Load commutation for stand alone wind and PV hydrogen energy system

Author

Agbossou, Kodjo ; Hamelin, Jean ; Laperrière, André ; Laurencelle, François ; Bose, Tapan K.

Author_Institution

Inst. de Recherche sur l´´hydrogene, Quebec Univ., Trois-Rivieres, Que., Canada

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

555

Abstract

The authors present a renewable energy (RE) system based on production and storage of hydrogen. The principal source of energy is a wind turbine (WT) generating a maximum power of 10 kW. The energy from the WT will be directed to the load while the remaining excess power, when available, will be used to produce and store hydrogen. They also have as secondary power source a photovoltaic (PV) away generating a maximum power of 1 kW. The hydrogen will then be restored to the stand alone site to produce electrical energy, via proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEMFC) as a load-levelling electrical system, when not enough energy is produced from the RE sources

Keywords

commutation; hydrogen economy; load (electric); photovoltaic power systems; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; solar cell arrays; solar power stations; wind power plants; 1 kW; PV arrays; hydrogen production; hydrogen storage; load commutation; load-levelling electrical system; proton exchange membrane fuel cells; renewable energy; secondary power source; stand-alone wind-PV hydrogen energy system; Energy storage; Hydrogen storage; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Power system restoration; Production systems; Renewable energy resources; Solar power generation; Wind energy generation; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2000 Canadian Conference on

Conference_Location

Halifax, NS

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5957-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2000.849771

Filename

849771