Abstract

High-performance Energy Storage System Using Low-cost Sensors for a Photovoltaic and Battery Hybrid System

Highlights

  • There is a rapid rise in electricity price as a consequence of the upcoming global oil crisis, and the search for and the development of alterative energy sources, green energy sources, become a critical issue

  • Solar energy has long been seen as a promising candidate energy source to resolve the threat of oil crisis, but a disadvantage is that the generated solar power cannot be well regulated owing to a number of factors, e.g., time-varying solar radiation, climate uncertainty, and so forth

  • Gradually take the place of lead-acid and Ni-hydrogen batteries in the long term; LiFePO4 batteries rank first among a wide variety of Li-ion batteries owing to their high capacity and long service time.[2]. In addition, a LiFePO4 battery does not require a high current charger, indicating that it can be charged by a solar-powered battery charger even at low levels of solar radiation

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Summary

Introduction

There is a rapid rise in electricity price as a consequence of the upcoming global oil crisis, and the search for and the development of alterative energy sources, green energy sources, become a critical issue. Solar energy has long been seen as a promising candidate energy source to resolve the threat of oil crisis, but a disadvantage is that the generated solar power cannot be well regulated owing to a number of factors, e.g., time-varying solar radiation, climate uncertainty, and so forth. It is a significant and urgent issue to improve the performance of solar power generators in practical uses.[1]. For the performance testing of this presented two-stage battery charging strategy, high current charge/discharge characteristic curves of a LiFePO4 battery, i.e., plots of the battery voltage, current, and state of charge (SOC) against time, are obtained for the behavioral analysis of batteries

Solar cell basics
MPP tracking strategies for a PV module array
Li–iron battery survey
PIC microcontroller charging strategies for Li–iron batteries
Step-down DC–DC converter
Battery charger framework
PV module specifications
Measurements
Measured MPPT performance
Measured battery charger performance
Conclusions
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