Title: Performance of a PV-wind hybrid system under severe weather and loading conditions

Authors: Mostafa S. Fathy; Hilmy Awad; Hosam Hegarzy; E.E. Elkholy

Addresses: Ministry of Higher Education Cairo, College of Technology, Egypt ' Faculty of Industrial Education, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt ' Faculty of Industrial Education, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt ' Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Menoufia University, Egypt

Abstract: In this paper, an extensive study on the operation, control and performance of a hybrid photovoltaic and wind turbine system is presented. The study includes the operation of the hybrid system under different weather conditions which are reflected as a change in the wind speed and irradiance. Various loading conditions are investigated such as a change in active and reactive power demands for static and dynamic loads. The performance of the hybrid system is examined via MATLAB/SIMULINK simulations.

Keywords: DC-link voltage control; doubly-fed induction generator; DFIG; maximum power point tracking; MPPT; photovoltaic; PV; renewable energy; wind turbine.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIED.2018.093679

International Journal of Industrial Electronics and Drives, 2018 Vol.4 No.3, pp.145 - 154

Received: 16 Mar 2018
Accepted: 22 Apr 2018
Published online: 31 Jul 2018 *

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