Choose the best electricity sources for a container ship, by using a hybrid optimization model for electric renewable

In this article we propose a feasibility study about the use of an optimization electrical energy program for a container ship in order to make the best choice of making a hybrid system. In order to design and choose the best components of a hybrid system formed from some conventional sources of energy and one unconventional source', we used an optimization software called HOMER2. In this study, the average energy consumption of the ship per hour was taken by approximating the measurements recorded over a period of several days. As a potential source of green energy, we used the Flettner balloon. Flettner balloon is a generator of electric power, filled with helium that rotates around his own horizontal ax and sends the electricity using some cables. It rotates around his own horizontal ax in response to the wind, effectively generating clean, renewable electricity. The article shows how to select the best elements of the hybrid system, for a configuration which uses conventional sources of energy and one renewable energy source, taking into account the current prices of the necessary equipment. HOMER simulates thousands of different system configurations, or combinations of components, optimizes the cost during operation and generates analysis results on all input data, graphs with variations in time (day/month/year) of the various sizes involved in the system: generated power, load, accumulators.