Electricity generation using solar photovoltaic systems pose a unique challenge to improve the efficiency and to minimise the manufacturing cost. Research and development in this area has been expanding as it is environmentally friendly and helps the planet to reduce the greenhouse gas emission while reducing the carbon footprint. As a result, solar photovoltaic (PV) electrical power generation...

This paper proposes an efficient optimization approach to determine the optimal placement and size of Static VAR Compensator (SVC) in a hybrid power system. The hybrid power system consists of conventional thermal generators, wind farms and solar photovoltaic (PV) modules. In this paper, the optimal placement and size of SVC is determined by considering the voltage deviations minimizations and ...

This paper proposes a predictive dispatch model to manage energy flexibility in the domestic energy system. Electric Vehicles (EV), batteries and shiftable loads are devices that provide energy flexibility in the proposed system. The proposed energy management problem consists of two stages: day-ahead and real time. A hybrid method is defined for the first time in this paper to model the uncert...

This paper presents a Multi-Carrier Pulse Width Modulation control for a Single-phase 27-level Hybrid Multi-Level Inverter for photovoltaic systems. Multi-Carier Pulse Width Modulation technique uses a easy mapping to generate gate signals for the inverter.The Maximum Power Point Tracking is capable of extracting maximum power from PV array connected to each DC linkage voltage stage. The Maximu...

Owing to the evolution of the smart grid, the emergence of hybrid power systems (HPSs), and the proliferation of plug-in-hybrid electric vehicles, the development of efficient and robust maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithms for renewable energy sources due to their inherent intermittent nature has overwhelmed the power industry. In this paper, an incremental conductance (IC) based Her...

This paper presents a novel adaptive scheme for energy management in stand-alone hybrid power systems. The proposed management system is designed to manage the power flow between the hybrid power system and energy storage elements in order to satisfy the load requirements based on artificial neural network (ANN) and fuzzy logic controllers. The neural network controller is employed to achieve t...

This work presents a methodology for optimal parameter tuning of PID controller for frequency regulation in PV-Diesel two area power system. The gains of PV generator and diesel generator are optimized in a coordinated manner by employing biologically inspired optimized algorithms like Bat Algorithm (BA) and Firefly Algorithm (FA). Transfer function model of the diesel generator is interfaced w...

Environmental, economical and technical benefits of photovoltaic (PV) systems make them to be used in many countries. The main characteristic of PV systems is the fluctuations of their output power. Hence, high penetration of PV systems into electric network could be detrimental to overall system performance. Furthermore, the fluctuations in the output power of PV systems make it difficult to p...

Photovoltaic (PV) modules and solar thermal collectors are convectional solar systems that convert solar radiation into electricity and heat energy respectively. PV modules generate clean electricity and ideal for use in developing countries where human settlement is scattered in remote rural areas and no grid electricity is available. However, electrical conversion efficiency of commercial PV ...

It is necessary to form an energy system in order to deliver the electrical power to a region that delivering energy to them from the national grid is not possible. At the moment, using the hybrid renewable energy systems (HRES) is the suggestion of more articles and scientific books because of environmental problems, nearing to the end of fossil fuels, and challenges including unpredictability...