Abstract
Hybrid systems or coupled power plants with energy storage are becoming more and more popular due to the rising need for energy. Researchers have been conducting several experiments to assure longer-lasting battery use due to the increasing widespread use of energy storage and the depletion of resources such as silicon and precious metals. In this study, a simulation study is carried out in PVSyst software on lead-acid batteries, which have a low cycle and a very traditional electrochemical structure. The simulation is realized by scaling Spain’s consumption curve in 2023, taken from the European Network of Transmission System Operators for Electricity (ENTSO-E), together with lead acid batteries and off-grid photovoltaic (PV) modules. After the off-grid system design is created and consumption data is imported, it is aimed to extend battery life by changing the charge-discharge threshold values of the charge controllers. Threshold values are in two categories, high and low, and seventeen different cases are simulated. According to the results of the simulation, the state of charge (SOC) levels of the batteries decreases significantly due to radiation and cloudiness in the winter months and remain high in the spring and summer months. When charge controllers are set to high thresholds levels, they cause gassing currents that rise to an average of 20 amps, while battery life extends up to 5.3 years. When low threshold values are used, negligible levels of oxygen and hydrogen gasses are formed in the battery, but battery life decreases to 4.1 years.
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