A Feasibility Study of Electrification of a Base Transceiver System (BTS) using Renewable Energy Generators

Md Jabed Hossain; Shahid Jaman

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A Feasibility Study of Electrification of a Base Transceiver System (BTS) using Renewable Energy Generators

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A Feasibility Study of Electrification of a Base Transceiver System (BTS) using Renewable Energy Generators

Md. Jabed Hossain, Shahid Jaman,

Master Students, EMMC STEPS

Abstract The focus of this report is to design a renewable energy based generator to supply power to a remote mobile phone base station. This study has investigated different renewable based hybrid system using HOMER simulation software to provide continuous power to mobile phone base station. This paper presents an overview of hybrid system which includes solar PV, Wind turbine and Diesel generators. In addition, this study performed the economical analysis for different components of proposed hybrid systems. This report also states that the potentiality of renewable energy integration especially in the remote areas in Bangladesh.

Index Terms PV, STP, MPP, WP, KWh, Load Curve, HOMER, Cut off frequency, COE, Solar Radiance, Swept Area.

INTRODUCTION

The consumption of electrical energy is rising rapidly [1] over the last few decades where global energy demands have not yet been fully realized due to the lack of sophisticated technologies and sufficient energy resources so the world is facing severe energy crisis and it is expected to increase in the forthcoming years. Nowadays, the global power generation is majorly done using conventional energy sources though such energy reserve is very much limited and expected to end within few decades.

So, renewable energy resources [2-4] is increasingly being quested for as an alternative sources of energy generation because these are everlasting and eco- friendly and it has been drawn more and more attention in recent years to abridge the gap between energy demand and supply. Renewable energy sources such as wind turbines, photovoltaic (PV) generators, fuel cells, small hydro and wave generators, are being integrated into power systems at distribution level to a large extent.

Extension of grid electricity is not always economically feasible especially in some rural areas of Bangladesh because its economical condition where peoples basic needs have not been met yet. In some isolated areas where supply of electricity from national grid is quite impossible but all socio economic developments and modern lifestyle depend solely on electricity. The main focus of this study is to provide electricity to mobile base station from renewable energy sources in the remote areas. A hybrid system based on renewable generator has been designed to provide electricity and schematic diagram is shown in Fig. 1. This report is divided into nine parts. Simulation of different hybrid system

is done by HOMER (Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources) software.

Fig. 1. Schematic diagram of hybrid system
SITE DESCRIPTION

In this report we have proposed a mobile base station at middle of St. Martin's island is to be electrified by renewable energy. St. Martin's island also called by "Narical Gingira" translated from Bangla, meaning 'Coconut Island' is located in the northeastern part of the Bay of Bengal.

The geographic location is roughly in between 20Â° 34Â² – 20Â° 39Â² N and 92Â° 18Â² – 92Â° 21' E, about 9 km south of the tip of the Cox's Bazar-Teknaf peninsula, and forming the southernmost part of Bangladesh. Fig. 2. illustrates the aerial view of St Martins Island.

The island has huge potential of wind and solar energy. It is noticeable that land is flat and just only about 3m high from the sea level with approximately 6000 Inhabitants living on fishing. As national grid is far away it is not very cost effective, in some cases it is impossible to extend the grid to St Martin. Currently some electricity demand is being fulfilled by stand alone diesel generators [5] and PV solar panels.

Fig. 2. Aerial view of St Martins Island

ALTERNATIVE ENERGY RESOURCE

Annual solar insolation over St Martin is 4.84 kwh/m2/day though there is no specific ground data of St Martin according to NASA satellite. Table I reveals the monthly Global Horizontal Insolation (GHI) data which is sampled for 10 km spatial resolution for St Martin. Table includes three type of measurement such as from NASA (for 10 years period), estimated values from Teknaf sunshine data ( also data have been taken for 10 years period) and German Aerospace Center (DLR)(used three years data 2000,2002,2003). It has found that April is the highest solar insulation getting month throughout the year.

