Stand-Alone Hybrid Photovoltaic-Wind Generation System: Practical Based Approach

Muhammad Sharil, Yahaya and Norhafiz, Salim and Aminurrashid, Noordin and Nurul Ain , Mohd Said and Muhamad Faizal, Yaakob (2013) Stand-Alone Hybrid Photovoltaic-Wind Generation System: Practical Based Approach. Project Report. UTeM, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

In the era of high energy prices, many people are looking to use alternative sources of energy. The energy can be generated from various sources such as nuclear, hydroelectric, natural gas, petroleum and renewable energy. Nowadays, the stand alone renewable energy is one of the efficient solutions to generate energy without any harm pollution. Renewable energy consists of a solar energy, wind energy, geothermal energy and hydropower. The combination of two or more types of renewable energy sources is defined as a hybrid energy system. This project is about study and analyzes the effectiveness of stand-alone hybrid for PV-Wind generation system installed at Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UTeM. The hybrid PV-Wind at UTeM is combination of wind turbine generator and solar PV system. It used to charge battery and power up the LED street lighting. The focus of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of the system installed by referring to important parameters and characteristics such as voltage, current, power, irradiance and wind speed value. The power analyzer meter has been used to measure and logged the output data such as current and voltage of the system. Besides that, the solar radiation meter has been used to measure the solar radiation and anemometer used to measure the wind speed. The relationships of all important parameters measured has been analyze and studied. Based on the result, it shows that this hybrid system is able to generate electricity effectively and operate as stand-alone system for the street lighting system.

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