Investigations on PMBLDCG for Micro Hydro Power Generation

Abstract

This paper presents permanent magnet brushless DC (PMBLDC) generator based Micro hydro power generation system. The micro hydro power generation scheme presented in this paper is found highly suitable for hilly and remote locations. More particularly for the villages located in the mountain areas. The different system characteristics of the permanent magnet brushless direct current generator (PMBLDCG) based power generation scheme under various operating conditions have been investigated and presented in this paper. The performance of the system is investigated with two different DC-DC converters for steady state and dynamic conditions under varying turbine speeds. The investigations on schemes are simulated on MATLAB/Simulink platform. The simulation results presented in this paper are highly useful for in-depth understanding of the PMBLDC generator based micro hydro power generation system.