Abstract
An efficient energy management system for a small-scale hybrid wind-solar-battery based microgrid is proposed in this paper. The wind and solar energy conversion systems and battery storage system have been developed along with power electronic converters, control algorithms and controllers to test the operation of hybrid microgrid. The power balance is maintained by an energy management system for the variations of renewable energy power generation and also for the load demand variations. This microgrid operates in standalone mode and provides a testing platform for different control algorithms, energy management systems and test conditions. A real-time control is performed by rapid control prototyping to test and validate the control algorithms of microgrid system experimentally. The proposed small-scale renewable energy based microgrid can be used as a test bench for research and testing of algorithms in smart grid applications.
Highlights
There have been global initiatives for the promotion of self-sufficient renewable energy systems
The small scale microgrid consists of a controllable fan blower with which variation in wind speed can be achieved, this provides the necessary input to the 60W PMSG based wind turbine
Experiments were conducted to test the effectiveness of the proposed energy management system for different variations in the renewable energy sources and different variations in the load demand
Summary
There have been global initiatives for the promotion of self-sufficient renewable energy systems This initiative has led to the development of renewable power generating systems which are capable of providing self-sufficient power generation with the use of more than one renewable source of energy [1], [2]. The most commonly used hybrid renewable energy sources are solar and wind energy [3], [4]. Both these sources of energy are intermittent in nature; the use of an energy storage system (ESS) is standard in stand-alone applications [5], [6]. The system design depends on the type of energy conversion system and the type of converters used at different locations in the system, this needs a lot of technical attention and has attracted research in this area [7]–[9]
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