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Intelligent voltage control in a DC micro-grid containing PV generation and energy storage
Location: Chicago, USA
Publication date: 2014-04-14
Published in: IEEE PES T&D Conference and Exposition 2014, Chicago (USA) - PES 2014
ref. DOI: 10.1109/TDC.2014.6863334
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Local members

Alvaro Luna

PhD. Senior Researcher.

Jose Ignacio Candela

PhD. Senior Researcher. Project Responsible

Kumars Rouzbehi

Junior Researcher

External members

Miranian, Arash

 

Abstract

This paper proposes an intelligent control scheme for DC voltage regulationin a DC micro-grid integrating photovoltaic (PV) generation, energy storage and electric loads. The maximum power generation of the PV panel is followed using the incremental conductance (IC) maximum power point tracking (MPPT) algorithm while a high-performance local linear controller (LLC)is developed for the DC voltage control in the micro-grid. The LLC, as a data-driven control strategy, controls the bidirectional converter located between the battery and the DC micro-grid to regulate the micro-grid's voltage at the specified reference value. In order to validate the controller different simulations including variations in the load and in the solar irradiance are performed. Finally a comparison with PI based controller demonstrates the advantages of the proposed control technique for regulating the DC micro-grid's voltage.

 

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