Study of a PV-Wind system in tropical conditions

Author

Soler-Bientz, Rolando ; Ricalde-Cab, Lifter ; Pérez, Luis Felipe Barahona ; Baeza, José Gonzalo Carrillo

Author_Institution

Energy Lab., Autonomous Univ. of Yucatan, Mérida, Mexico

fYear

2011

fDate

19-24 June 2011

Abstract

A PV-Wind hybrid system has been developed at the energy Laboratory of the Autonomous university of Yucatan in order to evaluate the performance of this kind of generators in the tropical conditions of the North of the Yucatan Peninsula. The systems comprise a PV array, a wind generator, a battery bank and a set of electric regulators, converters and an inverter. The voltage and the electric current of the main components of the system have been studied monthly along with their corresponding diurnal cycles. This paper presents an outline of the PV-Wind hybrid energy generator and its main characteristics which will allow to evaluate strategies to improve the performance of independent energy generation systems from renewable resources in the study region.

Keywords

hybrid power systems; photovoltaic power systems; renewable energy sources; wind power plants; Autonomous university of Yucatan; PV array; PV-wind hybrid energy generator system; Yucatan Peninsula; battery bank; converter; diurnal cycle; electric current; electric regulator; energy Laboratory; inverter; renewable resource; tropical condition; wind generator; Arrays; Current; Generators; Hybrid power systems; Photovoltaic systems; Wind; Wind energy generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC), 2011 37th IEEE

Conference_Location

Seattle, WA

ISSN

0160-8371

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9966-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.2011.6186317

Filename

6186317