Distributed charge/discharge control of energy storages in a renewable‐energy‐based DC micro‐grid

Abstract

This paper proposes a control strategy for the stable operation of the micro-grid dluring different operating modes while providing the DC voltage control and well quality DC-Ioads supply. The proposed method adapts the battery energy storage system (BESS) to employ the same control architecture for grid-connected mode as well as the islanded operation with no need for knowing the micro-grid operating mode or switching between the corresponding control architectures. Furthermore, the control system presents effective charging of the battery in the micro-grid. When the system is grid connected and during normal operation, AC grid converter balances active power to ensure a constant DC voltage while the battery has the option to store energy for necessary usage. In order to achieve the system operation under islanding conditions, a coordinated strategy for the BESS, RES and load management including load shedding and considering battery state-of-charge (SoC) and battery power limitation is proposed. Seamless transition of the battery converter between charging and discharging, and that of grid side converter between rectification and inversion are ensured for different grid operating modes by the proposed control method. MATLAB/SIMULINK simulations and experimental results are provided to validate the effectiveness of the proposed battery control system.