Modeling and control of a combined wind-solar microgrid

Author

Shen, Dan ; Izadian, Afshin

Author_Institution

Purdue Sch. of Eng. & Technol., Energy Syst. & Power Electron. Lab., Indianapolis, IN, USA

fYear

2014

Firstpage

2173

Lastpage

2179

Abstract

This paper introduces a standalone hybrid power generation system consisting of solar and wind power sources and a DC load. A supervisory control unit, designed to execute maximum power point tracking (MPPT), is introduced to maximize the simultaneous energy harvesting from overall power generation under different climatic conditions. Two contingencies are considered and categorized according to the power generation from each energy source, and the load requirement. Simulation results demonstrate effectiveness of the controllers and functionality of the maximum power point tracking algorithm in each operating condition for both solar and wind power sources.

Keywords

distributed power generation; energy harvesting; hybrid power systems; load management; maximum power point trackers; power generation control; solar power; solar power stations; wind power; wind power plants; DC load; MPPT; climatic conditions; combined wind-solar microgrid control; energy source; load requirement; maximum power point tracking algorithm; overall power generation; simultaneous energy harvesting maximization; solar power sources; standalone hybrid power generation system; supervisory control unit; wind power sources; Generators; Maximum power point trackers; Rotors; Wind power generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Industrial Electronics Society, IECON 2014 - 40th Annual Conference of the IEEE

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IECON.2014.7048803

Filename

7048803