Energy Production by Solar Tracking/ Anti-tracking Combined with Wind Turbine

Abstract

The efficient operation of companies distributing electricity is characterized by stable control of power in a grid. Integration of clean energy producers such as solar cells and wind turbine farms significantly complicate the mitigation of intermittent generation. Lengths of a sunny day, appearance/ disappearance of sun in clouds, changing speed and direction of wind complicate significantly the control of load stability in the grid. In current study, we describe a mini scale, I kW system comprising of solar panels and wind turbine. The uniqueness of our design consists of solar panels equipped with capability of tracking/ anti-tracking the position and the amount of energy coming from the sun, our system will increase the duration of the sunny day by 30% regardless of geographical location. On MWatt commercial wind turbines, tracking/anti-tracking could be done by changing angle of attack of blades. The most important factor in our design is programmable control algorithm synchronizing simultaneous production of energy by both components of the system especially during extremely windy conditions. The major commands for control of the combined clean energy system would be provided by the operator of the grid system. We will discuss design of unified solar/wind system integrated with grid, where programmable tracking/anti-tracking control is used.