Combining of renewable energy sources to improve energy production

Other Title(s)

دمج مصادر الطاقة المتجددة لتحسين إنتاج الطاقة

Dissertant

al-Sub, Azzah Nayif

Thesis advisor

al-Jabburi, Sallum

Comitee Members

Abbadi, Usamah
Muhammad, Ramadan Jabr
al-Matarnih, Asir

University

Mutah University

Faculty

Faculty of Engineering

Department

Mechanical Engineering Department

University Country

Jordan

Degree

Master

Degree Date

2016

English Abstract

Solar energy has a drawback when it works individually, because it could not produce electrical energy in rainy and cloudy seasons, and during the night time.

Wind energy is not constant and it varies from zero to storm force.

This means that wind turbines do not produce the same amount of electricity all the time.

Therefore the need to overcome these drawbacks could be in using two energy resources so that any one source fails the other source will keep generating electricity, and in good weather condition, both sources can be combined.

In this study, a designed prototype that combines two energy resources wind and solar energy will be constructed and tested.

This design will supply the sustainable energy resources without damaging the nature and gives uninterrupted power.

The prototype in this work during day time will produce DC power by the solar PV cell which is stored in the battery bank through a hybrid controller, which maximizes charging current and prevents excessive discharge/overcharge.

Also the Wind turbine generator will generate power when wind speed exceeds cut-in speed; wind power is also stored in the battery bank through hybrid controller.

Energy stored in the battery is drawn by electrical loads through the inverter, which converts DC into AC power.

The inverter has in-built protection for short-circuit, reverse polarity, low battery voltage and over load.

The battery bank is sizing to feed loads up to two hours, during non sun/wind days, The designed prototype has shown an efficient combination of the two sources for a sustainable electricity supply for 24 hour.

This electrical power can be utilized for various purposes depending on the scale that will be designed

Main Subjects

Mechanical Engineering

No. of Pages

59

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Language

English

Data Type

Arab Theses

Record ID

BIM-749078