Research Article

Sizing and Simulation of PV-Wind Hybrid Power System

Table 4

Results measured and calculated according to IEC 61724 for January 2009 to January 2010.

ParameterSymbolMeasuredUnits

Meteorological
 Global direct irradiation 4.88kWh m−2d−1
 Global available wind
 energy
0.36kWh m−2d−1
Electrical energy quantities
 Net energy from the PV
 array
811kWh
 Net energy from the WT 311kWh
 Energy fraction from the
 PV
0.71Dimensionless
 Energy fraction from the
 WT
0.29Dimensionless
 Total energy in the system 1142kWh
 Total energy used 822kWh
 Net energy to the load 822kWh
BOS component performance
 BOS efficiency 72%
System performance indices
 PV array yield 4.4hd−1
 Final PV system yield 3.2hd−1
 Wind turbine yield 0.57hd−1
 Final wind turbine yield 0.41hd−1
Normalized losses
 PV array capture losses 34.2%
 PV BOS losses 28%
 Performance ratio for the
 PV
41.4%
 Wind turbine capture losses 27.7%
 Wind BOS losses 37%
 Performance ratio for the
 WT
46%
System efficiencies
 Average PV efficiency 9.3%
 Global PV efficiency 6.72%
 Average WT efficiency 9.46%
 Global WT efficiency 6.86%