18Feb 2017

DESIGN OF HYBRID CONCENTRATED SOLAR AND WIND POWER PLANT FOR THE AUTONOMY OF ISLANDS.

  • PG Scholar, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology Coimbatore, India.
  • Head of the Department, Department of Communication Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore, India.
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Renewable energy sources can offer isolated communities the chance for employment to regulate their energy use in a manner that best suits their needs. This paper presents the simulation and thermodynamic evaluation of a stand-alone hybrid power plant using renewable energy sources and storage technologies exclusively. Here, the proposed system includes Vienna rectifier for the wind system in order to reduce voltage stress on semi conductor devices and switching losses. The analysis shows that the evaluated hybrid concentrating solar-wind power plant is a reliable alternative for satisfying the fluctuating electricity demand. The output stable and controlled autonomous performance using the complementary character of solar and wind energy, combined with energy storage is verified by simulating using MATLAB Simulink.


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[B. Dhivya and K. Malarvizhi. (2017); DESIGN OF HYBRID CONCENTRATED SOLAR AND WIND POWER PLANT FOR THE AUTONOMY OF ISLANDS. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 530-538] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com


B.Dhivya
PG Scholar, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Coimbatore

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3182      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3182