| Acknowledgement | 第6-7页 |
| Abstract | 第7-9页 |
| 1 Introduction | 第17-61页 |
| 1.1 Energy access and development | 第18-25页 |
| 1.1.1 Energy and its relevance to Human Development Index (HDI) | 第18-19页 |
| 1.1.2 Sustainable development goals and its relationship with energy | 第19-23页 |
| 1.1.3 Global energy access overview and challenges in improving energy access | 第23-25页 |
| 1.2 Role of renewable energy sources in realizing energy for all | 第25-32页 |
| 1.2.1 Microgrids based on renewables: a new paradigm for energy access | 第26-31页 |
| 1.2.2 Problems associated with the deployment of microgrids based on renewablesources | 第31-32页 |
| 1.3 Methods and models involved in the design of microgrid for rural electrification | 第32-57页 |
| 1.3.1 Multi-criteria decision-making models | 第32-38页 |
| 1.3.2 Computational Optimization based models | 第38-49页 |
| 1.3.3 Software based models | 第49-57页 |
| 1.4 Research problem statement | 第57-58页 |
| 1.5 Aim of the Thesis | 第58-59页 |
| 1.6 Contributions | 第59页 |
| 1.7 Thesis Layout | 第59-61页 |
| 2 Sustainable Framework for the Design of Microgrids for Remote Locations | 第61-80页 |
| 2.1 Introduction | 第62页 |
| 2.2 Significant issues in deployment of sustainable microgrid | 第62-66页 |
| 2.3 Proposed framework for the design of sustainable rural microgrid | 第66-79页 |
| 2.3.1 Level 1-Selection of energy alternatives using decision analysis | 第67-72页 |
| 2.3.2 Level 2-Load growth projections and feasibility analysis of microgridalternatives | 第72-76页 |
| 2.3.3 Level 3-Final microgrid alternative selection | 第76-79页 |
| 2.4 Summary | 第79-80页 |
| 3 Sustainable Evaluation of Energy Alternatives using Decision-Making Models | 第80-107页 |
| 3.1 Introduction | 第81页 |
| 3.2 Proposed methodology for sustainable evaluation and selection | 第81-91页 |
| 3.2.1 Data assessment of the targeted location | 第81-83页 |
| 3.2.2 Generation of potential energy alternatives | 第83-84页 |
| 3.2.3 Selection of suitable assessment indicators and classifications | 第84-87页 |
| 3.2.4 Determination of weights of criteria's and scenario creation | 第87-90页 |
| 3.2.5 Selection of decision-making models for evaluating the alternatives | 第90-91页 |
| 3.3 Implementation of proposed sustainable selection methodology with a case study | 第91-105页 |
| 3.3.1 Data Collection from target site | 第91-94页 |
| 3.3.2 Generation of energy alternatives | 第94-95页 |
| 3.3.3 Selection of performance indicators/criteria's and scenario creation | 第95-96页 |
| 3.3.4 Determination of criteria weights, sceanrios and evaluation of energy alternatives | 第96-105页 |
| 3.4 Results and discussions | 第105-106页 |
| 3.5 Summary | 第106-107页 |
| 4 Feasibility Analysis and Final Selection of Microgrid using Scalable Approach with Hybrid Decision Making Model | 第107-142页 |
| 4.1 Introduction | 第108-109页 |
| 4.2 Techno-financial evaluation of microgrid considering future load demands | 第109-125页 |
| 4.2.1 Future load demand projections | 第109-111页 |
| 4.2.2 Novel multiyear load growth based scalable approach | 第111-112页 |
| 4.2.3 Proposed system controller algorithm for power dispatch | 第112-116页 |
| 4.2.4 Microgrid component modeling and parameters selection | 第116-125页 |
| 4.3 Hybrid decision-making models for final evaluation of optimal microgrid | 第125-130页 |
| 4.3.1 Assortment of key indicators, classifications and weightage determination | 第126-127页 |
| 4.3.2 TOPSIS analysis for final ranking the microgrid alternatives | 第127-130页 |
| 4.4 Implementation with case study | 第130-140页 |
| 4.4.1 Analysis using proposed multiyear approach | 第131-132页 |
| 4.4.2 Analysis using in-built multiyear approach by HOMER PRO | 第132-133页 |
| 4.4.3 Comparative analysis of between the proposed approach and HOMER PRO | 第133-136页 |
| 4.4.4 Optimal sizing and costing of energy system | 第136-138页 |
| 4.4.5 Final optimal energy alternative selection using hybrid MCDM model | 第138-140页 |
| 4.5 Results and discussions | 第140-141页 |
| 4.6 Summary | 第141-142页 |
| 5 Detailed Enactment of the Proposed Tri-Level Sustainable Microgrid Design Framework for a Village in Hilly-Region | 第142-177页 |
| 5.1 Introduction | 第143-144页 |
| 5.2 Community profile, resource estimation, and decision parameters selection | 第144-151页 |
| 5.2.1 Socio-economic profile | 第144-145页 |
| 5.2.2 Generation of electrical load profile | 第145-146页 |
| 5.2.3 Available local energy resource and meteorological data | 第146-148页 |
| 5.2.4 Potential energy alternatives | 第148-149页 |
| 5.2.5 Selection of performance indices/criteria and scenarios for sustainable evaluation | 第149-151页 |
| 5.3 Sustainable evaluation of alternatives using MCDA approach | 第151-158页 |
| 5.4 Feasibility analysis of energy alternatives for optimal microgrid solutions | 第158-174页 |
| 5.4.1 Analysis using proposed multiyear scalable approach | 第158-161页 |
| 5.4.2 Analysis using in-built multiyear approach by HOMER PRO | 第161-162页 |
| 5.4.3 Comparative analysis of the proposed approach and HOMER PRO | 第162-166页 |
| 5.4.4 System behavioral analysis of optimal solution obtained from proposed multiyear approach | 第166-169页 |
| 5.4.5 Optimal sizing and costing of energy systems | 第169-172页 |
| 5.4.6 Final optimal microgrid system selection using hybrid (AHP+TOPSIS) model | 第172-174页 |
| 5.5 Result and discussion | 第174页 |
| 5.6 Summary | 第174-177页 |
| 6 Conclusions and future scope | 第177-184页 |
| 6.1 Conclusions | 第178-182页 |
| 6.2 Future Scope | 第182-184页 |
| References | 第184-209页 |
| Appendices | 第209-250页 |
| Appendix A | 第210-213页 |
| Appendix B | 第213-215页 |
| Appendix C | 第215-218页 |
| Appendix D | 第218-219页 |
| Appendix E | 第219-237页 |
| Appendix F | 第237-240页 |
| Appendix G | 第240-250页 |
| List of Publications | 第250-251页 |
