Wond3rboy
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Hi, this is my second post (the first one not having a very good title, sorry for that). A friend of mine is working on a Hybrid Energy System. The system consists of a Solar Panel and a Wind Turbine(stepper motor genny). For measuring DC power, i have advised him to go with using a shunt for the current and a simple voltage divider for scaling the voltage within the range of the ADC. I wanted to know whether this is a good enough strategy(he's using a PIC18F4520). Since its DC, sampling frequency is not an issue
Another thing that i wanted to ask was about controlling the amount of power he is supposed to give to the load since he is supposed to accomplish energy management as well. I wanted to know whether a DC/DC converter would be suitable to use. This is the only way i've seen for controlling the DC power. Is there a better way to do this?
The third question i have here is that he intends to use one controller for measuring the power from the wind turbine and the solar panel as well as control the power output through the DC/DC converter for each source.
Thanks.
Another thing that i wanted to ask was about controlling the amount of power he is supposed to give to the load since he is supposed to accomplish energy management as well. I wanted to know whether a DC/DC converter would be suitable to use. This is the only way i've seen for controlling the DC power. Is there a better way to do this?
The third question i have here is that he intends to use one controller for measuring the power from the wind turbine and the solar panel as well as control the power output through the DC/DC converter for each source.
Thanks.