Faculty mentor:
Dr. Haitham Abu Rub
Amer El-Saigh
Undergraduate researchers:
Ahmed El-Saafin
Omar Shakir
Sinan Sabeeh
Abul Hasanat Jahanur Rahman
This project was aimed at providing alternative electric supply solution for remote telecommunication facilities in Qatar by using Solar PV with battery storage system and Wind generators (permanent magnet synchronous generator – PMSG). The existing DG sets may be employed for greater reliability and meeting the peak load demand. The major aspect of this project was the simulation and experimental verification of PV-Wind-Battery hybrid power system for feeding telecommunication base station load. At simulation stage both series and parallel hybrid systems were considered. However, for experimental purpose only one of the configurations was explored. Block schematics of the systems under investigation of the proposed power system called series hybrid system where all the generating sources are coupled through DC bus.
This system architecture was implemented experimentally. The other system architecture including the parallel hybrid system is complex in design but offer efficient solution by offering optimum load dispatch strategy. The third system configuration offers complete AC coupling, which is considered superior compared to the other two discussed configurations.