Abstract
This paper describes a dc micro-grid system interconnecting distributed power generators. The system consists of five generation and control units; a solar-cell generation unit, a wind-turbine generation unit, a battery energy-storage unit, a flywheel power-leveling unit, and an ac grid-interconnecting power control unit. The control method is proposed for suppressing the circulating current by detecting only the dc grid voltage. This method brings high reliability, high-flexibility and maintenance-free operation to the system. The method pays attention to dc output voltage performance of each unit. Each of the power control unit and the energy-storage unit is controlled to act as a voltage source with imaginery impedance. On the other hand, each of the two generation units is controlled to act as a current source. The power-leveling unit is controlled to act as a current source having the function of frequency selectivity like a high-pass filter. A 10-kW prototype system verifies experimentally the validity and effectiveness of the proposed control method for the dc-grid system.
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