of growth rate can be seen recent years. Hence, the use of renewable energy is prioritized. Solar energy is one of the choices because it is free and available. In this research, it has been tried to get electrical and thermal power at a reasonable cost both during the day and night. The system is equipped with a linear parabolic concentrator with a collector installed in the center of the concentrator which has been installed on its faces photovoltaic cells and thermoelectric modules, and five different systems have been tested with different components. Also, the paraffin has been used as a phase change... 

    Experimental Investigation of PVT System Combined with Thermoelectric Module

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Mohsenzadeh, Milad (Author) ; shafii, Behshad (Supervisor) ; Saboohi, Yadollah (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Photovoltaic phenomena is the base of Photovoltaic cells technology that can transform the solar insolation to electricity directly. In this transformation, the solar insolation intensity is the important factor to increase the performance of the Photovoltaic cells but one of the biggest barriers in the extension way of this technology is its more cost that need to be decrease. Concentration of solar radiation method is the best way to increase the performance of Photovoltaic systems and decrease its initial cost. At this project a novel structure of solar parabolic through concentrator is investigated experimentally and analytically. The usage of Thermoelectric module with Photovoltaic... 

    Incorporation of CsPbI3 Perovskite Quantum Dots as Interrfacial Layer for Highly Efficient Cs0.05MA0.95PbI3 Perovskite Solar Cells

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Kamraninejad, Vahid (Author) ; Simchi, Abdolreza (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    Despite the excellent photovoltaic performance of perovskite solar cells (PSCs), the instability of PSCs under severe environment (e.g., humidity, intense light) limits further commercialization of such devices. Therefore, in recent years, many researches are conducted on utilizing Perovskite Quantum Dots (PQDs) to enhance performance of PSCs. Herein, CsPbI3 PQDs interfacial layer is incorporated in the perovskite/hole transport material (HTM) interface, on the purpose of increasing charge carrier mobility and preventing electron-hole recombination to increase performance of the PSCs. CsPbI3 PQDs is synthesized at 170℃ with oleic acid and oleylamine as organic ligands by hot-injection... 

    Scenario Evaluation for Nearly Net Zero Energy Greenhouse Considering Photovoltaic, Industrial Symbiosis and Ground to Air Heat Transfer

    , M.Sc. Thesis Sharif University of Technology Solaimanian, Armaghan (Author) ; Roshandel, Ramin (Supervisor)
    Abstract
    To meet the high energy demand in greenhouse cultivation, clean technologies have been suggested. This research provides a computational and modeling framework to examine the integration of three systems including a photovoltaic panel, earth_air heat exchanger, and industrial symbiosis, to produce three types of energy (electricity cooling, and heating) in a Venlo-type greenhouse. To estimate the minimum energy required to maintain environmental parameters in optimal plant conditions, an energy demand model was developed with the ability to consider the effect of energy stored in the ground. For a greenhouse in Tehran, the annual heating requirement was calculated as 432 kWh/m2 and 227... 

    Unbalance mitigation by optimal placement of static transfer switches in low voltage distribution feeders

    , Article IET Generation, Transmission and Distribution ; Volume 14, Issue 20 , 2020 , Pages 4612-4621 Heidari Akhijahani, A ; Safdarian, A ; Lehtonen, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institution of Engineering and Technology  2020
    Abstract
    With the rapid proliferation of residential rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems, current and voltage unbalance issues have become a matter of great concern in low voltage (LV) distribution feeders. To overcome the issues, this study proposes a model to optimally rephase customers and PVs among the three phases via static transfer switches (STSs). The optimal STS placement is also considered in the model to achieve a cost effective solution with optimum number and location of STSs. The objective is to minimise total energy losses caused by current unbalance, minimise the number of STSs, and keep voltage unbalance along the feeder within the acceptable range. The model is solved via a... 

    Three-Phase quasi-Z-source inverter with constant common-mode voltage for photovoltaic application

    , Article IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics ; Volume 65, Issue 6 , 2018 , Pages 4790-4798 ; 02780046 (ISSN) Noroozi, N ; Zolghadri, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc  2018
    Abstract
    In trasformerless grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems, common-mode voltage (CMV) fluctuations cause leakage current flow through the stray capacitance of the PV panels. Shoot-through states in a quasi-Z-source inverter (q-ZSI) increase the amplitude of high-order harmonics of CMV. In this paper, by using the modulation technique based on odd pulse width modulation and minor change in the Z network of the three-phase q-ZSI, the leakage current is blocked. No extra semiconductor element is added. By the proposed technique, CMV is kept nearly constant during switching cycles. The experimental results for CMV analysis in a 1kW prototype are presented to verify the theoretical analysis. ©... 

