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    Advanced Control And Development of Hydro and Diesel Generator Hybrid Power System Models for Renewable Energy Microgrids
    (JOURNAL LA MULTIAPP, 2021-08) Austin, Oshin Ola
    The Nigerian power problem resulted to incessant and erratic supply of electricity which has destroyed many industrial processes in the country. It has reduced productivity and has increased unemployment rates in the country to over 50million (over 70% of Nigerian youths). This has led many of the youths in the country to crime. As of 2016, the electricity energy consumption in the world from the world fact book revealed that the average power per capita (watts per person) in the United States is 1,377 Watts. In South Africa, it is 445 and in Australia, average power per capita is as high as 1,112 Watts. Whereas, the average electricity consumed in watts per person in Nigeria is just 14 Watts putting the country in a rank of 189 out of 219 countries estimated. In this research work, a Hybrid Electric Power System (HEPS) which comprises Hydro Electric Power Plant (HEPP) and Diesel Generator (DG) was modelled and a control algorithm was established to improve the performance of the system. Hybrid power system mathematical and Simulink models were developed. The output power of the developed Simulink model was be optimized using optimum power point optimization techniques and control algorithms. Simulink models of the two components of the Hybrid Electric Power System were produced using MATLAB/Simulink software. The results obtained revealed that the problems associated with conventional methods of power generation was overcomed by the development of this Hybrid Electric Power System (HEPS) models.