PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF A WIND/DIESEL/BATTERY HYBRID

For domestic consumers in the remote areas that are not served by the main electrical grid network, diesel generators are the usual choice for electrical supply. As a result, plenty of servicing and maintenance needed to be done onto these diesel generators. Thus, researchers have come out with the ideas of introducing wind turbine working together with the diesel generators to form a hybrid power system. This paper utilised the MATLAB SIMULINK software in the modelling of such a wind/diesel/battery hybrid power system for a stand-alone unit in a remote location. This design allows for the addition of wind energy inputs in conjunction with the diesel generators for fuel saving. In addition, a battery bank was introduced to manage the load demand during peak hours. The economic dispatch of the diesel generators was also analysed for the system