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of a local standalone microgrid sourced by hybrid renewable energy system (HRES)
could be the best alternative of electricity production (Li et al. 2018).
3.3 Opportunities for Renewable Energy Installations
In order to electrify remotely located regions, economically and efficiently there are
lots of prospects for renewable energy based installations.
Bioenergy is a renewable energy which is generally obtained from biomass processed by various biochemical as well as thermochemical actions in order to convert
it as a syngas, biooil and biochar. The thermochemical processes involves combustion, pyrolysis and gasification to transform agricultural waste biomass to electricity.
Biochar is a Carbon rich solid residue obtained from pyrolysis and gasification. An
availability of biomass is an important parameter to judge production of Biochar as
well of energy generation (Li et al. 2018).
The solar home system (SHS) is also an important option for meeting cooking
and illumination needs of remote locations. It involves; solar cooker, solar powered
LED lamps, and solar charged battery to run home appliances. The disadvantages
associated with parabolic concentrating energized cooker comprise potentially risky
and faster operation due to concentrated radiation and uncontrolled heating rate.
An Off -grid PV (Photovoltaic) system may supply electricity/power to meet daily
basic domestic needs. However, solar home systems cover illuminating, refrigerating,
charging, pumping, electric mosquito shocking, fanning, air conditioning needs most
of which are not extensively examined and evolved. Using SHSs would save time
spend for doing domestic basic tasks and would preserve a healthy environment. It
would promote educational creative activities and finally would take advantage of
scoring innovations in energy efficiency and developing cost effective systems.
Khatib et al. (2018) have developed a product called Solar Box (Solenx) serves
three basic applications e.g., lightening LED lamps, a mini Insulin-refrigerator, two
USB ports, electric mosquito shocker or a battery charger. A mini Insulin refrigerator
is used to keep Insulin (used for Diabetic patients) under suitable thermal conditions
(Within 2–8 °C for 25 °C ambient temperature). It can also be used to store Veterinary medicines and various animal health products. An electric mosquito shocker
consisting of electric grid and a light source used to attract flying objects which may
be harmful causing Leishmaniasis, Malaria as well as Dengue Fever. These insects,
gets burned after coming in contact with its wire mesh due to higher grid voltage
(Khatib et al. 2018).
For energizing an individual home, a solar home system for fulfilling daily power
demand of about 0.75 kW-h is also suggested by Zubi et al. (2019), for illuminating
LED lamps and cooking with the help of energy proficient multicooker.
Energy scarcity alleviation can be done by adopting solar house technology to
renovate a rural home. In solar house, solar-air source heating system and floor
radiative heating systems are installed (Liu et al. 2018).
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of a local standalone microgrid sourced by hybrid renewable energy system (HRES)
could be the best alternative of electricity production (Li et al. 2018).
3.3 Opportunities for Renewable Energy Installations
In order to electrify remotely located regions, economically and efficiently there are
lots of prospects for renewable energy based installations.
Bioenergy is a renewable energy which is generally obtained from biomass processed by various biochemical as well as thermochemical actions in order to convert
it as a syngas, biooil and biochar. The thermochemical processes involves combustion, pyrolysis and gasification to transform agricultural waste biomass to electricity.
Biochar is a Carbon rich solid residue obtained from pyrolysis and gasification. An
availability of biomass is an important parameter to judge production of Biochar as
well of energy generation (Li et al. 2018).
The solar home system (SHS) is also an important option for meeting cooking
and illumination needs of remote locations. It involves; solar cooker, solar powered
LED lamps, and solar charged battery to run home appliances. The disadvantages
associated with parabolic concentrating energized cooker comprise potentially risky
and faster operation due to concentrated radiation and uncontrolled heating rate.
An Off -grid PV (Photovoltaic) system may supply electricity/power to meet daily
basic domestic needs. However, solar home systems cover illuminating, refrigerating,
charging, pumping, electric mosquito shocking, fanning, air conditioning needs most
of which are not extensively examined and evolved. Using SHSs would save time
spend for doing domestic basic tasks and would preserve a healthy environment. It
would promote educational creative activities and finally would take advantage of
scoring innovations in energy efficiency and developing cost effective systems.
Khatib et al. (2018) have developed a product called Solar Box (Solenx) serves
three basic applications e.g., lightening LED lamps, a mini Insulin-refrigerator, two
USB ports, electric mosquito shocker or a battery charger. A mini Insulin refrigerator
is used to keep Insulin (used for Diabetic patients) under suitable thermal conditions
(Within 2–8 °C for 25 °C ambient temperature). It can also be used to store Veterinary medicines and various animal health products. An electric mosquito shocker
consisting of electric grid and a light source used to attract flying objects which may
be harmful causing Leishmaniasis, Malaria as well as Dengue Fever. These insects,
gets burned after coming in contact with its wire mesh due to higher grid voltage
(Khatib et al. 2018).
For energizing an individual home, a solar home system for fulfilling daily power
demand of about 0.75 kW-h is also suggested by Zubi et al. (2019), for illuminating
LED lamps and cooking with the help of energy proficient multicooker.
Energy scarcity alleviation can be done by adopting solar house technology to
renovate a rural home. In solar house, solar-air source heating system and floor
radiative heating systems are installed (Liu et al. 2018).