Assisted power management of a stand-alone renewable multi-source system

Abstract

The work presented in this paper deals with an assisted management of a standalone multi-source power system. The proposed structure consists of a wind turbine (WT) and a photovoltaic generator (PV) used as renewable sources, a super-capacitor (SC) as an energy storage system and a diesel generator (DG) as an emergency power supply. The aim of this work was to develop an assisted management strategy in order to control the power flow in the system operation with the highest reliability. Four limits of the SC state of charge (SOC) were defined states for the power control strategy. The main advantage of the used strategy was to protect the storage system from the deep charge and discharge and then increase its lifespan. The proposed energy management concept was tested in simulation by applying all possible cases. The obtained results confirm its efficiency and harmony between production and consumption was guaranteed.