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Improved Active Power Filter Performance For Renewable Power Generation Systets

This document discusses renewable energy sources and photovoltaic systems. It describes four main types of renewable energy: water power, solar power, wind power, and geothermal power. It also discusses photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity and how photovoltaic systems are either stand-alone systems that match energy output to load demand or grid-connected systems that feed excess power back to the main distribution grid. The increasing demand for energy and issues with fossil fuels have driven more interest in harnessing renewable resources like solar and wind power for electricity generation.

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Improved Active Power Filter Performance For Renewable Power Generation Systets

This document discusses renewable energy sources and photovoltaic systems. It describes four main types of renewable energy: water power, solar power, wind power, and geothermal power. It also discusses photovoltaic cells that convert sunlight into electricity and how photovoltaic systems are either stand-alone systems that match energy output to load demand or grid-connected systems that feed excess power back to the main distribution grid. The increasing demand for energy and issues with fossil fuels have driven more interest in harnessing renewable resources like solar and wind power for electricity generation.

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IMPROVED ACTIVE POWER FILTER

PERFORMANCE FOR RENEWABLE POWER


GENERATION SYSTETS
CHAPTER1

INTRODUCTION

The increasing energy demand, Increasing costs and exhaustible nature of fossil fuels, and global
environment pollution have generated huge interest in renewable energy resources. Other than
hydroelectric power, wind and solar are the most useful energy sources to satisfy our power
requirements. Wind energy is capable of producing huge amounts of power, but its availability
can’t be predicted. Solar power is available during the whole day but the solar irradiance levels
change because of the changes in the sun’s intensity and shadows caused by many reasons.
Generally solar and wind energy systems has higher dependability to give steady power than
each of them operating individually. Other benefit of the hybrid system is that the amount of the
battery storage can be decreased as hybrid system is more reliable compared to their independent
operation.

1.1 Types of Renewable Energy sources


1. Water power
The power of water is abundant. Water power accounts for 73 percent of all renewable
energy according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Water power is
generated using te mechanical energy of flowing water by forcing it through pipes, which
then turns a generator in order to produce electricity. Water power also consists of tidal
and wave energy produced by the ocean’s movement.
2. Solar power
Solar cells made of silicon. It absorbs sun’s radiation, also called photovoltaic cells.
The photovoltaic process involves the movement and displacement of electrons to absorb
the sun’s radiation and create electricity, but there are also solar systems that use large
scale mirrors to heat water, or produce high temperatures and generate steam, which is
used to turns generator.
3. wind power
Wind power is a very simple process. A wind turbine converts the movement of wind
into mechanical energy that is used generate electricity. The energy is fed through a
generator, converted again into electrical energy, and then transmitted to a power station.
Wind power is abundant in some states, with the largest wind farms located in Texas.
Wind power is a unique because it carries incentives for farmers to give parcels of
building wind turbines, and has the most potential as far as widespread adoption due to
the large areas f land with consistent wind available to harness.
4. Geothermal power
The process involves trapping heat underground, and then building energy that
rises near the surface in the form of heat. When this heat naturally creates hot water or
steam, it is harnessed and then used to turn a steam turbine to generate electricity.
Geothermal energy was first used for commercial purpose in the early1900s.

1.2 PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEMS


Photovoltaic systems are composed of interconnected components designed to
accomplish specific goals ranging from powering a small device to feeding electricity into
the main distribution grid. Photovoltaic systems are classified according to the diagram into
the main distribution grid. Photovoltaic systems are classified according to the diagram in
figure 1.1. The two main general classifications as depicted in the figure are the stand-alone
and the gird connected systems. The main distinguishing fact between these two systems is
that in stand-alone systems the solar energy output is matched with the load demand. To cater

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