Methodology for optimally sizing the combination of a battery bank and PV array in a wind/PV hybrid system

Author

Borowy, Bogdan S. ; Salameh, Ziyad M.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Massachusetts Univ., Lowell, MA, USA

Volume

11

Issue

2

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

367

Lastpage

375

Abstract

In this paper, a methodology for calculation of the optimum size of a battery bank and the PV array for a standalone hybrid wind/PV power system is developed. Long term data of wind speed and irradiance recorded for every hour of the day for 30 years were used. These data were used to calculate the average power generated by a wind turbine and a PV module for every hour of a typical day in a month. A load of a typical house in Massachusetts, USA, was used as a load demand of the hybrid system. For a given load and a desired loss of power supply probability, an optimum number of batteries and PV modules was calculated based on the minimum cost of the power system

Keywords

battery storage plants; economics; load (electric); optimisation; photovoltaic power systems; power system reliability; secondary cells; solar cell arrays; solar cells; wind power plants; PV array; PV module; USA; battery bank; load demand; loss of power supply probability; minimum cost; sizing optimisation; standalone hybrid wind/PV power system; wind turbine; Batteries; Costs; Fault location; Photovoltaic systems; Probability; Solar power generation; Wind energy; Wind energy generation; Wind speed; Wind turbines;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Energy Conversion, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8969

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/60.507648

Filename

507648