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HOMER Online Training Course

Participant Quick Steps Lesson 1: Simulation

LESSON 1EXERCISE 1:SIMULATE A DIESEL-ONLY SYSTEM

ADD LOAD AND GENERATOR TO SCHEMATIC

1. Start HOMER and create a new file. Save it as lesson-1-exercise-1.hmr

2. Click Add/Remove

3. Check Primary Load 1 and Generator 1

4. Click OK

LOAD

1. Click Primary Load 1

2. For Label, type Small Load


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3. Show Load type options

4. Type first few values in table, then cut and paste from load profile.txt.

5. Show annual data table

6. Click Plot

7. Show hourly data


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8. Show Month and Day type lists

9. Close DView and Load Inputs window.

10. Save file

GENERATOR COMPONENT

1. Enter data for the generator component:

Costs: 14, 13000, 13000, 0.5Sizes: 14 kWDescription: Generator; Abbreviation: Gen, Lifetime: 20000

2. Show AC and DC options

3. Click Fuel tab

4. Click OK

FUEL COST

1. Click Diesel resource button


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2. Specify the diesel fuel cost: 0.60

3. Click OK

SPECIFYECONOMICS INPUTS

1. Show Other inputs

2. Click Economics

3. Change interest rate to 8

CALCULATE

1. Click Calculate

2. Review results

3. Click Small Load. Compare load profile to generator nominal power of 14 kW.


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LESSON 1EXERCISE 2:SIMULATE DIESEL SYSTEMS WITH AND WITHOUT

STORAGE1. Start HOMER and open the file lesson-1-exercise-1.hmr. Save the file as lesson-1-exercise-2.hmr.

2. Click Add/Remove

3. Add a battery to the schematic.

4. Click OK.


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5. Click Add/Remove

6. Check Converter

7. Choose Trojan L16P

9. Enter data for the battery component:Costs: 1, 220, 220, 4

Batteries per string: 8Sizes: 0, 1.

10. Click Converter


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11. Enter data for the converter component:

Costs: 1, 800, 800, 0

Sizes: 0, 12

CALCULATE AND REVIEW RESULTS

1. Click Calculate

2. Double-click generator-only system

3. Click Gen tab


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4. Double-click generator-battery system.

5. Click Gen tab


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HOMER Online Training Course

Participant Quick Steps Lesson 2: Optimization

LESSON 2EXERCISE 1:OPTIMIZE THE GENERATOR-BATTERY SYSTEM

1. Open lesson-1-exercise-2.hmr and save it as lesson-2-exercise-1.hmr

2. Expand the search space:Strings: add 2, 3Converters: add 4, 8

3. Run the optimization and display overall results.


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4. Show categorized results.

5. Note search space insufficient message

6. Show winning sizes

7. Adjust the search space: Add 4, 5, 6 strings


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8. Run the optimization and display overall results

LESSON 2EXERCISE 2:ADD SOLAR PANELS1. Add PV to the schematic


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2. Specify PV costs

7500, 7000,

3. Specify sizes to consider0, 4, 8, 12

4. Enter solar resource data36 N, 87 W, GMT -6

5. Categorized results


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6. Simulation results for diesel-battery

8. Simulation results for diesel-pv-battery

8. Refine search space to add more sizes of PV array:2, 3, 5 kW


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9. Calculate and note renewable fraction of optimal system

LESSON 2EXERCISE 3:ADD WIND TURBINES1. Add a wind turbine to the schematic

2. Choose Generic 3 kW

3. Costs: 1, 9000, 8000, 150

4. Sizes to consider 0, 1, 2, 3, 4

5. Hub height 20 m


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6. Note input warning

7. Enter wind resource data: 6 m/s annual averaage

8. Show hourly data


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9. Calculate


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HOMER Online Training CourseParticipant Quick Steps Lesson 3: Optimization

LESSON 3EXERCISE 1:ONE-DIMENSIONAL SENSITIVTY ANALYSIS ON WIND

SPEED

1. Open lesson-2-exercise-3.hmr and save it as lesson-3-exercise-1.hmr

2. Wind Resource Inputs

3. Scaled annual average: 4 m/s

4. Click Plot


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5. Wind Scaled Annual Average Sensitivity:4, 5, 6, 7

6. Calculate

7. Show Sensitivity results

8. Double-click 7 m/s system


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LESSON 3EXERCISE 2:TWO-DIMENSIONAL SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS ON WIND

SPEED AND FUEL PRICE1. Open lesson-2-exercise-3.hmr and save it as lesson-3-exercise-1.hmr

2. Add fuel price sensitivity:0.8, 1.0

3. Calculate4. Sensitivity table

5. OST Graph


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6. Superimpose Generik 3 kW

7. Click sensitivities button


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8. Calculate

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