Analysis and design of hybrid wind/diesel system with energy storage for rural application

The domestic consumers in the remote areas not served by the main electrical grid network, diesel generators are the usual choice for power supply. As a result, plenty of servicing and maintenance needed onto these diesel generators. Thus, we proposed an idea of introducing wind turbine working together with the diesel generators to form a hybrid power system. This paper presents the performance analysis of various control strategies used in the dispatch of stored wind energy in remote hybrid wind/diesel power system. The Fuzzy logic controller for various dispatch strategies were designed and analyzed. This paper utilizes the MATLAB SIMULINK software in the modeling of such a wind/diesel/battery hybrid power system for a stand-alone unit in a remote location.