Power management of a stand-alone wind/photovoltaic/fuel-cell energy system

Author

Wang, Caisheng ; Nehrir, Hashem

Author_Institution

Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI

fYear

2008

fDate

20-24 July 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

Summary form only given. This paper proposes an ac-linked hybrid wind/photovoltaic (PV)/fuel-cell (FC) alternative energy system for stand-alone applications. Wind and PV are the primary power sources of the system, and a FC-electrolyzer combination is used as a backup and long term storage system. An overall power management strategy is designed for the proposed system to manage power flows among the different energy sources and the storage unit in the system. A simulation model for the hybrid energy system has been developed using MATLAB/Simulink. The system performance under different scenarios has been verified by carrying out simulation studies using a practical load demand profile and real weather data.

Keywords

energy storage; fuel cell power plants; load flow; photovoltaic power systems; power system management; wind power plants; MATLAB-Simulink; alternative energy system; hybrid energy system; load demand profile; long term storage system; power management; power management strategy; stand-alone wind-photovoltaic-fuel-cell energy system; Energy management; Energy storage; Load flow; MATLAB; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Power system management; Power system modeling; Solar power generation; Wind;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power and Energy Society General Meeting - Conversion and Delivery of Electrical Energy in the 21st Century, 2008 IEEE

Conference_Location

Pittsburgh, PA

ISSN

1932-5517

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1905-0

Electronic_ISBN

1932-5517

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PES.2008.4596178

Filename

4596178