Promising converters of wind and solar energy into electric energy for electrotechnical complexes

Abstract

The study prospects and reasons the application of wind and solar energy for power supply of industrial facilities. It also analysis current converters of wind and solar energy. The authors provide original designs of a wind-solar generator, axial two-input electrical generator machine, synchronized axial twoinput generator for power supply of local and remote facilities (in terms of power mains accessibility), which enable production of electric energy by concurrent conversion of kinetic wind energy and solar photo energy. The developed systems are capable of working both autonomously and in parallel with industrial threephase AC power lines. Moreover, the elaborated systems allow improving the mass and dimensional characteristics of laboratory test beds, reducing their cost, simplifying their design, enhancing general reliability, reducing energy losses, thus increasing the efficiency factor.