Modeling and Simulation of Utility Interfaced PV/Hydro Hybrid Electric Power System

Renewable energy is derived from natural processes
that are replenished constantly. Included in the definition is
electricity and heat generated from solar, wind, ocean, hydropower,
biomass, geothermal resources, and bio-fuels and hydrogen derived
from renewable resources. Each of these sources has unique
characteristics which influence how and where they are used. This
paper presents the modeling the simulation of solar and hydro hybrid
energy sources in MATLAB/SIMULINK environment. It simulates
all quantities of Hybrid Electrical Power system (HEPS) such as AC
output current of the inverter that injected to the load/grid, load
current, grid current. It also simulates power output from PV and
Hydraulic Turbine Generator (HTG), power delivered to or from grid
and finally power factor of the inverter for PV, HTG and grid. The
proposed circuit uses instantaneous p-q (real-imaginary) power
theory.

• P. V. V. Rama Rao
• B. Kali Prasanna
• Y. T. R. Palleswari

• Photovoltaic Array
• Hydraulic Turbine Generator
• Electrical Utility (EU)
• Hybrid Electrical Power Supply.

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