Hybrid power management in paper mill

Abstract

Solar energy is one of the most available renewable energy source, little research has been done on operating solar and thermal energy sources alongside one another in order to take advantage of their complementary characters. In this paper, we develop an optimal design for a hybrid power management in paper mill, where the variables that are optimized over include the number of photovoltaic modules, analysis reveal that the hybrid plant is able to exploit the complementary nature of the two energy sources, and deliver energy reliably throughout the year.