TY - CONF AU - Hilleringmann, Ulrich AU - Petrov, Dmitry AU - Mwammenywa, Ibrahim AU - Kagarura, Geoffrey M. ID - 24538 KW - Art-D KW - Afrika TI - Local Power Control using Wireless Sensor System for Microgrids in Africa ER - TY - CONF AB - With its growing population and industrialization, DREs, and solar technologies in particular, provide a sustainable means of bridging the current energy deficit in Africa, increasing supply reliability and meeting future demand. Data acquisition and data management systems allow real time monitoring and control of energy systems as well as performance analysis. However commercial data acquisition systems often have cost implications that are prohibitive for small PV systems and installations in developing countries. In this paper, a multi-user, multi-purpose microgrid database system is designed and implemented. MAVOWATT 270 power quality analyzers by GOSSEN METRAWATT, raspberry pi modules and sensors are used for measuring, recording and storing electrical and meteorological data in East Africa. Socio-economic data is also stored in the database. The designed system employs open source software and hardware solutions which are best suited to developing regions like East Africa due to the lower cost implications. The expected results promise a comprehensive database covering different electro-technical and socio-economic parameters useful for optimal design of microgrid systems. AU - Kakande, Josephine Nakato AU - Philipo, Godiana Hagile AU - Krauter, Stefan ID - 24540 KW - Art-D KW - Afrika KW - Demand side management KW - MySQL KW - Raspberry pi KW - Data acquisition SN - 3-936338-78-7 T2 - Proceedings of the 38th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference and Exhibition (EUPVSEC 2021) TI - Load Data Acquisition in Rural East Africa for the Layout of Microgrids and Demand–Side–Management Measures ER - TY - CONF AU - Krauter, Stefan AU - Böcker, Joachim AU - Freitag, Christine AU - Hehenkamp, Burkhard AU - Hilleringmann, Ulrich AU - Temmen, Katrin AU - Klaus, Tobias AU - Rohrer, Nicolaus AU - Lehmann, Sven ID - 22218 KW - Art-D KW - Afrika KW - Resilienz KW - Resilience KW - Grid stability KW - robustness KW - microgrids SN - 978-3-948176-14-3 T2 - Tagungsband des 36. PV-Symposiums, 18.-26 Mai 2021 TI - Projekt Art-D Grids: Nachhaltige und stabile Microgrids in Afrika - eine Plattform für Forschung und Lehre für die Entwicklung ER -