Effects of Reliability Index on Optimal Configuration of Hybrid Solar/Battery Energy System by Optimization Approach: A Case Study

Table 4

The results of the variations of the battery unit cost on the optimal variables and cost criteria (in $) of the system.

Battery cost ($)	RI (%)	LLP (%)			($)		C&R	O&M	O&MPV	O&MBAT	TLCC
50	2	1.6722	173	1193	6,140	27,666	20,573	14,051	2,076	11,930	34640
100	2	1.9634	171	1134	6,070	41,255	34,705	13,437	2,052	11,340	48140
150	2	1.9482	171	1146	6,070	56,807	50,137	13,557	2,052	11,460	63690
200	2	1.9159	171	1169	6,070	73,366	66,466	13,787	2,052	11,690	80250
250	2	1.8011	172	1177	6,105	89,392	82,436	13,879	2,064	11,770	96330
300	2	1.9927	171	1114	6,070	99,301	92,951	13,237	2,052	11,140	106190
350	2	1.7292	173	1151	6,140	117,781	111,108	13,631	2,076	11,510	124740
400	2	1.9709	171	1128	6,070	130,305	123,820	13,377	2,052	11,280	137190
450	2	1.8377	172	1148	6,105	147,758	141,091	13,589	2,064	11,480	154680
500	2	1.9071	171	1176	6,070	166,873	159,903	13,857	2,052	11,760	173760
550	2	1.9481	171	1146	6,070	177,732	171,062	13,557	2,052	11,460	184620