<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p> The authors propose a micro-grid for autonomous wind-and-hydrogen power generation thus replacing such traditional fossil-fuelled equipment as domestic diesel generators, gas micro-turbines, etc. In the proposed microgrid the excess of electrical energy from a wind turbine is spent on electrolytic production of hydrogen which is then stored under low-pressure in absorbing composite material. The electrolyser has a non-traditional feeding unit and electrode coatings. The proposed DC/DC conversion topologies for different micro-grid nodes are shown to be well-designed. The prototypes elaborated for the converters and hydrogen storage media were tested and have demonstrated a good performance.</p></abstract>

The authors propose a micro-grid for autonomous wind-and-hydrogen power generation thus replacing such traditional fossil-fuelled equipment as domestic diesel generators, gas micro-turbines, etc. In the proposed microgrid the excess of electrical energy from a wind turbine is spent on electrolytic production of hydrogen which is then stored under low-pressure in absorbing composite material. The electrolyser has a non-traditional feeding unit and electrode coatings. The proposed DC/DC conversion topologies for different micro-grid nodes are shown to be well-designed. The prototypes elaborated for the converters and hydrogen storage media were tested and have demonstrated a good performance.

Micro-grid for on-site wind-and-hydrogen powered generation 

Institute of Industrial Electronics and Electrical Engineering,Riga Technical University, 1 Kronvalda Blvd., LV-1010, Riga, LATVIA

Institute of Solid State Physics, University of Latvia,8 Kengaraga Str., LV-1063, Riga, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The authors propose a micro-grid for autonomous wind-and-hydrogen power generation thus replacing such traditional fossil-fuelled equipment as domestic diesel...

Micro-grid for on-site wind-and-hydrogen powered generation

Published Online: Mar 25, 2014

Page range: 12 - 20

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/lpts-2014-0002

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