Power fluctuations suppression of stand-alone hybrid generation combining solar photovoltaic/wind turbine and fuel cell systems

Energy Conversion and Management

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2711-2719

  Ahmed, Nabil A ^a   Miyatake, Masafumi ^b   Al Othman, A K ^a  

^a The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

^b SOPHIA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

dc dc Boost converter; Fuel cell; Hybrid generation system; Maximum power point tracking; Solar photovoltaic; Variable speed wind turbine

Indexed keywords

CONTROL SYSTEMS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ENGINES; FUEL CELLS; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; POWER GENERATION; POWER PLANTS; POWER QUALITY; SOLAR CONCENTRATORS; SOLAR POWER GENERATION; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELLS (SOFC); TURBINES; WIND POWER; WIND TURBINES;

DC LOAD; DC-DC BOOST CONVERTER; DC-DC BOOST CONVERTERS; DC-DC CONVERTERS; ENERGY SOURCING; FUEL CELL; FUEL CELL SYSTEMS; HIGH-QUALITY POWER; HYBRID ENERGY SYSTEM; HYBRID GENERATION; HYBRID GENERATION SYSTEM; HYBRID SYSTEMS; ISOLATED ISLANDS; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM POWER POINT TRACKING; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; POWER APPLICATIONS; POWER FLOW; POWER FLUCTUATIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC; SOLAR PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS; VARIABLE SPEED WIND TURBINE; VARIABLE-SPEED WIND TURBINES;

SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 48849085968     PISSN: 01968904     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.enconman.2008.04.005     Document Type: Article

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