TABLE I

Month	NASA	Estimated (from sunshine)	DLR
Jan	4.84	4.00	4.63
Feb	5.46	4.44	5.04
Mar	6.41	5.37	5.62
Apr	6.48	5.87	6.47
May	5.96	5.43	4.94
June	3.60	4.10	3.39
Jul	3.62	3.87	3.31
Aug	3.69	3.95	3.78
Sept	4.34	4.09	3.96
Oct	4.72	4.21	4.28
Nov	4.42	3.72	4.54
Dec	4.54	3.75	4.16
Annual	4.84	4.40	4.50

GHI VALUES FOR ST MARTINS ISLAND

Table II shows the information about the wind resource of St Martins island. It is clearly noticeable that wind speed varies from time to time. Data has been taken from NASA and Scientific and Industrial Research (BCSIR) [6]. BCSIR has taken data from for the period of three years (1999 2001) at a height of around 30 meters above the ground level whereas NASA has taken data for 30 meters above the ground level for the same location.

TABLE II

WIND SPEED AT ST MARTIN ISLAND

Month	NASA (10m)	Measured (30m)
Jan	3.27	5.03
Feb	3.39	4.70
Mar	3.57	4.24
Apr	3.67	3.79
May	3.89	5.07
June	6.27	6.17
Jul	6.35	5.56
Aug	5.64	5.78
Sept	4.05	4.47
Oct	3.27	4.11
Nov	3.24	3.53
Dec	3.10	4.11
Annual	4.14	4.71

Fig. 3. Discloses the variation of solar irradiation and includes cleanliness index from the latitude information of St Martin. The bar graph is extracted from HOMER (Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resource) with the input data is collected from BCSIR have been used along with the information of height =30m, elevation = 3m, surface roughness = 0.01m. HOMER synthesized these monthly average data based on the other parameters such as Weibull factor k = 1.8, Autocorrelation factor (randomness in wind speed) = 0.90, Diurnal pattern strength (wind speed variation over a day) = 0.25, Hour of peak wind speed = 22 to generate hourly data for a year.

Fig. 3. Solar Radiance at St Martin Island [6].

Fig. 4. Wind speed probability density function [6].

The speed probability distribution function and averaged hourly wind speed variation for 1 year for St Martins island is shown in Fig. 4. and Fig. 5, respectively.

Fig. 5. Daily wind speed for St Martin [6].

ELECTRICAL LOAD DESCRIPTION

The base station transmitter equipment requires 1.5 kW electrical powers to be supplied for without interruption operation, at 13.2 V. d.c. in addition with this we need to

for our design. But the size of the module depends on which kind of module we are going to use. As an example we are considering ENF Solar225 module of 225Wp to be an ideal module. The specifications of various types of ENF solar module has given below:

Max Power = 225W (STP) Max Voltage = 29.4V (at MPP) Max Current = 7.66A (at MPP)

Nominal output voltage of this panel is 24V. Total PV panels energy needed = 41000Wh/day.

Total Wp of PV panel capacity needed = 41000/ 4.55hours = 9011Wp

Number of PV panels needed = 9011/ 225 = 40 modules

So this system should be powered by 40 modules of 225Wp.

consider for cooling since it is warmest region in Bangladesh. An air cooler ratings 300W has been considered for maintain

the inside temperature of 5 30 Â°C of the base station.

. =

2

= 48 =

24

Moreover 200W needs to be included in total load for security

. = .

.

= 40 =

2

lightings as an additional ac loads.

Fig. 6. Daily load curve in summer of this site

The additional load duration is varied with the season. For instance, air cooler load is always higher in summer season than in winter. The total energy consumption per day is

41kWh/day and 2.1kW peak load has been estimated. The

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1. Wind Turbine Sizing
  
  For given load demand and according to the site wind speed limit, there may be Solar PV and Diesel based system will be optimized and cost effective model. If we consider setting up the wind turbine with Solar PV for supplying the continuous power, a supervisory controller needs to set up to control the supply based on percentages of load demand. Since the half percentages annual average load demand 21000kWh per day which is almost 2.3kW. If we choose 0.4 is the betz limit and air density12.2 kgm-3. Since the wind speed in given area is 4.71m/s, the swift area of the turbine is
  
  = 2 = 953 (1)
  
  3
  
  The radius of the turbine blade is
  
  daily load curve in summer and winter season has shown in Fig. 6 and Fig. 7, respectively. Maximum demand of summer
  
