This paper investigates the role of reactive power compensator STATCOM and presents a control system based on simultaneous control of STATCOM reactive power and pitch angle of rotor blades for improving stability margin of speed of induction generator. As it can be seen in Fig. 12. critical clearing time i.e. …
Read More »Solar PV array reconfiguration under partial shading conditions for maximum power extraction using genetic algorithm
This paper presents Genetic Algorithm based reconfiguration scheme for the arrangement of PV modules in a PV array which exhibits increased array power generation under partially shaded conditions. The reconfiguration technique involves changes in the electrical interconnections for shade dispersion keeping the physical location of the PV modules unchanged. The …
Read More »Characterization of PV panel and global optimization of its model parameters using genetic algorithm
In this paper. a modeling method based on the genetic algorithm is proposed. The values of the PV module parameters were computed in such a way that the error between the simulation results and the data sheet information is minimized. A global optimization for the values of the parameters was …
Read More »A Surface Design for Enhancement of Light Trapping Efficiencies in Thin Film Silicon Solar Cells
Based on silver nanoparticle arrays and blazed grating arrays. we have designed structures of thin film silicon solar cells both at the front and the rear surfaces. In the design of the front surface of the cells. silver nanoparticle arrays have been placed in order to increase the light transmittance …
Read More »Thermal performance of a new CPC solar air collector with flat 1 micro-heat pipe arrays
In this paper. a novel type of CPC-SAC is presented. A series of experiments was conducted in 2014 in Beijing. China to investigate the thermal performance of the novel SAC. The collector exhibited a stable performance during the test period. with an annual average thermal efficiency of 52%. The novel …
Read More »A novel and accurate photovoltaic simulator based on seven-parameter model
In this paper. a comprehensive electrical modeling of PV has been carried out and a generalized PV simulator has been proposed and designed in MATLAB Simulink software package. The proposed simulator has been developed as a masked block. It can simulate any number of panels connected in series and parallel. …
Read More »Maximum power point tracking of partially shaded solar photovoltaic arrays
Based on the proposed technique. a two stage power electronic system architecture has been proposed as shown in Fig. 5. The system comprises of a boost type dc–dc converter and an inverter to feed the power generated by PV array to the grid and grid connected loads. The system configuration …
Read More »End-user experiences in nearly zero-energy houses
The goal of this study was to detect barriers to and opportunities for promoting nearly zero-energy dwellings on the basis of end-user experiences. by studying end-user satisfaction with nearly zero-energy houses. Developments in Germany and Austria (mainly the building of passive houses) are related to the European requirement for the …
Read More »Economic development and the demand for energy: A historical perspective on the next 20 years
For all we know today. and for all we can learn from history. the convergence of national energy intensity levels at lower and lower global values should continue—as long as economic openness allows global fuel trade. the exchange of technical knowledge and the standardisation of products to continue. Likewise. fuel …
Read More »Conventional architectures of the renewable energy based Hybrid Power Systems are majorly associated with power quality issues as discussed in Section II. This is the primary concern which leads for the novelty in this paper. The paper is focused on the d
Conventional architectures of the renewable energy based Hybrid Power Systems are majorly associated with power quality issues as discussed in Section II. This is the primary concern which leads for the novelty in this paper. The paper is focused on the design of renewable energy based HPS with power quality …
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