The investigation on the application of wind energy as a renewable energy / Hanim Ismail

Currently, the six major renewable energy sources discussed are hydro, wind, solar, geothermal ocean and biomass. Each type of renewable energy system has features that are vital to their operation. Each renewable energy system mentioned has advantages and disadvantages. Wind systems as they were ideally suited for small scale generation, particularly in residential areas. This project is to investigate and analyze the wind turbine, rectifier, dc-dc converter and inverter in its structure. The design of a wind turbine system is presented in which the generic components of the systems are AC-DC rectifier, DC-DC converter, DC-AC inverter and three phase passive filter. The project also looks into the requirements and control aspects of the wind system. After which the design and simulation of the system was undertaken using PSCAD. Results from simulation show that as the wind speed increases the wind electrical power is also increase. Therefore, the output power is proportional to the wind speed. From that, it can be concluded that the wind energy is an alternative power sources