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An operating method using prediction of photovoltaic power for a photovoltaic–diesel hybrid power generation system
Author(s) -
Yamamoto Shigehiro,
Sumi Kazuyoshi,
Nishikawa Eiichi,
Hashimoto Takeshi
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
electrical engineering in japan
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.136
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1520-6416
pISSN - 0424-7760
DOI - 10.1002/eej.20116
Subject(s) - photovoltaic system , automotive engineering , diesel generator , battery (electricity) , diesel fuel , maximum power point tracking , power (physics) , stand alone power system , inverter , hybrid power , grid connected photovoltaic power system , engineering , electrical engineering , renewable energy , distributed generation , voltage , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper describes a novel operating method using prediction of photovoltaic (PV) power for a photovoltaic–diesel hybrid power generation system. The system is composed of a PV array, a storage battery, a bidirectional inverter, and a diesel engine generator (DG). The proposed method enables the system to save fuel consumption by using PV energy effectively, reducing charge and discharge energy of the storage battery, and avoiding low‐load operation of the DG. The PV power is simply predicted from a theoretical equation of solar radiation and the observed PV energy for a constant time before the prediction. The fuel consumption of the proposed method is compared with that of other methods by a simulation based on measurement data of the PV power at an actual PV generation system for 1 year. The simulation results indicate that the amount of fuel consumption of the proposed method is smaller than that of any other methods, and is close to that of the ideal operation of the DG. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Electr Eng Jpn, 151(3): 8–18, 2005; Published online in Wiley InterScience ( www.interscience.wiley.com ). DOI 10.1002/eej.20116