Optimal Sizing and Management of Hybrid Wind Turbine-Diesel-Battery System for Reverse Osmosis Seawater Desalination in NEOM City

Table 6

Economic comparison between the best option and the base system.

	Nominal cash flows				Discounted cash flows
	Best option		Base system (DG/BS)		Best option		Base system (DG/BS)
Year	Annual	cumulative	Annual	cumulative	Annual	cumulative	Annual	cumulative
0	221,947.59	221,947.59	14,726.25	14,726.25	221,947.59	221,947.59	14,726.25	14,726.25
1	49,531.27	271,478.86	73,614.00	88,340.25	46,779.54	268,727.12	69,524.33	84,250.58
2	49,531.27	321,010.14	86,114.00	174,454.25	44,180.67	312,907.80	76,996.41	161,246.99
3	49,531.27	370,541.41	73,614.00	248,068.25	41,726.19	354,633.99	62,013.99	223,260.98
4	62,031.27	432,572.68	86,114.00	334,182.25	49,859.86	404,493.85	68,846.51	292,107.49
5	71,851.27	504,423.96	73,614.00	407,796.25	54,272.44	458,766.28	55,314.95	347,422.44
6	49,531.27	553,955.23	86,114.00	493,910.25	35,151.02	493,917.31	61,561.37	408,983.81
7	62,031.27	615,986.50	86,114.00	580,024.25	41,937.38	535,854.69	57,790.13	466,773.94
8	49,531.27	665,517.78	73,614.00	653,638.25	31,353.85	567,208.53	46,598.48	513,372.42
9	49,531.27	715,049.05	86,114.00	739,752.25	29,611.97	596,820.50	51,672.33	565,044.75
10	84,351.27	799,400.32	73,614.00	813,366.25	48,304.04	645,124.54	41,564.69	606,609.44
11	49,531.27	848,931.60	86,114.00	899,480.25	26,413.14	671,537.68	46,203.76	652,813.20
12	49,531.27	898,462.87	86,114.00	985,594.25	24,945.75	696,483.42	43,375.06	696,188.26
13	62,031.27	960,494.14	73,614.00	1,059,208.25	29,669.75	726,153.17	35,014.98	731,203.24
14	49,531.27	1,010,025.42	86,114.00	1,145,322.25	22,250.99	748,404.16	38,782.66	769,985.89
15	78,978.86	1,089,004.28	74,445.25	1,219,767.50	33,994.48	782,398.64	31,585.17	801,571.07
16	62,031.27	1,151,035.55	86,114.00	1,305,881.50	24,956.06	807,354.70	34,677.65	836,248.72
17	49,531.27	1,200,566.83	73,614.00	1,379,495.50	18,744.70	826,099.41	27,858.61	864,107.33
18	49,531.27	1,250,098.10	86,114.00	1,465,609.50	17,703.33	843,802.74	31,008.22	895,115.55
19	84,351.27	1,334,449.37	86,114.00	1,551,723.50	28,598.07	872,400.81	29,108.54	924,224.09
20	49,531.27	1,383,980.65	73,614.00	1,625,337.50	15,790.93	888,191.75	23,468.68	947,692.77
21	49,531.27	1,433,511.92	86,114.00	1,711,451.50	14,913.66	903,105.41	26,027.08	973,719.85
22	62,031.27	1,495,543.19	73,614.00	1,785,065.50	17,656.82	920,762.22	20,933.49	994,653.34
23	49,531.27	1,545,074.47	86,114.00	1,871,179.50	13,302.62	934,064.84	23,272.63	1,017,925.97
24	71,851.27	1,616,925.74	86,114.00	1,957,293.50	18,375.47	952,440.30	21,847.74	1,039,773.71
25	1,563.48)	1,618,489.22	66,941.92	2,024,235.42	374.54	952,814.85	16,036.46	1,055,810.17