Development and Realization of an Intelligent Power Strip for Energy Consumption Management in Hybrid Wind/Photovoltaic Systems

The wind/photovoltaic hybrid systems play an important role in power generation, but the fickleness of the wind and light render the development of energy management algorithms in such systems necessary to ensure the stability and continuity of production. On the other hand, the power consumption has an effect on the management and storage of energy. In this paper, a power strip has been developed with a graphical user interface to help the researchers to develop and validate different energy management algorithms in a simple and efficient way. The power strip is installed and communicated with all components in the hybrid PV/Wind system and successfully manages consumption energy.