Development and Economic Analysis of a Hybrid Power of Photovoltaic and Wind Turbine System

Abstract

Energy is essential for economic and social development and are generated both by conventional and non conventional means. However, because of greenhouse effect from conventional means, renewable means of photovoltaic and wind turbine hybrid power generating system was considered in this research. Different means of generating energy from renewable energy were reviewed and the hybrid power of this renewable energy was developed using mild steel as the foundation plate, steel pipe as the structural pole for the solar panel and wind turbine while the control system were mounted on the wall for easy operation and accessibility. The designed and fabricated part involved wind turbine blades, photovoltaic panel hanger. The maximum voltage and current generated during the experiment were 16.5V and 3.6A for photovoltaic power while that of wind turbine were 18.2V and 8.8A, The maximum power generated by hybrid power system when the output of photovoltaic power was connected to wind turbine output in series and parallel was 152.9W while the minimum power generated in series connection was 54.8W and in parallel was 86.4W. The mechanical and overall efficiencies of wind turbine power system were 54.2% respectively while the overall efficiency of photovoltaic power system was 16.9%