Title :
Performance evaluation of stand-alone wind/photovoltaic generating systems
Author :
Nehrir, M.H. ; LaMeres, B.J. ; Venkataramanan, G. ; Gerez, V. ; Alvarado, L.A.
Author_Institution :
Electr. & Comput. Eng. Dept., Montana State Univ., Bozeman, MT, USA
Abstract :
This paper describes the development of a computer model for performance evaluation of stand-alone wind/photovoltaic generating systems. Models for different system components are developed, integrated and used to predict the behavior of generating systems based on available wind/solar and load data. The model is useful for evaluating the performance of stand-alone generating systems and gaining a better insight in the component sizes needed before they are built. Simulation results are presented for performance evaluation of a stand-alone generating system that has been previously designed to supply the average power demand of a typical residential house. An electric water heater model is used as a dump load, and the excess available wind/solar-generated power is used to heat the water. The heated water is used as the inlet water to the main house water heater, which is assumed to be nonelectric
Keywords :
electric heating; load (electric); photovoltaic power systems; power engineering computing; solar cell arrays; solar power stations; wind power plants; component sizes; computer model; computer simulation; dump load; electric water heater model; generating systems behaviour prediction; performance evaluation; power demand; residential house; stand-alone wind/photovoltaic generating systems; Photovoltaic systems; Power generation; Power supplies; Power system modeling; Predictive models; Solar heating; Solar power generation; Water heating; Wind energy generation; Wind forecasting;
Conference_Titel :
Power Engineering Society Summer Meeting, 1999. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Edmonton, Alta.
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5569-5
DOI :
10.1109/PESS.1999.784409
