A New Approach for Converting Renewable Energy to Stable Energy

Mohamed Talaat, Reda Edris, Naglaa Ibrahim, Fatma Omar, Mohamed Ibrahim

Electrical and Computer Engineering, Higher Technological Institute, 10th of Ramadan City, Egypt.
Electrical Power and Machines, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig, Egypt.

DOI: 10.4236/eng.2013.510A005                

Abstract

A renewable energy plant which relies on wind speed or solar insolation is unreliable because of the stochastic nature of weather patterns. It is theorized that by using multiple renewable energy plants in separate areas of a region, the different weather conditions might approach a probabilistically independent relationship. The goal of this paper is to utilize the power system technology to help disseminate wind and solar power systems to get a stable energy. A new approach to get appropriate stable energy is achieved by using the interrupted energy that obtained from wind farm and solar insolation. This is achieved by lifting water to a higher level with appropriate pumps and storing it in the form of potential energy. Then a stable energy is obtained by reliving water to the lower level. In this paper, the efficiency obtained from the renewable energy is compared with that obtained from traditional ones. An experimental model to simulate the process of converting the renewable energy to a stable energy is presented. The obtained results from experimental model explained that the renewable energy can be converted to a stable one with high efficiency.

Keywords

Renewable Energy; Stable Energy; Energy Stored; Wind Farm; Solar Energy; Application of Renewable Energy

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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