  =
  
  = 33.43 (2)
  
  is much higher than winter maximum demand.
2. Battery Sizing
  
  As we know that battery backup is very much crucial part of hybrid design and any BTS design as well. Special attentions have given while calculating battery sizing. Usually battery back is assumed for few hours of the day because sufficient sunlight other times of the day. So we should consider the battery backup from afternoon to the next morning so that the consumer will be benefited around 15-16 hours. We know that general equation of determining battery capacity for a PV system by following equation:
  
  Fig. 7. Daily load curve in winter of this site
FEASIBLE HYBRID SYSTEM

=

( )at nightDerating FactorDay of Autonomy

Battery EfficiencyNominal Battery Voltage

41000 1.2 2

(3)
1. Inverter Sizing
  
  As total ac load demand by the site is known about 500W, it would be facilitated the process for calculating the inverter sizes. If we choose the inverter with 90% efficiency and 48V operating voltage then,
  
  Minimum power ratings of the inverter = 500 = 555.55
  
  0.9
2. Charge Controller Sizing
  
  Since the voltage is coming from solar array is 48V and the battery bank is always maintaining 48V bus with the load demand is 2.1kW or 2100W, so a charge controller with efficiency 85%, power rating 2.5kW, input and output voltage 48V and current rating is almost 50A is chosen.
3. DC-DC Converter Sizing
  
  The base station transmitter is operated with 1.5kW power demand with voltage level 13.2V dc. But our solar PV system is maintaining voltage 48V. So output of PV voltage needs to be reduced to 13.2V dc to operate the base transceiver system. A buck dc-dc converter from Power Stream Company [http://www.powerstream.com/dcdc-48V.htm] with efficiency 85% is chosen with power rating converter 1.8kW, input voltage 48V, output voltage 13.6V and current rating is near 110A.
  
  Fig. 9. Load supplied by PV, wind turbine and a disel generator
  1. Solar PV Panel
    
    The cost of PV module including installation has been considered as 250 BDT/W for this site. Life time of the PV modules has counted as 25 years. Ratings of PV modules are ranging from 25 kW to 45 kW are considered. Table III gives the economical data according to the parameters have been considered for the simulation solar PV.
    
    TABLE III
    
    SOLAR PV PANEL SPECIFICATION
    
    Parameter Unit Value
    
    Capital Cost GBP/W 0.45
    
    Replacement Cost GBP/W 0.40

SIMULATION AND COST ANALYSIS USING

Operation and Maintenance Cost

GBP/W 0.002

HOMER

Simulation diagram of HOMER total load supplied by PV and a generator is shown in Fig. 8. Since mobile base station very important load a back diesel generator is taken as back up.

Lifetime Year 20

Deration Factor Parcent 90

Tracking System NoTracking System

Wind Turbine

Generic 3 KW wind turbine has been assumed for our hybrid system with starting wind speed 4.31m/s in this case study. Cut off wind speed is also taken as 15 m/s. Table IV gives the information about technical parameters and cost of it.

TABLE IV SPECIFICATION OF WIND TURBINE

	Parameter	Unit	Value
	Rated Power	kW	3
	Cut in wind speed	m/s	4
	Rated wind speed	m/s	13
	Cut off wind speed	m/s	15
	Capital cost	GBP/W	0.5
Fig. 8. Load supplied by PV and a disel generator	Replacement cost	GBP/W	0.33
	O&M cost	GBP/W/yr	0.0013
	Operational Life time	year	15

Fig. 10. illustrates the characteristics curve of power s wind speed of this mentioned wind turbine.

Fig. 10. Power vs wind speed curve of wind turbine

Diesel Generator

The fuel used is calculated by a linear curve characterized by a slope and intercept at no load in HOMER. For a capacity range of 15 kW, the slope and the intercept are 0.33 l/h/kW and 0.05 l/h/kW, respectively [5]. Table V gives technical and economic parameters for a diesel generator of 15 kW.

