PS4092 Renewable Energy and Grid Integration Syllabus:

PS4092 Renewable Energy and Grid Integration Syllabus – Anna University PG Syllabus Regulation 2021

COURSE OBJECTIVES:

 To provide knowledge about the stand alone and grid connected renewable energy systems.
 To equip with required skills to derive the criteria for the design of power converters for renewable energy applications.
 To analyse and comprehend the various operating modes of wind electrical generators and solar energy systems.
 To design different power converters namely AC to DC, DC to DC and AC to AC converters for renewable energy systems.
 To develop maximum power point tracking algorithms.

UNIT I INTRODUCTION

Introduction to renewable energy systems, environmental aspects of electric energy conversion, impacts of renewable energy penetration to grid. Grid Codes in India and other countries . Basic power electronic converters for renewable energy integration to grid-Qualitative analysis -Boost and buck-boost converters, three phase AC voltage controllers- AC-DC-AC converters, PWM Inverters, Grid Interactive Inverters-matrix converters.

UNIT II PHOTO VOLTAIC ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS

Introduction, Photo Voltaic (PV) effect, Solar Cell, Types, Equivalent circuit of PV cell, PV cell characteristics (I/V and P/V) for variation of insolation, temperature and shading effect, Stand-alone PV system, Grid connected PV system, Design of PV system-load calculation, array sizing, selection of converter/inverter, battery sizing.

UNIT III WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEMS

Introduction, Power contained in wind, Efficiency limit in wind, types of wind turbines, Wind control strategies, Power curve and Operating area, Types of wind generators system based on Electrical machines-Induction Generator and Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator(PMSG), Grid Connected-Single and Double output system, Self-excited operation of Induction Generator and Variable Speed PMSG.

UNIT IV MPPT TECHNIQUES IN SOLAR AND WIND SYSTEMS

Case studies of PV-Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) and Wind Energy system

UNIT V HYBRID STORAGE SYSTEMS AND GRID MANAGEMENT

Energy Storage systems, Need for Hybrid Systems, Features of Hybrid Systems, Range and types of Hybrid systems (Wind-Diesel, PV-Diesel and Wind-PV)

TOTAL : 45 PERIODS

COURSE OUTCOMES:

CO1 Relate the power generation of different renewable energy sources to grid impact and grid codes
CO2 Explain the design principles of solar energy management systems
CO3 Understand the power conversion system of wind generators
CO4 Analyze the different Maximum Power Point tracking Techniques
CO5 Build grid connected and stand alone renewable energy management system

REFERENCES:

1. S.N.Bhadra, D. Kastha, & S. Banerjee “Wind Electrical Systems”, Oxford University Press, 2009.
2. Haitham Abu-Rub, Mariusz Malinowski and Kamal Al-Haddad, “Power Electronics for Renewable Energy Systems, Transportation and Industrial Applications”, IEEE Press and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Press, 2014.
3. Rashid .M. H “power electronics Hand book”, Academic press, 2001.
4. Rai. G.D, “Non-conventional energy sources”, Khanna publishes, 1993
5. Gray, L. Johnson, “Wind energy system”, prentice hall linc, 1995
6. Non-conventional Energy sources B.H.Khan Tata McGraw-hill Publishing Company, New Delhi.