Design of a Smart Energy Management Controller for Hybrid Energy System to Promote Clean Energy

Abstract

Due to the emissions of greenhouse gases, the dangerous impacts of climate change are increasing. In order to combat climate change, hybrid energy system started playing a crucial role. Since individual renewable energy sources are not able to generate a fixed amount of power, the hybrid energy system is used to maintain continuity of power supply. For efficiently utilizing the energy from different renewable energy resources in the hybrid energy system, there has been a growing interest toward those algorithms that make controlling and management of hybrid renewable energy systems with conventional energy system easier and less complex for electricity generation. This chapter proposes the design of a smart energy management controller that uses an energy management algorithm to take decisions in order to integrate and utilize four different renewable energy technologies to reduce the contribution of thermal power generation. This controller stores a large amount of energy for electric vehicle charging. This chapter also proposes the design of an energy storage algorithm for effectively controlling the energy storage operation of the charging station for charging an electric vehicle. This book chapter also includes a detailed discussion on the role of the hybrid system to battle against climate change in Tamil Nadu with a detailed discussion on the scenario of climate change in Tamil Nadu. For analyzing the feasibility of the proposed hybrid system, a twenty-four hours case study analysis is done using the real-time data of renewable energy resources of a selected area in Tamil Nadu, India.