Development of a Solar PV Powered and Wind Turbine System

Abstract

ABSTRACT Wind power as a source of green and abundant energy is proposed as one of the main new world power sources and has acquired a great momentum across the world. In the last few decades, wind turbines with different generators have been developed to increase the maximum power capture, minimize the cost, and expand the use of the wind turbines in both onshore and offshore applications. This paper reviews the development of different types of wind turbine generator technologies and discusses advantages and disadvantages of each type. In addition, a comparison of different generator designs based on the technical data and market trends are provided. To better understand the development of generator concepts on the market, the market trends of current large generators with a capacity of 10W and above across the world are evaluated. Moreover, the dummy load indicator is ON and charging indicator is OFF after the maximum charging voltage is reached because the electricity is flowed to the dummy load. In the final case, the input voltage is set to be 16 V while the maximum voltage set in Arduino is 13 V. In this case,the charging indicator is OFF and dummy load indicator is ON which means that the Arduino has successfully switched the power to be flowed to dummy load.From the 3 (three) cases, it can be concluded that the designed controller works perfectly to control the charging process of the wind turbine. Moreover, the charging time needed in each case can also be determined. Now-a-days it is vastly used to reduce the dependency on traditional power sources. In this thesis, a modified photovoltaic system will be proposed to increase the use of solar energy. A control system will be designed to control the power system. It is envisioned that this system will reduce the consumption of grid power, which can be accumulated for cost minimization and power optimization.