Abstract
Energy demand of a country should be particularly supplied by indigenous energy sources; otherwise, the country would become an energy importing country and dependent on energy-rich countries. In order to benefit from the current renewable energy resources efficiently, many engineers who are specialized on energy management (economic, planning, organization and optimization) are strongly required to be educated with the support of today’s advance technology. In this context, various engineering disciplines associated with the concept of energy have been established in many universities around the world as well as in Turkey. In this study, Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER) software which is very useful for modeling renewable and conventional technologies in various energy management applications and also easy to use, is introduced in detail and presented to today’s and future’s energy engineers. In order to better understand how the HOMER is efficiently applied, a real-time application for Marmara University Technical Education Faculty which was discussed and is presented in detail.
Highlights
Energy is an important indicator for economic and social development
Standalone and grid connected systems consisting of combinations of PV panels, fuel cells, biomass,etc. can be modelled and analyzed by the users in Hybrid Optimization of Multiple Energy Resources (HOMER)
After a well-engineering education which is supported by more practicing with computer software programs like the HOMER software and workshop works, engineers will be much more ready for the tough conditions of the business life because they are well-equipped with some necessary qualifications such as, technical information, experience, well-practicing, application skills
Summary
Energy is an important indicator for economic and social development. It is important to use sustainable energy to meet the demand. There are some more studies analyzing at least two energy tools: Lund et al [27] compared the two energy tools, Energy PLAN and H2RES, Morris et al [28] discussed results of NEMS and MARKAL-MACOR, Segurado et al [29] examined the EMINENT energy tool with different energy tools (CO2DB, MARKAL, IKARUS, E3database, and Synopsis),and Urban et al [30] discussed the feasibility of 12 different energy tools for energy-systems of developing countries (including LEAP, MARKAL,MESSAGE, Mini CAM, and RET Screen) These studies do not contain detailed analysis. The task is modeled step by step and analyzed by using the HOMER software
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