Browsing by Author "Nempu, P.B."

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Integrated power flowand voltage regulation of stand-alone PV-fuel cell system with supercapacitors
(2017) Sabhahit, J.N.; Gaonkar, D.N.; Nempu, P.B.
The output of the solar cell is fluctuating due to intermittency of solar irradiation. Hybridizing the solar photovoltaic (PV) system with other sources and appropriate storage devices is essential to generate electricity continuously. This paper presents the control strategies for a PV-fuel cell hybrid power system with supercapacitor bank for isolated load applications. Supercapacitor bank is controlled using a bidirectional DC/DC converter so as to regulate voltage at a DC link and to keep the system stable under transient load variations. The H-bridge inverter is controlled to regulate voltage and frequency across the load. The PV system is controlled to extract maximum power using the maximum power point tracking algorithm. This paper aims to provide a single-phase supply with constant voltage and frequency to the consumers with proper power sharing among different sources. The hybrid system is realized in Matlab/Simulink environment.
Integrated power flowand voltage regulation of stand-alone PV-fuel cell system with supercapacitors
(Acta Press journals@actapress.com, 2017) Sabhahit, J.N.; Gaonkar, D.N.; Nempu, P.B.
The output of the solar cell is fluctuating due to intermittency of solar irradiation. Hybridizing the solar photovoltaic (PV) system with other sources and appropriate storage devices is essential to generate electricity continuously. This paper presents the control strategies for a PV-fuel cell hybrid power system with supercapacitor bank for isolated load applications. Supercapacitor bank is controlled using a bidirectional DC/DC converter so as to regulate voltage at a DC link and to keep the system stable under transient load variations. The H-bridge inverter is controlled to regulate voltage and frequency across the load. The PV system is controlled to extract maximum power using the maximum power point tracking algorithm. This paper aims to provide a single-phase supply with constant voltage and frequency to the consumers with proper power sharing among different sources. The hybrid system is realized in Matlab/Simulink environment.
Novel Power Smoothing Technique for a Hybrid AC-DC Microgrid Operating with Multiple Alternative Energy Sources
(Universitatea "Stefan cel Mare" din Suceava, 2021) Nempu, P.B.; Sabhahit, J.N.; Gaonkar, D.N.; Rao, V.S.
The power produced by renewable sources such as photovoltaic systems and wind energy conversion systems is highly intermittent due to continuously changing irradiance and wind velocity. When the distributed generation systems employing photovoltaic (PV) array and wind energy conversion system (WECS) operate in grid-tied mode, the power fluctuations affect the power quality of the grid. In a hybrid AC-DC microgrid (HMG), the dynamics of DC and AC subgrids influence each other. This paper proposes a supercapacitor based novel power smoothing methodology for the HMG with PV array, WECS, fuel cell (FC) and electrolyzer (EL) based hydrogen storage system considering the power fluctuations in both subgrids. The power smoothing technique on the DC subgrid aims to facilitate instantaneous power balance. The Kalman filter (KF) based velocity smoothing (KFV) approach is developed for the WECS. The KFV technique is compared with the power smoothing techniques presented in the literature. The KFV method is found to be effective in computing the smooth power reference for the supercapacitor system. By incorporating the proposed power smoothing technique in the HMG, the stress on the interlinking converter (ILC) and utility grid are minimized and the power quality is enhanced. © 2021. All Rights Reserved.
Power control of PV/fuel cell/supercapacitor hybrid system for stand-alone applications
(2016) Jayalakshmi, N.S.; Gaonkar, D.N.; Nempu, P.B.
This paper presents modeling and control of photovoltaic/fuel cell/supercapacitor hybrid power system for stand-alone applications. The hybrid power system uses solar photovoltaic array and fuel cell as the main sources. These sources share their power effectively to meet the load demand. The supercapacitor bank is used to supply or absorb the power during load transients. The main control system comprises of controller for maximum power tracking from photovoltaic system, a DC-DC boost converter with controller for fuel cell system for power management and inverter controller to regulate voltage and frequency. The stand-alone hybrid system aims to provide quality power supply to the consumers with a constant voltage and frequency along with proper power management using simple control techniques. The modeling and control strategies of the hybrid system are realized in MATLAB/Simulink.
Power control of PV/fuel cell/supercapacitor hybrid system for stand-alone applications
(International Journal of Renewable Energy Research, 2016) Sabhahit, N.S.; Gaonkar, D.N.; Nempu, P.B.
This paper presents modeling and control of photovoltaic/fuel cell/supercapacitor hybrid power system for stand-alone applications. The hybrid power system uses solar photovoltaic array and fuel cell as the main sources. These sources share their power effectively to meet the load demand. The supercapacitor bank is used to supply or absorb the power during load transients. The main control system comprises of controller for maximum power tracking from photovoltaic system, a DC-DC boost converter with controller for fuel cell system for power management and inverter controller to regulate voltage and frequency. The stand-alone hybrid system aims to provide quality power supply to the consumers with a constant voltage and frequency along with proper power management using simple control techniques. The modeling and control strategies of the hybrid system are realized in MATLAB/Simulink.