POWERING POULTRY FARM USING BIOMASS AND SOLAR ENERGY

Abstract

This thesis proposes a new economically feasible and resilient solution to power an existing poultry farm in the Western desert in Egypt by merging biomass energy with solar energy in the hybrid system connected to the national grid. The grid is used in this proposed project to add reliable and resilient dimensions to keep the stability of the farm’s internal grid in addition to using it as energy storage instead of using batteries. Biomass energy is coming from converting poultry litter to electrical energy through the gasification process. The location of the farm in the western desert in Egypt has a great potential to combine solar energy with biomass energy to reduce the cost of energy. The economic feasibility of this hybrid system is examined using the HOMER program and compared with different configurations. The result shows this configuration is the most optimal whether from an economic or technical perspective to maintain stabilize the farm's grid.