Comparing ramp rate control method for PV-energy storage systems in cascaded and parallel architectures

Author(s):  
Iman Mazhari ◽  
Babak Parkhideh
2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julius Schnabel ◽  
Seppo Valkealahti

Photovoltaic (PV) generators suffer from fluctuating output power due to the highly fluctuating primary energy source. With significant PV penetration, these fluctuations can lead to power system instability and power quality problems. The use of energy storage systems as fluctuation compensators has been proposed as means to mitigate these problems. In this paper, the behavior of PV power fluctuations in Northern European climatic conditions and requirements for sizing the energy storage systems to compensate them have been investigated and compared to similar studies done in Southern European climate. These investigations have been performed through simulations that utilize measurements from the Tampere University of Technology solar PV power station research plant in Finland. An enhanced energy storage charging control strategy has been developed and tested. Energy storage capacity, power, and cycling requirements have been derived for different PV generator sizes and power ramp rate requirements. The developed control strategy leads to lesser performance requirements for the energy storage systems compared to the methods presented earlier. Further, some differences on the operation of PV generators in Northern and Southern European climates have been detected.


2020 ◽  
Vol 35 (11) ◽  
pp. 11612-11624 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hadis Hajebrahimi ◽  
Sajjad Makhdoomi Kaviri ◽  
Suzan Eren ◽  
Alireza Bakhshai

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