The Role of Power Electronics in Renewable Energy Systems Research and Development

Author

Shinde, S.M. ; Patil, K.D. ; Khairnar, S.S. ; Gandhare, W.Z.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Gov. Coll. of Eng., Aurangabad, India

fYear

2009

fDate

16-18 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

726

Lastpage

730

Abstract

Power electronics (PE) is an application oriented and interdisciplinary area. It uses power semiconductor devices to perform switching action in order to achieve a desired conversion strategy. The PE plays crucial role of conversion and control electrical power. Therefore, PE based power converters are also widely used in renewable energy systems. This papers deals only with the wind and solar-PV systems as they are the most promising renewable energy sources for generation of electricity. Therefore, sustainable growth of wind and solar-PV powered electricity generation is expected in the years to come. The aim of this paper is to illustrate and highlight the role of PE in the research and development of renewable energy systems. To illustrate and highlight the role of PE in research and development of renewable energy systems using wind and Solar-PV, two cases of each type are presented in this paper.

Keywords

photovoltaic power systems; power convertors; power semiconductor devices; research and development; wind power plants; power converters; power electronics; power semiconductor devices; renewable energy systems; solar-photovoltaic systems; wind power systems; Educational institutions; Induction generators; Power electronics; Power generation; Renewable energy resources; Research and development; Solar power generation; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind speed;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology (ICETET), 2009 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nagpur

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-5250-7

Electronic_ISBN

978-0-7695-3884-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETET.2009.224

Filename

5395021