    Three-phase quasi-Z-source inverter with constant common-mode voltage for photovoltaic application

    , Article IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics ; 2017 ; 02780046 (ISSN) Noroozi, N ; Zolghadri, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    In trasformerless grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) systems, common-mode voltage (CMV) fluctuations cause leakage current flow through the stray capacitance of the PV panels. Shoot-through (SH) states in a quasi-Z-source inverter (q-ZSI), increase the amplitude of high order harmonics of CMV. In this paper, by using the modulation technique based on odd PWM (OPWM) and minor change in the Z network of the three-phase q-ZSI, the leakage current is blocked. No extra semiconductor element is added. By the proposed technique, CMV is kept nearly constant during switching cycles. The experimental results for CMV analysis in a 1kW prototype are presented to verify the theoretical analysis. IEEE  

    Techno-economic and environmental analysis of an integrated standalone hybrid solar hydrogen system to supply CCHP loads of a greenhouse in Iran

    , Article International Journal of Green Energy ; Volume 14, Issue 3 , 2017 , Pages 295-309 ; 15435075 (ISSN) Homayouni, F ; Roshandel, R ; Hamidi, A. A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    The techno-economic and environmental performance of hybrid solar hydrogen energy systems was investigated to provide combined cooling, heating and power (CCHP) demands of a standalone greenhouse in Iran to achieve sustainable agriculture based on an optimization procedure. From the environmental point of view, by deploying hybrid energy systems, 83%, to 100% of emissions can be avoided. Also a sensitivity analysis was performed on the hybrid energy systems in order to study the effect of major parameter variation on the systems justification. It was concluded that hybrid solar systems are economically competitive with conventional systems, for high solar intensity locations with high diesel... 

    Synthesis of mesoporous TiO2 structures through P123 copolymer as the structural directing agent and assessment of their performance in dye-sensitized solar cells

    , Article Solar Energy ; Volume 133 , 2016 , Pages 24-34 ; 0038092X (ISSN) Abdolahi Sadatlu, M. A ; Mozaffari, N ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd 
    Abstract
    A novel and efficacious strategy was implemented for creation of mesoporous TiO2 films and powder through an integration of sol-gel and evaporation-induced self-assembly (EISA) processes aided by triblock Pluronic P123. A mesoporous crack-free thin film with virtual thickness of 300 nm was attained under 10% relative humidity aging, for 72 h at the low temperature of 5 °C. Further, the TiO2 film with porous structure has been formed from conventional paste, exploiting as-prepared mesoporous titania powder. The X-ray Diffraction (XRD) of synthesized mesoporous powder disclosed formation of anatase phase as well as rutile phase, in such a manner that the latter constituted a very small... 

    Suppressing recombination in perovskite solar cells via surface engineering of TiO2 ETL

    , Article Solar Energy ; Volume 197 , 2020 , Pages 50-57 Prochowicz, D ; Tavakoli, M. M ; Wolska Pietkiewicz, M ; Jędrzejewska, M ; Trivedi, S ; Kumar, M ; Zakeeruddin, S. M ; Lewiński, J ; Graetzel, M ; Yadav, P ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2020
    Abstract
    Hybrid perovskite solar cells (PSCs) have gained significant attention owing to their excellent physicochemical and photovoltaic properties. PSCs typically consist of a perovskite light absorber sandwiched between two carrier selective layers optimized with respect to optimal band alignment and low interfacial recombination. The quality of the perovskite layer and interfaces play major roles in the fabrication of high-performance PSCs. In the present work, we systematically investigate the planar structure PSCs based on TiO2 and TiO2/ZnO electron transport layers (ETLs), which provide deeper insight into the charge recombination and accumulation mechanisms. We show that the double-layer... 

    Stability and performance analysis of a single-stage grid-connected photovoltaic system using describing function theory

    , Article International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems ; Volume 26, Issue 9 , 2016 , Pages 1898-1916 ; 20507038 (ISSN) Hejri, M ; Mokhtari, H ; Karimi, S ; Azizian, M. R ; Sharif University of Technology
    John Wiley and Sons Ltd 
    Abstract
    Challenging problems in the design and analysis of photovoltaic (PV) systems stem from the nonlinear current–voltage (I–V) characteristics of solar cells. This paper presents an analytical analysis based on a describing function method to investigate the transient and steady-state characteristics of a three-phase single-stage grid-connected PV system. In this study, the nonlinear I–V characteristic of the PV array is linearized around the operating point. The nonlinear dynamic of the maximum power point tracking controller is divided into two parts of continuous and discrete. For the continuous part, the common small-signal linearization is applied, while for the discontinuous part, a... 

    Sizing and performance analysis of standalone hybrid photovoltaic/battery/hydrogen storage technology power generation systems based on the energy hub concept

    , Article International Journal of Green Energy ; Volume 14, Issue 2 , 2017 , Pages 121-134 ; 15435075 (ISSN) Homayouni, F ; Roshandel, R ; Hamidi, A. A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Taylor and Francis Inc  2017
    Abstract
    In this study, the optimal sizing and performance analysis of a standalone integrated solar power system equipped with different storage scenarios to supply the power demand of a household is presented. One of the main purposes when applying solar energy resource is to face the increasing environmental pollutions resulting from fossil fuel based electricity sector. To this end, and to compare and examine two energy storage technologies (battery and hydrogen storage technology), three storage scenarios including battery only, hydrogen storage technology only and hybrid storage options are evaluated. An optimization framework based on Energy Hub concept is used to determine the optimum sizes... 

