PROTOTYPE for OFFGRID SOLUTION USING SOLAR and WIND

Abstract

This project is about the design and development of solar and wind turbine system for power generation that supply to the domestic household in the remote area, which is unable to connect to the grid. The construction of renewable resources as the power generation of a small house in a remote area occurs to save the cost installation. Renewable energy such as solar and wind that can prevent pollution occurs to nature. Wind turbines diversified by means of a standalone application, can be combined with a solar system to create a small network to act independently for supplying an electrical energy. This project was divided into two stages which are the software development and hardware development. In software development, this project has been simulated by Proteus Software by designing the charge controller for manufacturing the printed circuit boards (PCB). In hardware development, circuit power generation attached to 12 V battery as a storage. The prototype of the system has been using a piece of solar panel and a-piece of a mini wind turbine. The solar and wind turbine must not exceed 10 kW and 12 VDC. Both resources are then converted into AC by using the inverter. In this project, the charge controller is needed to avoid battery exceed the energy. In the end, the power generation supplied to the small house. The microgrid system has been supplied from the 12 VDC solar and wind system. The system gave the output of 220 to 240 VAC to the small house. The basic requirement of an electric minimum load is determined in 2 kWh for the small house which is including the essential load demand such as lighting and householder appliances such as air conditioner, ceiling fan, water pump and socket outlet.