SOLAR & WIND POWER GENERATION TRAINER
This trainer allows investigating the synchronous operation of Solar Power Generation and Wind Power generation as a small microgrid. The solar part consists of a PV panel and an array of halogen lamps as a sun simulator. The positions of both the PV panel and Sun Simulator can be controlled manually using joysticks and also from the software. It allows to simulate real light, daytime, year time and investigate the PV performance in different irradiation. The wind part consists of a wind tunnel and a real wind turbine generator set. It allows to simulate real wind and investigate the generator performance in different wind speeds. In off-grid mode, it allows to investigate the battery charging process using a DC charge controller and also the discharge using an AC-DC Inverter and loads. In on-grid mode, it allows implementing the synchronization with the Wind Power Generation using a Grid-tie inverter.
