Abstract
Aeration systems are commonly utilized to increase dissolved oxygen (DO) in aquaculture. However, there is a major difficulty in integrating these aeration systems into aquaculture ponds in remote regions of developing countries due to the limited extension of utility-grids. Therefore, the present study aims to determine the optimal techno-economic sizing of a standalone floating solar photovoltaic (PV)/battery energy storage (BES) system to power an aquaculture aeration and monitoring system considering a restriction on the weights of PV module and BES. A techno-economic optimization method was developed to optimize the PV/BES system size by varying the capacities of the PV modules and BES. A reliability index (RI) was calculated to evaluate the power supply ability of the energy system to ensure its continuous operation. Further, the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) was evaluated to determine the cost-effectiveness of the energy system configurations. A comparative analysis was then conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed system compared with that of a diesel generator (DG) and a PV/DG system under two aeration scenarios (day-aeration and night-aeration). The results indicated that the PV/BES system is the most technically and economically feasible option among the other configurations for both day- and night-aeration scenarios.
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