Hybrid renewable energy systems for off-shore naval installations

Author

Barlowe, George ; Day, Robert ; Kilfoyle, Don ; Roberts, Richard ; Smith, Gary

Author_Institution

Northern Power Syst., Moretown, VT, USA

fYear

1988

fDate

1988

Firstpage

1179

Abstract

An overview of the design and testing of a hybrid system consisting of two North Wind 12 kW wind generators, a 5 kW Solarex photovoltaic array, and a 138 kWh GNB battery bank to provide power for an offshore tactical aircrew combat training system is presented. Test data were collected via a data acquisition system which provided data collection and reduction into hourly averages, system operational status information, current data, and a user system control. During the prototype testing, the system compiled a 100% availability record. The installation of eight offshore platform power systems is discussed.

Keywords

military systems; photovoltaic power systems; power supplies to apparatus; solar cell arrays; testing; wind power plants; 12 kW; 138 kWh; 5 kW; Solarex photovoltaic array; availability; battery; data acquisition system; installation; military systems; naval installations; offshore tactical aircrew combat training system; power supplies to apparatus; power systems; renewable energy systems; solar cell arrays; testing; wind generators; Batteries; Data acquisition; Hybrid power systems; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Renewable energy resources; Solar power generation; System testing; Wind energy generation; Wind power generation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1988., Conference Record of the Twentieth IEEE

Conference_Location

Las Vegas, NV, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PVSC.1988.105890

Filename

105890