Selection framework for the grid-tied renewable system of the Electrical Engineering Building, UPLB using multi- attribute decision analysis

Date

5-2011

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering

College

College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Roderick L. Catriz

Co-adviser

Billy Jonh Q. Valdez,Adrian Augusto M. Sumalde, Elvin D. Dulce

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Abstract

The use of renewable energy technologies to help decrease power dependency from the utility has become a trend in different parts of the world. there are many kinds of renewable energy resources and many options of technologies to harness the energy resources and many options of technologies to harness the energy. Equipments are already commercially available, thus very accessible. The University of the Philippines Los Baños has a large area and, by observation, is rich on different renewable energy resources. Four options of renewable energy technologies can be used to generate electricity for its buildings like the Electrical Engineering building. These technologies are biomass gasification, micro-hydropower, solar photovoltaic and wind turbine generator. However, which of these technologies may be the best alternative. Through multi-attribute decision analysis, the different concerns or attributes quantitative or qualitative of these technologies were determined and, by data gathering and assessments were given specific values in either natural or constructed scales. These constructed the alternative profile of the four renewable energy technologies. A decision constructed the alternative profile of the four renewable energy technologies. A decision maker was asked to make the utility functions, value trade-offs and assessment of indifference probability according to his subjective preferences with the help of objectives. These new set of data were used to determine the utilities or the measure of desirability of the alternatives. After the analysis, it has found out that solar photovoltaic system is the most desirable among the other alternatives. It was determined that despite of having a relative big amount of capital cost and very low capacity factor, it is alternative that has the highest expected utility. Followed by biomass gasification, micro-hydropower and, lastly, wind turbine generator.

Language

English

Location

UPLB College of Engineering and Agro-Industrial Technology (CEAT)

Call Number

LG 993 2011 E64 M35

Document Type

Thesis

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