An Adaptive Ramp-Rate Control for Photovoltaic System to Mitigate Output Fluctuation

Qixiang Xu, Huiqing Wen, Yinxiao Zhu, Xingshuo Li

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Abstract

With high penetration level of grid-connected photovoltaic (PV) system, the stability of power grid is easily affected by the variable irradiation which furthers the power fluctuations with high ramp-rate. Hence, in order to extent the proportion of solar energy in power grid, a method for controlling ramp-rate is necessary to be installed in PV system. Normally, energy storage system (ESS) is employed without a direct control and controllable ramp-rate in prior-arts. Meanwhile, the state of charge (SoC) of ESS could also influence the fluctuation mitigation performance. In this paper, an adaptive ramp-rate control is proposed with integrated ESS for fluctuation mitigation. This control blends a direct ramp-rate control to reduce the fluctuation caused by PV side irradiation change to a desired level and a SoC control with variable ramp-rate to improve the performance in unexceptional SoC. The proposed control is verified by the simulations based on a typical PV micro-grid with ESS.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC 2019
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781728108131
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2019
Event2019 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC 2019 - Macao, Macao
Duration: 1 Dec 20194 Dec 2019

Publication series

NameAsia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC
Volume2019-December
ISSN (Print)2157-4839
ISSN (Electronic)2157-4847

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, APPEEC 2019
Country/TerritoryMacao
CityMacao
Period1/12/194/12/19

Keywords

  • Energy storage system (ESS)
  • photovoltaic
  • power fluctuation
  • ramp-rate control

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