Control Scheme of Energy Storage Power Converter for Active and Reactive Power Balancing in Grid Connected PV Micro-Grids

Moien Omar

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Control Scheme of Energy Storage Power Converter for Active and Reactive Power Balancing in Grid Connected PV Micro-Grids

Moien Omar

Published in American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Volume 5, Issue 4)

Received: 5 September 2016 Accepted: 14 September 2016 Published: 28 September 2016

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Micro-Grid (MG) is a small-scale power network associated with Renewable Energy Sources (RES), Energy Storage System (ESS) and local critical loads. MGs can either be connected to the main grid or operate stand-alone. Due to variable nature of RES such as Photovoltaic (PV) solar cells, ESS become necessary to maintain reliability of power supply to critical loads during islanded mode. During grid connected mode, ESS is used to support the grid or MG depending on the grid operator and energy management functions. On the other hand, the power converters interfaced ESS can be used to provide additional services to the main grid, such as reactive power and unbalanced compensation. This paper presents a control strategy for an Energy Storage Power Converter (ESPC) in MGs, in order to mitigate the negative effects of grid connected MGs working with highly unbalanced operation and poor power factor conditions. Simulation results have been carried out by using Matlab – Simulink software to verify the effectiveness of the proposed control scheme.

Published in	American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems (Volume 5, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.epes.20160504.11
Page(s)	28-34
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
Copyright	Copyright © The Author(s), 2016. Published by Science Publishing Group

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Microgrids, Power Electronic Converters, Power Balancing, Unbalance Compensation

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Moien Omar. (2016). Control Scheme of Energy Storage Power Converter for Active and Reactive Power Balancing in Grid Connected PV Micro-Grids. American Journal of Electrical Power and Energy Systems, 5(4), 28-34. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.epes.20160504.11

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Moien Omar. Control Scheme of Energy Storage Power Converter for Active and Reactive Power Balancing in Grid Connected PV Micro-Grids. Am. J. Electr. Power Energy Syst. 2016, 5(4), 28-34. doi: 10.11648/j.epes.20160504.11

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Moien Omar. Control Scheme of Energy Storage Power Converter for Active and Reactive Power Balancing in Grid Connected PV Micro-Grids. Am J Electr Power Energy Syst. 2016;5(4):28-34. doi: 10.11648/j.epes.20160504.11

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Electrical Engineering Department, An-Najah National University, Nablus, Palestine

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Moien Omar. Control Scheme of Energy Storage Power Converter for Active and Reactive Power Balancing in Grid Connected PV Micro-Grids. Am. J. Electr. Power Energy Syst. 2016, 5(4), 28-34. doi: 10.11648/j.epes.20160504.11

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Moien Omar. Control Scheme of Energy Storage Power Converter for Active and Reactive Power Balancing in Grid Connected PV Micro-Grids. Am J Electr Power Energy Syst. 2016;5(4):28-34. doi: 10.11648/j.epes.20160504.11

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