TABLE V

DIESEL GENERATOR SPECIFICATION

Parameter Unit Value

Capital Cost GBP/W 0.22

Replacement Cost GBP/W 0.2

Storage Device

The Trojan L16P storage batteries have been utilized in the hybrid system [6]. The technical and economic parameters are stated in Table VI

	TABLE VI SPECIFICATION OF BATTERY
Parameter	Unit	Value
Nominal Voltage	Volt	6
Nominal Capacity	Ah	390
Maximum Charge	A	18
Current
Round trip Efficiency	%	85
Min State of Charge	%	30
Capital Cost	GBP/Kwh	23.15
Replacement Cost	GBP/Kwh	18.51
O&M Cost	GBP/Kwh/yr	2.31

Converter

For supplying electricity to air conditioner and security lights we have to consider a converter circuit since the output of PV and wind turbine is DC, converter is used to change it into AC power. Table VII shows the technical and economical parameters of the converters.

TABLE VII CONVERTER SPECIFICATION

Parameter Unit Value

Capital Cost GBP/Kw rated 200

Operation and Maintenance Cost

GBP/W 0.001

Replacement Cost GBP/Kw rated 150

Lifetime Years 10

Operational Lifetime Year 15000

Minimum load ratio Parcent 30

Fuel curve intercept l/h/KWrated 0.08

Fuel curve slope l/h/KWoutput 0.25

Fuel Price GBP 1.04

With rated output power of 15KW diesel generator the maximum efficiency just above 25 percent as shown in Fig. 10.

Fig. 11. Efficiency curve of a 15KW Diesel Generator.

Efficiency % 90

Rectifier efficiency % 95

Rectifier Capacity & 85

Cost summary of two optimized system (PV-Diesel and PV- Wind-Diesel) system are described by the Fig. 12-Fig. 14.

Fig. 12. Net cash flow for solar PV-diesel based system

VIII. COMPARISON AMONG DIFFERENT HYBRID SYSTEM

The table X compares the different economic parameters of various hybrid systems. PV-Diesel system is the most efficient among them though the renewable fraction is same for both PV-Diesel and PV-Diesel-Wind. With lowest initial cost GBP 25410 of PV-Diesel system cost of per unit generation is GBP0.

Fig. 13. Nominal cash flow for solar PV-diesel based system

Fig. 14. Nominal cash flow for solar PV-wind-diesel based system

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

Nowadays environmental impact is a great concern for electricity generating systems because modern society uses bulk amount of electricity.

TABLE VIII

EMISSIONS FROM PV AND DIESEL SYSTEM

Pollutant Emissions (kg/yr)

TABLE X

COMPARISON AMONG HYBRID SYSTEMS

Hybrid Systems	Initial Cost	Operating cost	Total NPC	COE (GBP/kWh)	Renewable Fraction
	(GBP)	(GBP/yr)	(GBP)
PV- Diesel	25,410	5,250	92,522	0.479	0.81
PV-	26,910	5,327	95,001	0.492	0.81
Wind- Diesel
Wind-	22,340	15,344	218,389	1.113	0.00
Diesel PV-	105,940	14,939	296,911	1.537	1.00
Wind-
Battery

IX. CONCLUSION

Bangladesh relies heavily on fossil fuels for power generation where the energy policies and pilot projects for renewable energy are still being investigated. The future energy scenario will require a careful and effective change where smart grids and alternative power generation will play a vital role. Since Bangladesh has been privileged by geographic location, Photovoltaics (PV) is the good solution for supplying power to remote infrastructure like mobile phone base station. In recapitulate, PV is the best renewable generators to supplying electrical power to this site.

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M. S. Kaiser, S. Khadem, H. Ghosh, S. Kaiser, and S. Aditya,

Md. Jabed Hossain received the Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) from Stamford University Bangladesh in 2009. Currently, he is doing his Masters degree in Sustainable Transportation and Electrical Power Systems (EMMC STEPS).

He has been working as a Senior Lecturer with the Department of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Stamford University Bangladesh. His research interests are in the fields of electric

machines, renewable energy and Power system. He has several publications in the relevant fields.

Shahid Jaman received the Bachelor of Science (B. Sc.) degree in Electrical & Electronic Engineering (EEE) from Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology in 2011. Currently, he is doing his Masters degree in Sustainable Transportation and Electrical Power Systems (EMMC STEPS).

He has been working as a Lecturer with the Department of Mechatronics Engineering, World University of Bangladesh. His research interests are

in the fields of electric machines, renewable energy and Power system. He has several publications in the relevant fields

A Feasibility Study of Electrification of a Base Transceiver System (BTS) using Renewable Energy Generators

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