Open AccessStand‐alone AC‐DC microgrid‐based wind‐solar hybrid generation scheme with autonomous energy exchange topologies suitable for remote rural area power supply
Author(s) -
Parida Adikanda,
Chatterjee Debashis
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international transactions on electrical energy systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.428
H-Index - 42
ISSN - 2050-7038
DOI - 10.1002/etep.2520
Subject(s) - microgrid , photovoltaic system , renewable energy , wind power , distributed generation , electricity generation , engineering , solar power , stand alone power system , automotive engineering , electrical engineering , computer science , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
Summary Most of the rural villages throughout the world are isolated from rest of the regions in accessibility to the electricity that considerably affects the sustainable development of this region. Low generation capacity addition, accessibility, and affordability of electrical power in the remote area are the major causes responsible for such situations. This long‐standing problem can be addressed through user friendly power supply from renewable power generation system with microgrid topology. In this paper a solar photovoltaic‐augmented, cogeneration‐based wind power generation scheme has been proposed for remote rural area power supply. This stand‐alone hybrid‐microgrid‐based power generation scheme will provide uninterrupted power to the under privileged village peoples at minimum cost unlike the existing utility supply. Considering, the complementary nature of the available wind and solar power, this paper also presents a coordinated control mechanism that ensures the automatic power exchange facility within the microgrid effectively. The scheme has been simulated by using MATLAB Simulink‐2016 simulation tool and practically implemented using a dSPACE CP1104 interfacing device, and the results are found satisfactory.