Power electronics interface for hybrid renewable energy system — A survey

Author

Manojkumar, M. ; Porkumaran, K. ; Kathirvel, C.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Dr. N.G.P. Inst. of Technol., Coimbatore, India

fYear

2014

fDate

6-8 March 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

Renewable energy is gaining its importance widely on because of continuous degrading of conventional energy resources. Due to the intermittent availability of renewable energy sources which makes the system variable in nature, the involvement of power electronic components gain its importance. This paper investigates the various methods practiced in power electronic interfaces to tap energy from hybrid renewable energy sources. Advanced trends in power electronics for the integration of solar and wind power generators are discussed. This paper also investigates the efficient storage system technology for hybrid wind solar power generation system.

Keywords

power electronics; renewable energy sources; solar power stations; wind power plants; hybrid renewable energy sources; hybrid wind solar power generation system; power electronics interface; storage system technology; Batteries; Generators; Hybrid power systems; Power harmonic filters; Renewable energy sources; Wind power generation; Wind turbines; Converters; Grid; Hybrid; Power electronics; Renewable energy;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Green Computing Communication and Electrical Engineering (ICGCCEE), 2014 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Coimbatore

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICGCCEE.2014.6922428

Filename

6922428