• Chapter 1:
• Introduction and Literature Review
  • 1.1. Introduction to Renewable Energy Resources
    • 1.1.1. Solar Power
    • 1.1.2. Wind Power
  • 1.2. Hybridization
    • 1.2.1. Integration Schemes
      • 1.2.1.1. DC-Coupled Systems
      • 1.2.1.2. AC-Coupled Systems
      • 1.2.1.3. Hybrid-Coupled Systems
    • 1.2.2. Unit Sizing and Technology Selection
    • 1.2.3. Storage
    • 1.2.4. Control and Manage Energy
      • 1.2.4.1. Centralized Control Model
      • 1.2.4.2. Distributed Control Model
      • 1.2.4.3. Hybrid Centralized and Distributed Control Model
  • 1.3. Sample Applications
    • 1.3.1. Stand-alone Hybrid Generation combining Solar photovoltaic/Wind turbine and Fuel cell System
    • 1.3.2. Regional integration of renewable energy systems - The role of hybrid energy systems for small communities
    • 1.3.3. Economic evaluation of hybrid renewable energy systems for rural electrification in Iran— a case study
  • 1.4. Conclusion
• Chapter 2:
• Modeling Renewable Energy Resources
  • 2.1. PV model
    • 2.1.1. Parameters
    • 2.1.2. Interfaces
    • 2.1.3. Formulation
  • 2.2. Wind Turbine Model
    • 2.2.1. Parameters
    • 2.2.2. Interfaces
    • 2.2.3. Formulation
  • 2.3. Fuel Cell Model
    • 2.3.1. Parameters
    • 2.3.2. Formulation
    • 2.3.3. Dynamics of the cell
  • 2.4. Numerical Example
    • 2.4.1. PV
    • 2.4.2. WT
    • 2.4.3. FC Example
  • 2.5. Conclusion
• Chapter 3:
• Optimization Method
  • 3.1. Introduction
  • 3.2. Genetic Algorithm (GA)
  • 3.3. Typical Genetic Algorithm (29)
    • 3.3.1. Initialization
    • 3.3.2. Fitness Evaluation
    • 3.3.3. Selection
      • 3.3.3.1. Roulette wheel selection
      • 3.3.3.2. Tournament selection
    • 3.3.4. Crossover
      • 3.3.4.1. Single-point crossover
      • 3.3.4.2. Multiple-point crossover
    • 3.3.5. Mutation
  • 3.4. My Algorithm
    • 3.4.1. Initialization
    • 3.4.2. Diversity Control
    • 3.4.3. Scaling
    • 3.4.4. Selection
    • 3.4.5. Death
    • 3.4.6. Fitness Evaluation
    • 3.4.7. Elitism
    • 3.4.8. Random Search
    • 3.4.9. Trim GA
  • 3.1.
  • 3.5. Proposed Algorithm
  • 3.6. Fuel Cell Parameters Optimization
• Chapter 4:
• Scenarios and Optimization Results
  • 4.1. Economic analysis
    • 4.1.1. Formulation
    • 4.1.2. PV Costs
    • 4.1.3. WT Costs
    • 4.1.4. FC Costs
  • 4.2. Scenario 1
    • 4.2.1. Solar
    • 4.2.2. Wind
    • 4.2.3. Solar and Wind
    • 4.2.4. Solar, Wind and Fuel Cell
  • 4.3. Scenario 2
  • 4.4. Scenario 3
  • 4.5. Conclusion and Future Work
• References

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