    Reverse osmosis desalination for irrigation in a pistachio orchard

    , Article Desalination ; Volume 516 , 2021 ; 00119164 (ISSN) Rahimi, B ; Afzali, M ; Farhadi, F ; Alamolhoda, A. A ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier B.V  2021
    Abstract
    Nowadays, the salinisation of groundwaters causes a substantial reduction in the yield of agricultural lands. To reduce the impact of this problem on the profitability of the lands, farmers tend to use desalination processes. However, this transition is not simple and some technical, economic, and environmental issues should be considered. In this study, we highlight some key factors for the use of desalination processes in the agricultural sector. Also, we conduct a techno-economic evaluation of using reverse osmosis desalination in a pistachio orchard as a high-value crop. Moreover, because of the solar energy potential in the location of the case study, the use of solar panels is assessed... 

    Reliability assessment of distribution system with the integration of photovoltaic and energy storage systems

    , Article Sustainable Energy, Grids and Networks ; Volume 28 , 2021 ; 23524677 (ISSN) Ostovar, S ; Esmaeili Nezhad, A ; Moeini Aghtaie, M ; Fotuhi Firuzabad, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2021
    Abstract
    With the current focus on energy and the environment, efficient integration of renewable energies, especially solar energy into power systems, is becoming indispensable. Moreover, to fully capture solar potentials and to recognize the unique characteristics associated with solar energy in power systems reliability assessment, a profound investigation is needed. Accordingly, this paper attempts to establish a comprehensive analytical approach for modeling the reliability of a hybrid system (Photovoltaic (PV) system with Energy Storage System (ESS)). To this end, the output of the PV system is modeled by a multi-state model, and the ESS system is modeled as a two-state Markov model. Moreover,... 

    Prioritization of solar electricity and hydrogen co-production stations considering PV losses and different types of solar trackers: A TOPSIS approach

    , Article Renewable Energy ; Volume 186 , 2022 , Pages 889-903 ; 09601481 (ISSN) Jahangiri, M ; Rezaei, M ; Mostafaeipour, A ; Goojani, A.R ; Saghaei, H ; Hosseini Dehshiri, S. J ; Hosseini Dehshiri, S. S ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd  2022
    Abstract
    Renewable hydrogen production plays a key role in transitioning to a hydrogen economy. For this, developing countries are encouraged to keep up with industrialized nations. As such, this study seeks to evaluate the potential of all capital cities of Iran in terms of solar-based hydrogen production and prioritize the nominated alternatives. This step is highly valued because finding the most suitable place for this purpose can lead to substantial outcomes and consequently avoid failure. Therefore, here a 20-kW solar power plant is simulated by PVsyst 6.7 software and meteorological data of 31 capital cities is extracted using Meteonorm 7.1 software. Considering all losses associated with... 

    Prevention of distribution network overvoltage by adaptive droop-based active and reactive power control of PV systems

    , Article Electric Power Systems Research ; Volume 133 , 2016 , Pages 313-327 ; 03787796 (ISSN) Ghasemi, M. A ; Parniani, M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Elsevier Ltd 
    Abstract
    Proliferation of grid-connected photovoltaic systems (PVSs) causes technical problems due to their variable and non-dispatchable generated power. High penetration of PVS in distribution networks can result in overvoltage in some operating conditions. Although this situation occurs rarely, it limits the installed capacity of PVS. In this paper, adaptive droop-based control algorithms are presented to regulate active and reactive power of PVS, with the objectives of loss minimization and increasing the PVS capacity installation without unallowable overvoltage. Operating voltage range of the PVS is divided into several intervals, and a specific control algorithm is presented for each of them.... 

    Practical battery size optimization of a PV system by considering individual customer damage function

    , Article Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews ; Volume 67 , 2017 , Pages 36-50 ; 13640321 (ISSN) Mehrabankhomartash, M ; Rayati, M ; Sheikhi, A ; Ranjbar, A. M ; Sharif University of Technology
    Abstract
    Today, energy crises attracted many researchers’ attention to renewable energy technologies especially photovoltaic (PV) systems. The main challenge of PV systems is unpredictable nature of solar power generation. To overcome this challenge, a storage system is integrated which reduces demand reliance on electricity grid and uses excess energy that solar panels produce. As investment cost of the storage system is considerable, finding an optimal technology, size, and configuration are crucial. In this paper, the optimal battery system is excluded from existing PV plant installing in a commercial building located in Mashhad/Iran. Here, the sizing procedure is based on a financial evaluation...