Tidal Microgrids for Small Island

Potential Project ideas

• create a function that is passed the length of an islands coastline and determines the maximum possible generated power for the island

  • need to figure out a standardized kW per km of coastline amount
  • would allow for an upper bound on amount of tidal power and island would be capeable of supporting

• create a function that is given a sys object and determines the amount of tidal energy needed to reduce the stored energy delta

Key files

• make_island_aspirational - creates sys object
• main_LIB_simple - Simulates the Lithium-ion battery with simple controller
• main_flow_simple - Simulates the Flow battery

make_island_aspirational

• must be passed a battery type either 'simple LIB' || 'simple flow'

• called as make_island_aspirational('simple LIB') will result in a sys object based on aspirational estimate from 'Model numbers for Mike.docx'

  variable input options - make_island_aspirational('simple LIB',...

  Demand inputs

  • ...'households', int) - number of households on the island

  LIB inputs

  • ...'LIB_cost_E', int) - Lithium ion battery energy capacity cost ($/kWh)
  • ...'LIB_cost_P', int) - Lithium ion battery power capacity cost ($/kW)
  • ...'LIB_cycle_life', int) - Lithium ion battery cycle life (cycles)

  flow inputs

  • ...'flow_cost_E', int) - flow battery energy capacity cost ($/kWh)
  • ...'flow_cost_P', int) - flow battery power capacity cost ($/kW)
  • ...'flow_cycle_life', int) - flow battery cycle life (cycles)

  generator inputs

  • ...'gen_cost_P', int) - generator Cost per rated kW
  • ...'gen_lifetime', int) - lifetime in years

  island inputs

  • ...'grid_costs', int) - grid Cost per rated kW