A Novel Fused Converter for Hybrid Power Systems

Abstract

—Hybrid power system consists of different sources of electrical energy with different operating times during different seasons. Deployment of a hybrid power system is expected in rural areas. Supplying remote load systems such as rural telephony, hospitals, military etc.., where continuous power supply is required, can be realized with the combination of wind and solar power. The proposed topology is designed for telecom load which uses dual input dc-dc fused converter for combining solar and wind energy sources. For the further research and improvements in the proposed fused converter topology, it is necessary to know in detail the power flow from solar and wind sources to the load or to storage battery depending on different seasons. For various wind speed with constant solar irirradiation and, for various solar irirradiations with constant wind speed, the power flow of the hybrid power system is simulated and presented. The same topology is investigated for different switching frequencies (10 kHz and 20 kHz), using MATLAB/SIMULINK, and the efficiencies are calculated.

PV and Wind Energy Conversion Exploration based on Grid Integrated Hybrid Generation Using the Cuttlefish Algorithm

“…The CFA was adopted for dc voltage regulation and its performance was compared with conventional controllers', such as the AWT controller and the PSO algorithm. The simulation parameters are listed in Table I [7].…”