Title :
Power Management of a Stand-Alone Wind/Photovoltaic/Fuel Cell Energy System
Author :
Wang, Caisheng ; Nehrir, M. Hashem
Author_Institution :
Div. of Eng. Technol., Wayne State Univ., Detroit, MI
Abstract :
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 an FC-electrolyzer combination is used as a backup and a 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 :
fuel cell power plants; hybrid power systems; photovoltaic power systems; power system management; wind power plants; AC-linked hybrid wind-photovoltaic-fuel cell; FC-electrolyzer combination; MATLAB; Simulink; hybrid energy system; load demand profile; power management; stand-alone wind-photovoltaic-fuel cell energy system; Energy management; Energy storage; Fuel cells; Load flow; Mathematical model; Photovoltaic systems; Power system management; Power system modeling; Solar power generation; Wind; Alternative energy; electrolyzer; fuel cell (FC); hybrid; photovoltaic (PV); power management; stand-alone; wind;
Journal_Title :
Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEC.2007.914200
