Performance study of roof top wind solar microgrid system in isolated mode of operation

Abstract

The increasing interconnection of distributed generation sources of diverse technologies to low voltage grids introduces considerable complexity in its operation and control. The concept of the microgrid is emerging as a solution to this and also to take full advantage of the potential offered by distributed generation resources. In this paper the performance study of a roof top wind solar hybrid microgrid in isolated mode of operation has been presented. The developed 10 kW microgrid consists of two wind turbine of 3.2 kW each and a PV system of 3.6 kW peak. The microgrid is interfaced to the load through a voltage source inverter. The performance of wind system in the developed microgrid has been investigated under different input conditions and practical results have been reported in this paper. © 2014 IEEE.