Table Of ContentGreen Energy and Technology
S. Sumathi
L. Ashok Kumar
P. Surekha
Solar PV and Wind
Energy Conversion
Systems
An Introduction to Theory, Modeling
with MATLAB/SIMULINK, and the Role
of Soft Computing Techniques
Green Energy and Technology
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S. Sumathi • L. Ashok Kumar • P. Surekha
Solar PV and Wind Energy
Conversion Systems
An Introduction to Theory, Modeling
with MATLAB/SIMULINK, and the Role
of Soft Computing Techniques
S.Sumathi L.AshokKumar
ElectricalandElectronicsEngineering ElectricalandElectronicsEngineering
PSGCollegeofTechnology PSGCollegeofTechnology
Coimbatore,TamilNadu,India Coimbatore,TamilNadu,India
P.Surekha
ElectricalandElectronicsEngineering
PESUniversity
Bangalore,Karnataka,India
ISSN1865-3529 ISSN1865-3537 (electronic)
GreenEnergyandTechnology
ISBN978-3-319-14940-0 ISBN978-3-319-14941-7 (eBook)
DOI10.1007/978-3-319-14941-7
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Preface
Solar PV and wind energy is an integral part of different renewable energy
resources,ingeneral,and,inparticular,itisthemainandcontinuousinputvariable
from the practically inexhaustible sun. Solar energy is expected to play a very
significant role in the future especially in developing countries, but it also has
potentialindeveloped countries.Overthepastfewyears,windenergyhasshown
thefastestrateofgrowthofanyformofelectricitygenerationwithitsdevelopment
stimulated by concerns of national policy makers over climate change, energy
diversity and security of supply. The material presented in this book has been
chosen to provide a comprehensive account of solar energy modeling methods
basedonMATLAB/SIMULINK.
The book is intended for later year undergraduate, post-graduate and research
studentsinterestedinunderstandingthemodelingandcontroloflargewindturbine
generatorsbasedonMATLAB/SIMULINK.Itstartswithareviewoftheprinciples
ofoperation,modeling andcontrol ofthecommon solar energyand windgenera-
tion systems and then moves on to discuss grid compatibility, power quality
issues and hybrid models of solar PV and Wind Energy Conversion Systems.
MATLAB/SIMULINK models of fuel cell technology and their converters are
discussed in detail. The impact of soft computing techniques such as neural
networks,fuzzylogic,andgeneticalgorithmsintheareaofsolarandwindenergy
isexplainedwithpracticalimplementationusingMATLAB/SIMULINKmodels.
Coimbatore,India S.Sumathi
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Acknowledgement
The authors are always thankful to the Almighty for perseverance and
achievements.
The authors owe their gratitude to Mr. L. Gopalakrishnan, Managing Trustee,
PSGInstitutions,andDr.R.Rudramoorthy,Principal,PSGCollegeofTechnology,
Coimbatore,fortheirwhole-heartedcooperationandgreatencouragementgivenin
thissuccessfulendeavour.
Dr. Sumathi owes much to her daughter, S. Priyanka, who has helped a lot in
monopolizinghertimeonbookworkandsubstantiallyrealizedtheresponsibility.
She feels happy and proud for the steel frame support rendered by her husband,
Mr. Sai Vadivel. Dr. Sumathi would like to extend whole-hearted thanks to her
parentswhohavereducedthefamilycommitmentsandfortheirconstantsupport.
SheisgreatlythankfultoherbrotherMr.M.S.Karthikeyanwhohasalwaysbeena
“Stimulator” for her progress. She is pertinent in thanking her parents-in-laws for
theirgreatmoralsupport.
Dr. L. Ashok Kumar would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge those
peoplewhohelpedmeincompletingthisbook.Thisbookwouldnothavecometo
its completion without the help of my students, my department staff and my
institute. My sincere gratitude and thanks are due to our Management and to our
Principal Dr. R. Rudramoorthy for providing me such a wonderful platform to
perform.Iamthankfultoallmystudentswhoaredoingtheirprojectandresearch
workwithme.Butthewritingofthisbookisgreatlypossiblemainlybecauseofthe
supportofmyfamilymembers,parentsandsisters.
Most importantly, I am very grateful to my wife, Y. Uma Maheswari, for her
constant support during writing, and without her all these things would not
be possible. I would like to express my special gratitude to my daughter,
A.K.Sangamithra,forhersmilingfaceandsupport,thishelpedalotincompleting
thisbookworkeven there isanybacklog andthewriting ofthisbookhas takena
significantamountofmyplaytimewithher.
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viii Acknowledgement
Dr.P.Surekhawouldliketothankherparents,husband,Mr.A.Srinivasan,and
daughter,Baby.S.Saisusritha,whoshoulderedalotofextraresponsibilitiesduring
themonthsthiswasbeingwritten.Theydidthiswiththelong-termvision,depthof
character,andpositiveoutlookthataretrulybefittingoftheirname.
The authors wish to thank all their friends and colleagues who have been with
theminalltheirendeavourswiththeirexcellent,unforgettablehelpandassistance
inthesuccessfulexecutionofthework.
About This Book
Solar and wind energy are expected to play a very significant role in the future
especiallyindevelopingcountries,butitalsohaspotentialindevelopedcountries.
The material presented in this book has been chosen to provide a comprehensive
accountofsolarandwindenergymodelingmethods.Forthispurpose,explanatory
backgroundmaterialhasbeenintroducedwithMATLABbasedsimulationmodels
withtheintentionthatengineersandscientistscanbenefitonthesubjectbothfrom
applicationandresearchpointsofview.Inpracticalimplementation,theefficiency
ofsolarPVandwindenergyconversionsystemsisless,henceconvertersareused
to improve the efficiency. Converters are designed using MATLAB/SIMULINK
models thus increasing the efficiency and providing several applications in the
research perspective. Recent trends in solar and wind energy based on soft com-
putingtechniquesarealsoprovidedwithpracticalexamplesandSimulinkmodels.
Salient Features
Thesalientfeaturesofthisbookinclude:
• DetaileddescriptionofsolarPVandtheircomponents.
• Theoryandpracticalapplicationsofwindenergyconversionsystems.
• MATLAB/SIMULINK based models of solar and wind energy conversion
systems.
• Hybridenergysystems,powerqualityissuesandgridintegrationtechniques.
• Applications of solar and wind energy conversion systems based on soft
computing.
• Implementationofsoft computing based solar PVandwindenergyconversion
systemsusingMATLAB/SIMULINK.
• Principle of fuel cell, converters used in fuel cell and architecture models for
highpowerandhighvoltageapplications.
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