Hybrid solar-wind power monitoring and control system

摘要

The use of clean and renewable power sources has become a matter of study since early 80s. The solar plants and wind-turbines have presented an enormous advance in electrical power generation and cogeneration; however, their main drawbacks such as no solar power generation is achieved during darkness or no wind energy generation when wind speed is higher than rotor can handle. This work presents a hybrid system, which combine two electricity generating systems, wind turbines and solar panels, to save energy in batteries and overcome the main problems these two systems show. This smart propose can switch between both generating systems to maintain a constant energy production and keep longer battery life. Besides, a consumption monitoring record is achieved to study the load behavior.