3.1. Load profiles considered for the Thesis ................................................................................. 71 3.2. Renewable power resources ...................................................................................................... 72 3.2.1. Solar irradiation and wind speed ....................................................................................................... 72
3.2.2. Power outputs of a PV‐panel and a wind turbine ........................................................................ 73
3.3. Preliminary Sizing of System Elements .................................................................................. 75 3.3.1. Preliminary Sizing of the Battery bank ............................................................................................ 75
3.3.2. Preliminary sizing of PV‐arrays ........................................................................................................... 75
3.3.3. Sizing of the renewable energy sources in hybrid systems ..................................................... 77
CHAPTER – 4: Implementation, Modeling And Simulation of the Hybrid Generation System. ...................................................................................................................... 78 4.1. Proposed System Design ............................................................................................................. 78 4.2. PV Array Technical Specification .............................................................................................. 79 4.2.1. PV Panel Model ........................................................................................................................................... 79
I‐V and P‐V characteristics of Single PV panel ........................................................................................... 80
4.2.2. PV Array Model ........................................................................................................................................... 81
4.2.3. Simulation Result ....................................................................................................................................... 82
4.2.4. Boost converter .......................................................................................................................................... 84
4.2.5. Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) modeling ................................................................... 84
4.2.6. VSC converter .............................................................................................................................................. 86
