Grid-connected Hybrid Solar/Thermoelectric Power System with Hybrid INC/PSO/PO MPPT System in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

A grid-connected hybrid solar/Thermoelectric renewable power source design is proposed. The outlined hybrid power framework comprises of solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels besides thermoelectric modules. The proposed energy management system aims to obtain the maximum power using a hybrid system of three Maximum Power Point Tracking (MPPT) algorithms: Perturb and Observe (PO), Incremental Conductance (INC), and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO). The solar power system uses real temperature and solar irradiance values in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The used values were obtained from weather forecasting in September 2021. The design aims to provide a maximum power of 70 kW at peak point of operation using solar system and a maximum power of 145 kW at the peak of operation using the thermoelectric modules