Grid connected hybrid energy system with Maximum power point tracking technique

Author

Raj, Ashish ; Dash, S.S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., SRM Univ., Kattankulathur, India

fYear

2013

fDate

10-12 April 2013

Firstpage

338

Lastpage

342

Abstract

Research and development of alternate and economical friendly energy sources have shown excellent potential as a form of contribution to conventional power systems. The integration of renewable energy sources such as photovoltaic (PV) system, wind energy conversion (WECS) system and fuel cell (FC) system is an excellent option for distributed energy production. This paper is aimed at development and simulation of such a hybrid energy system which is being connected to grid and is being provided with a Maximum power point tracking (MPPT) technique to track maximum power from individual system. The proposed system is connected to grid through an inverter, which can achieve dc bus voltage regulation or stabilisation if one or more of the energy sources are diminished.

Keywords

distributed power generation; fuel cell power plants; hybrid power systems; invertors; maximum power point trackers; photovoltaic power systems; power grids; wind power plants; FC system; MPPT technique; PV systems; WECS system; dc bus voltage regulation; dc bus voltage stabilisation; distributed energy production; fuel cell system; grid connected hybrid energy system; inverter; maximum power point tracking technique; photovoltaic system; power systems; renewable energy sources; wind energy conversion system; Fuel cells; Hybrid power systems; Inverters; Maximum power point trackers; Photovoltaic systems; Wind energy; Wind turbines; Fuel cell(FC); Maximum Power Point Tracking(MPPT); Photovoltaic (PV); Wind Energy Conversion system(WECS);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Energy Efficient Technologies for Sustainability (ICEETS), 2013 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagercoil

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-6149-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICEETS.2013.6533406

Filename

6533406