Operation of a Hydrogen Storage-Based Smart DC Microgrid

2022 ◽  
pp. 145-172
Author(s):  
Mahesh Kumar

In this chapter, the author presents the operation and power management of the hydrogen storage-based smart DC microgrid (DCMG). In this microgrid, several renewable distributed generations (DGs) such as wind turbine, solar photovoltaic system, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC), and battery energy storage system are interconnected together and to the various DC and AC loads to form a ring-type low voltage distribution network. An additional storage as Hydrogen storage system has been connected to the dc microgrid for balancing the power at all times in the DCMG, under islanded mode operation, for all practical cases. An architecture of the hydrogen storage-based DC microgrid is suggested mainly for the remote rural area. For the regeneration of the electricity from the stored hydrogen, a SOFC DG system is also used in the proposed DCMG. A control technique is also developed for the operation of the hydrogen storage-based DCMG. The proposed DCMG system provides a reliable and high-quality power supply and will supply the power to all loads (both DC and AC) simultaneously.

Author(s):  
D.V.N. Ananth ◽  
G.V. Nagesh Kumar

In this paper, enhanced field oriented control technique (EFOC) was adopted in Rotor Side Control (RSC) of DFIG converter for improved response during severe faults. The work is intended to damp pulsations in electromagnetic torque, improve voltage mitigation and limit surge currents and to enhance the operation of DFIG during voltage sags. The converter topology uses a battery energy storage system with capacitor storage system to further enhance operation of DFIG during faults. The battery and capacitor system in coordination provide additional real and reactive power support during faults and nearly constant voltage profile at stator and rotor terminals and limit overcurrents. For EFOC technique, rotor flux reference changes its value from synchronous speed to zero during fault for injecting current at the rotor slip frequency. In this process DC-Offset component of flux is controlled, decomposition during overvoltage faults. The offset decomposition of flux will be oscillatory in a conventional FOC, whereas in EFOC it will damp quickly. A comparison is made with proposed methodology with battery energy storage system and a conventional system. Later the system performance with under voltage of 50% the rated voltage with fault at PCC during 0.8 to 1.2 seconds is analysed using simulation studies.


Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (6) ◽  
pp. 1402 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Małkowski ◽  
Marcin Jaskólski ◽  
Wojciech Pawlicki

This paper presents research on a hybrid photovoltaic-battery energy storage system, declaring its hourly production levels as a member of a balancing group submitting common scheduling unit to the day-ahead market. It also discusses the variability of photovoltaic system generation and energy storage response. The major research questions were whether the operation of a hybrid photovoltaic-battery energy storage system is viable from the technical and economic viewpoint and how to size battery energy storage for that purpose. The DIgSILENT PowerFactory environment was used to develop the simulation model of postulated hybrid system. Then, tests were conducted on real devices installed in the LINTE^2 laboratory at Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland. Firstly, power generation in the photovoltaic system was modeled using hardware in the loop technique and tested in cooperation with emulated photovoltaic and real battery energy storage system (lithium-ion battery, 25 kWh). Secondly, a real photovoltaic power plant (33 kW) and real battery energy storage were applied. The results obtained from laboratory experiments showed that market operation of hybrid photovoltaic-battery energy storage system is feasible. However, developing a control strategy constitutes a great challenge, as the operator is forced to intervene more frequently than the simulation models indicate in order to keep the parameters of battery storage within accepted ranges, especially in view of a sudden weather breakdown. Levelized cost of electricity from photovoltaic-battery energy storage system varied from 314 to 455 $/MWh, which has proven to be from two to three times higher than the current annual average day-ahead market price in Poland.


Author(s):  
Maheswar Prasad Behera ◽  
Pravat Kumar Ray

Abstract The feasibility of integration of Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) with a three-phase AC grid is being investigated in this paper. A converter is an inevitable part of a modern DC generating system. The link between the grid and the BESS is established through a Voltage Source Converter (VSC). Therefore, the converter can be utilized to dispatch the DC generated power to the connected AC grid and at the same time provides reactive power compensation and load harmonic compensation throughout the day. The DC bus voltage control of the converter system is carried out to keep the power factor always at unity, irrespective of the charging state of the battery source. The charging and discharging of the connected battery energy storage system are carried out through a bidirectional DC-DC converter. Adaptive hysteresis band current control (AHCC) scheme is employed to produce the switching signals. Finally, its performance is compared with the traditional hysteresis band control technique.


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